02 Certified Financial Accountant Program Syllabus

Module B (Certificate Stage)
Advanced Accounting Concepts

Financial Statement Analysis
Business Taxation
Fundamentals of Financial
Management

Module C (Professional Group I)
Strategic Business
Communication
Corporate Performance
Evaluation
Managerial Accounting &
Decision Making
Professional Values & Ethics

Module D (Professional Group II)

IFRS & External Independent
Reports
Financial Management Policy &
Procedure
Total Quality Management
Audit & Assurance

Module A (Foundation Stage)
Basic Accounting Tests &
Techniques
Industrial and Commercial Laws
Strategic Business Management
Corporate Governance
Syllabus of
Certified Financial Accountant Program

The Society of Accounting Education

Sr.
No.
Course
Code
Course
Class
Room
Hours
Credit
Hours
Module A (Foundation Stage)
1 FS-01 Basic Accounting Tests & Techniques 60 5
2 FS-02 Industrial and Commercial Laws 50 4
3 FS-03 Strategic Business Management 60 5
4 FS-04 Corporate Governance 60 5
Sub-Total (A) 230 19

Module B (Certificate Stage)
5 CS-01 Advanced Accounting Concepts 60 5
6 CS-02 Financial Statement Analysis 50 4
7 CS-03 Business Taxation 50 4
8 CS-04 Fundamentals of Financial Management 60 5
Sub-Total (B) 220 18

Module C (Professional Group I)
9 PG-01 Strategic Business Communication 60 5
10 PG-02 Corporate Performance Evaluation 60 5
11 PG-03 Managerial Accounting & Decision Making 60 5
12 PG-04 Professional Values & Ethics 50 4
Sub-Total (C) 230 19

Module D (Professional Group II)
13 PG-05 IFRS & External Independent Reports 50 4
14 PG-06 Financial Management Policy & Procedure 60 5
15 PG-07 Total Quality Management 60 5
16 PG-08 Audit & Assurance 60 5
Sub-Total (D) 230 19

Grand-Total (A+B+C+D) 910 75

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Course Outline of Certified Financial Accountant
Program

OBJECTIVE
The course objective is to develop the understanding of basic concepts and techniques of
accounting /book keeping.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Financial Accounting
Introduction
Accounting Standards
Accrual vs Cash Method
Underlying Assumptions, Principles and Conventions
Financial Statements
Double Entry Accounting
Fundamental Accounting Model
Transactions
The Accounting Process
Underlying Assumptions and Principles
Single Entry Bookkeeping
Double Entry Bookkeeping
The Accounting Equation
The Accounting Cycle
The Source Document
Journal Entries
Debit and Credit
Trial Balance
Adjusting Entries
Closing Entries
The Financial Statements
Financial Accounting Standards
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MODULE (A) COURSE CODE FS-01
BASIC ACCOUNTING TESTS & TECHNIQUES

RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR READING:
Modern Accounting
By Mukerjee M.
Hanif Tata McGraw
Hill Publishing Co.
How to Read a
Financial
Report
By Tracy John
A
Accounting Principles
By Jerry J W.eygandt
Paul D. Kimmd &
Donard E. Kieso
Financial
Statements
By Ittelson,
Thomas R.
Accounting
By Meigs & Meigs

OBJECTIVE
This course has been selected to teach to the students, to equip in the application of Industrial
and Commercial Laws, during their services, or to run the businesses.

COURSE CONTENTS:

INDUSTRIAL LAWS

I. THE FACTORIES ACT
Definitions, certifying surgeon and inspector, their powers and duties, provisions relating to
Health, safety and welfare, hours of work and holidays, special provisions regarding
employment of women and children/adolescent.

II. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ORDINANCE
Definitions, Trade union and its registration, collective bargaining agent, unfair labour
practices, method of settlement of Industrial disputes labour courts, strike and lockout.

III. WORKMENS COMPENSATION ACT
Meaning of the terms Accident and arising out of and in the course of disablement, employers
liability, when employer is not liable to pay compensation.

COMMERCIAL LAWS

I. LAW OF CONTRACT
Introduction and definition of contract, Essentials of a valid contract, void agreements,
contingent of the contract, Discharge of contract, quasi contracts, Indemnity and Guarantee,
Bailment and Pledge, Agency etc.

