Accounting and Finance for Managers

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Accounting and Finance for Managers (BUS512)

Applications Open: To be confirmed

Applications Close: To be confirmed

Next Available Intake: To be confirmed

Course Types: Modular Graduate Course

Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: To be confirmed

Area of Interest: Business Administration

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: School of Business

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Synopsis

Accounting and Finance for Managers covers a broad range of accounting and finance concepts. This course presents the tools and techniques required to address the key questions pertaining to accounting and financial managers. The goal of the course is to give student an insight into accounting and financial management processes and lay out a foundation framework for making sound accounting and financing decisions. Students will be introduced to the institutional framework, conceptual framework and principles of financial accounting as well as key concepts in corporate finance and financial management.

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every January

Topics

Global introduction to Principles of Accounting
Constructing financial statements
Interpreting financial statements
Management control and accounting information systems
The objectives of a corporation
The role of a financial manager
The time value of money and discounted cash flow valuation
Net present value and other investment criteria
Capital budgeting and cost of capital
Financial reporting and financial statement analysis
Risk analysis in finance
Ethics in finance

Learning Outcome

Appraise accounting and its functions as well as its role in terms of shareholder value and strategy
Evaluate the principles of accounting and the recording of financial transactions and events
Assess accounting as part of a management control system and the use of accounting information system within an organisation
Appraise the various items in the financial statements, the financial health of a business, and the metrics used to rank proposed investments
Construct the cost of capital for a business and examine ethical issues in finance
Formulate strategies to protect a firm against financial risks
Develop the essential knowledge and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team
Apply appropriate tools to make investment and financing decisions
Demonstrate the essential knowledge, interpersonal skills and written proficiency through discussion and case study