Insight Training Course Details Archives
Accounting and Auditing Pension Schemes
Firms acting for pension schemes need to ensure that they are on top of the latest accounting and audit requirements – especially in the light of recent scandals and penalties imposed by The Pensions Regulator. Workshops here can be introductory or can update delegates on
Financial Awareness for HR
Our client in the financial services sector needed a programme to help its HR and support department staff improve their financial awareness. Specifically they wanted them to understand and appreciate the issues their customer facing colleagues were dealing with. A series of two hour workshops was delivered over a number of weeks, engaging participants in
Risk and Financial Control
Following a financial fraud, our client needed to build financial awareness and highlight risk assessment and control -a hugely important area, though one that can be dry. An interactive case study was delivered, based on the real business. This allowed participants to work in multi-disciplinary teams and
Improving Financial Awareness
Our client, a card acquirer, wanted its fraud team to understand the fundamentals of business and accounts. Participants were experts in investigating card fraud but needed to also be able to understand fraud triggers and poor financial control in the merchants they dealt with. A
Credit Skills for Bank Relationship Managers
To assess the credit worthiness of their customers, relationship managers need to understand their customers’ business and sector and to analyse financial and management information effectively. Our programmes use a blended approach, combining pre-course, online and workbook learning and practical workshop application.
Building and Managing Budgets
Our client, a major UK charity, needed its senior care workers and service managers to engage with budget setting and management. Appetite and interest in the area were lacking. A highly practical and interactive case study day was designed so that participants could actively engage
Practical Problems of FRS 102 Implementation
The implementation of new UK GAAP over the past years has been a challenge for many finance professionals working in both industry and professional practice. Our transition workshops have ensured a less stressful transition for delegates. More recently, workshops have focussed on the practical challenges
Budgeting, Planning and Cost Control
Our client, an educational body, was implementing a new system of budgetary control. A programme was developed that explained the fundamental principles of budgeting, planning and cost control and gave participants the opportunity to practise using a bespoke case study.
Anti-Money Laundering and GDPR Workshops
All accountants working in professional practice must comply with the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations. We have run a number of bespoke workshops for practice clients which have used practical case studies to explain how the legislation affects them, focussing in particular on client due diligence