II THE SALE OF GOODS ACT
Define goods and its classification, Distinction between sale and agreement to sell, price,
conditions and warranties, Transfer of property, Transfer of title, unpaid seller and his rights,
Delivery and its rules, Auction sale.

III. THE PARTNERSHIP ACT
Definition of partnership & Determination at will, Rights and duties of Partner(s) implied
authority of a partner, position of a Minor Partner, Dissolution of Partnership, Registration
and effect of non-registration of the firm.

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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAWS

IV. THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT
Introduction, meaning, requirements characteristics of negotiable instruments, Definition and
Distinction of Promissory notes, Bill of Exchange and cheque. Crossing object and kinds, A
brief introduction of endorsement, Negotiation, presentment, Acceptance and Dishonour.
Discharge from liability.

V. SECURITIES
A brief Introduction of Mortgages, changes and Hypothecation.

VI. CARRIAGE OF GOODS.
Common Carrier. Essentials of a Common Carrier, Rights, and Duties of a common
Carrier.Restricted Liability of Railway Carriage as common carriage and by Sea.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR READING
Mercantile Law of Pakistan
Accountancy & Taxation
Services Institute, Lahore
(Latest Ed.)
By Khawaja Amjad Saeed.
Business Law
By Syed Mobin
Mahmud Co. Lahore.
Govt. of Pakistan
Relevant Acts and
Ordinances (latest Ed.)
A Manual of
Mercantile Law
11
th
Revised Edition
S. Chand and Co.
(Pvt.) Limited 1989
M.C. Shukla
Bare Acts,
Govt. of
Pakistan.

Elements of
Mercantile
Law
By Sultan
Chand & Sons
New Dehli.

OBJECTIVES
This course is very important to give full strength to manage the things in the Business
Environment and give professional knowledge to become a strong Manager.
COURSE CONTENTS:
o Management: An overview.
o The Managers Diverse Environment
o Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
o Managerial Decision Making
o The Planning Process
o Strategic Planning
o The Organizing Process and the Informal Organization
o Organizing Concepts and Organization Structure.
o Human Resource Management and the Staffing Function.
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STRATEGIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

o Motivation.
o Leadership.
o Communication
o Group Performance, Team Building and Conflict.
o Power, Organizational Politics and Stress.
o Corporate Culture, Change and Development.
o The Controlling Processes and Techniques.
o Total Quality Management.
o Management in the Multinational Environment
o Production and Operation Management
o Management Information Systems

Study Guide,
By Jeanne Daboval
McNeese State
University, Seventh
Edition.

Managmeent Concepts,
Pratices and Skills
By R. Wayne Mondy,
Shane R. Premeaux
Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey.
Essential of
Managmenet an
Innternational
Perspective
B y Harold
Koontz,
Weihrich, Tata
McGraw Hill
Management
By Stephen P.
Robins & Mary
Coulter
Prentice Hall
International
Inc. New York.
Principles of
Management
By George R.
Terry

OBJECTIVE
To provide the participants with a broad conceptual framework and understanding of
Industry practice and compliance issues in corporate governance.

COURSE CONTENTS
i. Corporate Governance and Corporate Accountability

An introduction and general mapping of the issues with reference to the relevant academic
literature on the subject:
o The legal model of the company, and its failure
o Forces driving corporate governance since the 90s
o The Cadbury model and codes of corporate governance
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ii. The Board as a Mechanism of Corporate Governance

The presenters will seek to elicit the views of participants while defining the issues,
summarizing research, and making their own suggestions on the following topics:
o Responsibilities of the Board;
o What constitutes "independence" of directors?
o What should non-executive directors be doing?
o Audit Committee
o Institutional Nominees;
o The need for a legislative statement of directors' duties.

iii. Corporate Governance and the Market

o Disclosure and transparency issues
o Accounting standards and auditors independence
o Do Institutional Investors have governance responsibilities?
o Corporate governance and takeover regulations
o Shareholder voting rights

iv. Between Self-Regulation and Compliance

o Corporate law and the Department of Corporate Affairs
o SEBI Code of Corporate Governance and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
o Compliance issues and some company responses

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OBJECTIVE
The primary objective of this course is to enable the students to understand the General
Accounting Theory pertaining to the Business Combinations. Secondly to make the students
familiar with the applicability of IAS /GAAP/IFRS regarding requisite financial disclosures for
consolidated financial statements resulting from Business Combinations.
At the completion of this course, the students will be able to understand the general
accounting theory pertaining to the Business Combinations. The students should be able to
complete various types of consolidate financial statements resulting from Business
Combinations. Finally, the students will be required to have a good understanding of the full
depth involving the international accounting environment, as well as disclosure requirements
for as prescribed in the IAS/ GAAP/ IFRS.
COURSE OUTLINE
o Business Combinations Introductions
o Business Combinations [Continued] The Environment
o Consolidated Statements Date of Acquisition
o Consolidated Statements Date of Acquisition [Continued]
o Consolidated Statements Subsequent to Acquisition
o Consolidated Statements Subsequent to Acquisition [Continued]
o Inter Company Transactions Merchandising, Plant Assets and Notes
o Inter Company Transactions Merchandising, Plant Assets and Notes
o Inter Company Transactions Merchandising, Plant Assets and Notes[Cont.]
o Inter Company Transactions Bonds and Leases
o The International Accounting Environment
o Interim Reporting Disclosure
o Segments of an Enterprise
Intermediate
Accounting
By Donald E Kieso &
Jerry J. Wygandt
Modern Advanced
Accounting
By E. John Larsen & A.N.
Mosich
Advance
Accounting
By R.L. Gupta &
M. Radha
Swamy
International
Accounting
Standards
Advanced
Accounting
By S.P. Jain &
K.L. Narang

The society of Accounting Education
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MODULE (B) COURSE CODE CS-01
ADVANCE ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS

OBJECTIVES
The learning objectives of this course, to develop know how about financial statement
analysis, which is very important to understand the whole scenario and trend analysis of the
Industry / Organization and to make corrective action to improve the business and its positive
results.

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Structure: The course is organized into three parts:

Part One: Overview of Financial Statement Analysis

This section emphasizes understanding business activities planning, financing, investing and
operating. It describes strategies underlying business activities and their effect on the
financial statements, and it discusses the objectives of analysis. Important tools and
techniques in analyzing and interpreting financial statements are illustrated.

Part Two: Accounting Analysis

This section describes the accounting measurement and reporting practices underlying
financial statements. Presentation is organized around financing (liabilities and equity),
investing (assets), and operating (income and cash flow) activities

Part Three: Financial Analysis

In this section, the processes and methods of financial statement analysis are examined. The
objectives of users and the analytical tools and techniques for meeting those objectives are
emphasized. This section demonstrates how analysis tools and techniques enhance users
decisions including company valuation and lending decisions. It also shows how financial
statement analysis reduces uncertainty and strengthens confidence in making timely business
decisions.

o Introduction to Investing and to the Financial Statements.
o Choosing a Technology: Method of comparables, Asset-based Valuation, Screening
Analysis, Pro Forma Analysis, Dividend Discount Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow
Analysis, and Contrasting Cash Accounting with Accrual Accounting
o Pricing Book Values and Pricing Earnings
o Analysis of the Statement of Shareholders Equity
o Balance Sheet and Income Statements
o Profitability analysis

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS

o Analysis of Sustainable Earnings and Growth
o Analysis of Cash Flow Statement
o Pro forma Analysis for Operating and Financial Activities, enterprise valuation and
leverage
o Simple Forecasting and Valuation

Royal Modern
Advanced Accounting
By Spicer & Peglar
SAARC
requirements

Annual Reports of
the Top Few Listed
Companies.
Financial Statement
Analysis and Security
Valuation,
By Stephen Penman
McGraw Hill Irwin (4
th

Ed.)
Modern Advance
Accounting
By E. John
Larsen, McGraw
Hill Co. Inc.

OBJECTIVES
o To familiarize the students with the Income Tax Laws and its Practice.
o To elaborate the important elements and aspects of tax system and authorities and their
limits.
o To equip the students with necessary skills to deal with tax matters.

COURSE CONTENTS
o Introduction and scope of Income Tax Law in Pakistan
o Definitions and Terminologies
o Exclusions from total income
o Reduction in tax liability
o Exemption from specific provisions of income tax ordinance 2001
o Distinction between capital and revenue items of expenditures
o Tests for differentiating capital and revenue receipts
o Tests for differentiating capital and revenue expenditures
o Capital Loss.

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BUSINESS TAXATION

o Income from Salary and Scope of Salary income
o Allowances and relieves under the Ordinance
o Types of provident fund, treatment of provident fund, sixth schedule employers
contribution of approved gratuity fund deduction from income, gratuity fund deduction
from income, gratuity fund and schemes
o Computation of income tax payable from salaries persons
o Income from business and professional terms used
o Considerations governing taxation of business profits
o Maintenance of accounts on mercantile or cash basis
o Income chargeability under income tax law on income from business
o Principles of computation of taxable profits, allowable deductions
o Deduction for computing business income, significant changes introduced by the
ordinance
o Non-admissible expense
o Bad debts
o Income from Property tax on agriculture income
o Calculation of ALV
o Allowable deduction from income from property
o Set-off and carry forward of losses
o Types of Losses
o Rules for set-off and carry forward
o Penalties, offenses, appeals and prosecutions
o Income tax authorities their appointments, duties, limitation and powers.
o Income from other sources
Deduction for computing income from other sources
o Exchange gain / losses, income deemed to accure or arise
o Tax accountings and assessment cycle, procedure filling of return.
o Assessment of individual salaried and non-salaried person
o Self-assessment scheme
o Appeals
o Practical Problems

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR READING (LATEST EDITIONS)

Income Tax
Principles and
Practice,
By Syed Mobin & Co.
Lahore
Income Tax
Law
By Khawaja
Amjad Saeed,
Income Tax
Ordinance 2001,
Govt. of Pakistan.
&
Income Tax Law
By Luqman Baig
Direct Taxes in
Pakistan
By Huzaina
Bukhari & Dr.
Ikramul Haq.
Synopsis of Taxes in
Pakistan
By Mirza Munawar
Hussain
Iqbal Brothers, Lahore.

OBJECTIVES:

To develop:
o understanding of an integrated perspective for the inter-relation between financial
markets, financial institutions and management
o competence about the latest approaches/tools to critically examine and measure the
performance of business concerns
o skills to solve investment and financial problems in the light of specified goals of the firm

COURSE CONTENTS:

Section I
o Forms of business organization
o Goals of the Corporation
o Agency relationships

Section II
o Balance Sheet
o Income Statement
o Statement of cash flows (FASB Opinion NO.95) (IAS7)
o Personal Taxes
o Corporate Taxes
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FUNDAMENTAL OF FINANCIAL MANAGMENT

Section III
o Ratio Analysis
o Du Pont system
o Effects of improving ratios
o Limitations of ratio analysis
o Qualitative factors
Section IV
o Forecasting sales
o Projecting the assets needed to support sales
o Projecting internally generated funds

Section V
o Projecting outside funds needed
o Deciding how to raise funds
o Seeing the effects of a plan on ratios

Section VI
o Stand-alone risk
o Portfolio risk
o Risk & return: CAPM/SML

Section VII
o Future value
o Present Value
o Rates of return

Section VIII
o Amortization key features of bonds
o Bond Valuation
o Measuring yield
o Assessing risk
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Section IX
o Features of common stock
o Determining common stock values
o Bonus / Right shares

Section X
o Efficient markets
o Preferred stock
o Sources of capital

Section XI
o Component costs
o Adjusting for flotation costs
o Adjusting for risk.

Fundamental of
Financial
Management
By James Van Horn
Business Finance
By McGraw Hill,
Sydny Peirson,
Grahem &
Brown, Rob
(1998)
Business Finance,
By Stanely B. &
Hirt Geoffroy A,
(2002)

Melicher, W.R
& Norton
A.E., (2005)
Finance
By John Wiley
and Sons Inc.
Fundamental of
Financial Management
(10
th
Ed.)
South Western College
Publication
Brigham / Houston

OBJECTIVES:
o To learn the most successful and proven ways that all forms of business communications
should be handled i.e. letters, emails, reports, presentations, telephone conversations etc.
o This course offers flexibility with the added-value of self-study, designed to enable you to
work at your own pace.
o On completion of the course you will be able to use Strategic Business technique of
Communications within your area of activity.

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MODULE (C) COURSE CODE PG-01
STRATEGIC BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

COURSE CONTENTS:

The Three Basic Steps to Business Writing
o Prewriting (Preparation)
o Writing (Organizing and Outlining)
o Revising and proof reading.

Improving Readability
o Using simple language focus on clarity and tone
o Avoid Stang, Jargon and Abbreviations
o Avoid usage of vague adjectives
o Avoid clichs and awkward references

Guidelines to Writing Good Sentences
o Focus on clarity and meaning rather than a complete thought.
o Sentences should be neither too long nor too choppy.
o Avoid empty phrases that make the sentence heavy.
o Be careful not to mix verb forms within a sentence.

Gender Inclusive Language
o In todays business world men and women both hold important positions hence
importance of gender inclusive language.
Words Commonly Confused
o These words often used in business writings, sound and are spelled similar but have very
different meanings.
Paragraphs
o How to use topic sentences to make your paragraph effective.
o Use opening, body and closing paragraphs to organize your business writing
Organizing and Writing Business Letters
o State your Purpose
o Know your Reader
o Determine the scope of your letter
o Research your subject
o Outline your letter

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o Proof read for grammar and errors
o Revise for Clarity, Brevity and Simplicity
Sample Business Letters
Forms of letter / sample may be viewed:
o Announcement of Change of Address
o Acknowledgement of Receipt of Documents
o Apology and Replacement of Damaged Goods
o Apology for Accounting errors, and passed due Notices.
o Appointment for Employment interview and Testing Complimentary Letter to Employee
on Handling of Difficulty.
o Congratulations on Increased Sales
o Covering Letter to Response to Catalog Request.
Written Communication
o Various Forms of Written Communication
o Disadvantages of Written Communication
o Meetings and Group discussions
o Running the sessions
o Important points to keep in mind while having a meeting
Email Etiquettes
o How do you enforce Email Etiquette?
o 32 Essential Email Etiquettes that will apply to all companies.
Tips for Using the Internet for Business Success
o Have an internet strategy?
o Use the internet to your advantage to keep in touch with customers.
o To increase business
o To make important business contacts.
o To have your own web site and use it to promote business
o Use the Internet for competitor research.
Effective
Performance
By Lockett
Measurement
Pitman Publishing
London

The Operational
Auditing
Handbook
By Andrew
Chambers &
Graham Rand
John Willey &
Sons Ltd.
England

Business
Communication &
Report Writing
Presentation
Skills.
Functional
English:
By K.M. Siddiqui
Al-Hamad
Academy, Karachi

Excellent in Business
Communication
By Join V Thill Courtland
LBoves
Prentice Hall International
inc.
Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey

Communication
for Business (A
practical
approach)
By Shirley
Taylor, Pitman
Publishing,
London

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OBJECTIVES:

Its a modernized course, which is necessary to learn the students, for getting complete edge
and ideas how to evaluate the Corporate Performance, material of this course is available in
the useful links, reference material section of the SOAE website.

COURSE CONTENTS:

o Why evaluate the performance of organizations?
o Why is so much measurement in purely financial terms?
o Are soft measures of performance of any use?
o Is performance evaluation an end in itself, or a potentially valuable tool for business
managers?
o Is it feasible to have a measurement system that monitors all the lead indicators of an
organizations performance?
o How do we look to our shareholders (what they term the financial perspective)?
o How do we look to our customers (the external perspective)?
o At what must we excel (the internal perspective, viewed in terms of core competencies)?
o How can we maintain continuous performance improvement, and create added value
(what they term the innovation & learning perspective)?
o How can measures be integrated both across an organizations functions
and through its hierarchy?
o How can conflicts between measures be avoided?
o Can functional and process measures co-exist?
o Everything can be measured but how can the number of measures be
kept to a meaningful but manageable set?
o How can the cost/benefit of a system be analyzed?
o How does process measurement build capability?
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CORPORATE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

o For Individual Measures:
o How can flexibility, which is often simply a property of the business process, be
measured?
o How can measures be designed to promote inter-function co-operation?
o How can measures be designed that do not encourage short-termism?
o How can measures be designed to encourage appropriate (e.g. employee) behaviour?
o How can flexible measures, those that take account of changes in the business
environment, be defined?
o How should data generated from a measure be displayed?
o How can management ensure that appropriate (perhaps corrective) action follows
measurement?
o How can predictive measures be identified and developed?
o Set-off and carry forward of losses.
For The Business Environment:
o How can organizations integrate measures into strategic control systems?
o How can management ensure that the system matches the organizations strategy and
culture?
o Where are the strongest links to business strategy?
o To which dimensions of the internal and external business environment does the system
have to be matched?


Effective Performance
By Lockett Measurement
Pitman Publishing London

The Operational Auditing Handbook
By Andrew Chambers & Graham Rand
John Willey & Sons Ltd. England

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OBJECTIVES:
o To develop the skills in students so they are be able to make proper distinction between
different types of costs.
o To equip the students with emerging new concepts and its application in the field of
managerial accounting.
o To develop the skills in students to design the costing system that help in decision making.

COURSE OUTLINE
Basic Cost Management Concepts:
Meaning of cost, manufacturing costs, manufacturing cost flow, different costs for different
purposes, costs and benefits of information.

The changing role of managerial accounting in a dynamic business environment:
o Managerial accounting: managerial vs financial accounting, managerial accounting in
different types of organization, evolution and adaptation in managerial accounting.
o Service vs. manufacturing firm, emergence of new industries, global competition, focus on
customer, cross functional team, computer integrated manufacturing, product life cycle
and diversity and time based competition.

Activity based Costing and Activity Based Management:
o Some key issues about cost drivers
o Activity dictionary and bill of activities, direct vs. indirect costs, when is new product-
costing system needed.
o Cost management systems.
o ABC and advanced manufacturing environment:
o Flexible manufacturing system,
o Two dimensional ABC,
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MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING & DECISION MAKING

o Customer profitability analysis.
o Target costing, kaizen costing.
o Bench marking and reengineering,
o Theory of constraints.

Activity Analysis, Cost Behaviour and Cost Estimation
o Cost behaviour patterns
o Operational based vs. volume based cost drivers
o Cost estimation methods.

Cost Volume Profit Relationship:
o Projected expenses and revenues,
o Breakeven point and target net profit,
o Applying CVP analysis, CVP analysis with multiple products, assumption under CVP
analysis, CVP and income estimation, cost structure and operating leverage.
o Profit planning, activity based budgeting and e-budgeting;
o Types of budgets (master budgets, budgeted financial statements), manufacturing
overhead budget, ABB and the cost hierarchy, financial planning models and budget
administration
o Zero based budgeting and international aspects of budget
o Standard costing, operational performance, and the balanced score card: managing costs,
setting standards, multiple types of direct material and direct labour.

Flexible budgeting and the management of overhead and support activity costs
overhead budgets:
o Choice of activity measure,
o Cost management using overhead cost, overhead cost performance report, and activity
based flexible budgets.

Responsibility accounting, quality control, and environmental cost management
o Responsibility centers and performance reports
o Behavioral effects of responsibility accounting,
o Segmented reporting and total quality management.
o ISO 9000 standards and environmental cost management

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Decision making, relevant cost and benefits:
The managerial Accountant role in decision making, relevant information, identifying relevant
costs and benefits and analysis of special decision.

Management
Accounting:
A Decision Emphasis
By John Wiley, Jessi,
Raiborn & Kenney
Management
Accounting and
By Sultan Chand
S.M. Maheswari
Management
Accountancy
By McDonald &
Evans
J. Batty

Financial Policy and
Management Accounting
By Bhabatosh Banerjee
World Press

Strategic Cost
Management
University of
Calcutta
By Basu,
Banerjee and
Dandapat

OBJECTIVES
This course introduces students to the practices and codes of conduct involved in the finance
function. The course covers ethical issues and the roles of the corporate financial manager,
other stakeholders and other participants in the investment industry. The emphasis of the
course will be on readings, rules, and regulations from the SOAE for Certified Financial
Accountant Program. Cases and speakers will be employed to bring a real world perspective
to the classroom. This course introduces students to the conflicts of interest faced by finance
professionals. In addition, students are introduced to the codes of conduct, rules, regulations,
and practices required of finance professionals by the SOAE through Certified Financial
Accountant Program. In particular, we look at the rationales for these rules. We also look at
the role of ethics in personal financial planning. This course is valuable to anyone who plans to
manage their own finances. This course is also valuable to any student who intends to pursue
a career as a Finance professional. Potential careers that come under this heading include:
Compliance Officer, Financial advisor, corporate financial manager, director or other officer,
money or investment manager, banking or investment banking professional, lawyer
specializing in the fiduciary relationship, and/or public sector finance manager, to name a few.
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PROFESSIONAL VALUES & ETHICS

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to complete the following key
tasks:
o Recognize the principal conflicts of interests faced by those working in the Financial
Services industry
o Recognize the principal conflicts of interest faced by anyone involved in managing their
own finances
o Recognize the principal conflicts of interest faced by government and non-regulatory
agencies in regulating the Financial Services sector
o Understand why government, non-regulatory agencies, and Financial Service participants
do not always attempt or sincerely attempt to minimize these conflicts of interest
o Begin to think about ways to minimize these conflicts of interest that would appeal to the
various parties to the process
o Understand some of the rules and regulations that govern behaviour in the Financial
Services Industry

COURSE OUTLINE
Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct
o Standard I. Professionalism
o Standard II. Integrity of Capital
o Standard III. Duties to Clients
o Standard IV. Duties to Employers
o Standard V. Investment Analysis, Recommendations and Actions
o Standard VI. Conflicts of Interest
o Standard VII. Responsibilities as SOAE member of Certified Financial Accountant.

HELPING MATERIAL
Newspapers, Article and available presentations

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OBJECTIVES

IFRS adoption, while a significant regulatory event, is also an opportunity and potential
catalyst for organizations to create global standards and achieve benefits. Required changes
means that IFRS transitioning will have impact not only on the accounting process but will
also have an impact on the IT infrastructure, the financial reporting applications and the
business processes supporting financial reporting. This 1 day program is designed for Internal
Auditors, and focuses on the drivers to IFRS, conversion approaches and methodologies,
potential benefits and the role of key parties in implementing IFRS.
The program includes the presentation sessions, exercises and case study. It will also provide
opportunities to discuss the participants experience as well as problems concern.
Describe the global momentum towards IFRS.
Identify external and internal drivers to IFRS.
Discuss managing the risks for U.S. companies and maximizing the benefits of IFRS
implementation.
Describe conversion approaches.
Identify tools and resources for IFRS implementation.
Identify the roles of key parties in implementing IFRS: internal auditors, board of
directors/audit committee, management, and external auditors.
Design a roadmap to implementing IFRS for a given case study

COURSE OUTLINE

Setting the Baseline
IFRS overview
IFRS today and tomorrow
External and internal drivers
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MODULE (D) COURSE CODE PG-05
IFRS AND EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT REPORTS

Managing Risks for U.S. Companies
Different accounting standards
Statutory reporting implications and regulatory risks
Non-U.S. equity offerings
Creditors and debtors requirements
Acquisitions and divestitures
Impact on internal controls and system implications

Potential Benefits
Standardization and centralization of accounting policies
Improved controls
Better cash management
Effective use of people and resources
Streamlined processes

Case Study of a Typical U.S. Company
Business case for early implementations
Key impacts of IFRS implementations
Potential challenges and best practices
European Union observations and lessons learned
Phased adoption approach
Big bang approach
Approach to implementation
Current statutory reporting requirements
Net income impacts
Current and long-term strategies
Illustrative management activities
Phases of IFRS conversion efforts
Identify risks by performing assessments
Key components to a roadmap

IFRS Conversion Approach
Phase I Assess
o Assess technical accounting & tax implications and risks
o Assess supporting processes & infrastructure and change management

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o Formulate implementation Plan of assessing skill gaps and remediation plans
o Educating the audit committee and organization
Phase II Convert
o Perform technical accounting and tax Conversion
o Design supporting processes and infrastructure
o Develop organization and change strategy
Phase III Sustain
o Implement supporting processes & infrastructure
o Execute change management activities
o Complete knowledge & capability transfer with tools and resources
Conversion Methodologies
Technical accounting
o Analyze impact of IFRS statutory and regulatory requirements
o Impact of IFRS to key financial accounts
o Conversion methodology
o Protocol to monitor changing standards
Tax
o Reporting and method implications
o Costs and benefits
o Disclosure requirements
o Method changes
o Provision computations
Finance process
o Impact to accounting, reporting, close & consolidation and reconciliation
process and controls
o Designing, developing and deploying future state accounting, reporting, close &
consolidation and reconciliation processes
Risks & controls
o Impact on controls and governance
o Future state control environment to ensure accurate and timely financial
information
Technology
o Impact upon financial systems and architecture
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Organization & change
o Magnitude of change upon stakeholders and operating model
o Organizational structure
o Change management and learning strategies
Project management
o Program structure to develop IFRS roadmap
o Monitoring implementation
o Facilitating knowledge transfer
Roles of Key Parties in Implementing IFRS
Internal auditors
Management
Independent auditors
Board of directors/audit committee

OBJECTIVES
o Understand the terminology and basic concepts.
o Grasp the conceptual framework behind foundation topics including valuation techniques,
investment, financing and dividend policy decisions, and risk management.
o Problem-solve and improve your analytical skills in constructing rational approaches that
address fairly complex financial management issues.
o Apply and evaluate financial information in a simulated case setting.
o Increase your confidence to participate in financial decision making.

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY & PROCEDURE

COURSE OUTLINE
Cost of Capital
o An overview: The agency problem
o Weighted Average Opportunity Cost and its component
o Optimal Capital structure; WACC and Marginal Cost
o Factors affecting Cost of Capital
Cash Flow and Capital Budgeting
o Cash Flow vs Profit
o NPV and Project Financing
o Project Selection
o Effects of Inflation
Risk Analysis for Optimum Capital Budget
o Three types of risks: Stand Alone, Corporate and Market
o Analytical techniques
o Estimating Project Beta
o Risk Adjusted Discount Rate
o Capital Rationing
Capital Structure and Leverage
o Operating Leverage and Profitability
o Financial Leverage
o How much Debt?
o Modigliani and Miller (MM) Proposition
o MM and Leverage Trade-off
Dividend Policy
o Optimal Dividend Policy and Stock Price
o Is Dividend Irrelevant?
o Residual Dividend Model
o Stock dividends and Stock splits


Principles of
Managerial Finance
By Gitman, Lawren Jo
Harper International

Basic Financial
Management
By Keown, A.J. & Martin JD
Prentice Hall
Managerial Finance
By Weston & Coperland
Financial Management
Policy and Procedures
By James Van Horn

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OBJECTIVES
Now a days we are in the modern era, and to discuss about the efficient management, we cant
learn this without knowing about the Quality Management.

COURSE OUTLINE

o The meaning of quality
o Quality from consumers perspective.
o Dimensions of service and product quality. Quality from producers perspective.
o Need for Total Quality.
o Total Quality Management.
o Evolution of Total Quality Management. Deming, Juran & Crosbys approaches to Total
o Quality Management.
o Principles and objectives of Total Quality Management.
o Strategic implications of Total Quality Management.
o Total Quality Management in service and manufacturing companies.
o The cost of quality.
o The effect of quality management on productivity and profitability. Identifying quality
problems and causes.
o Techniques to Total Quality Management.
o Seven tools to total quality control. ISO-9000 series and its implications.

Integrating Total
Quality Management
By Susan Jurow, Susan
B. Barnard
Total Quality Management
By Joel E. Ross
Susan Perry
Total Quality
Management
By Gopal K Kanji
Subburaj
Total Quality
Management
By Anand A Samuel

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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES
To understand objectives and concepts of auditing and gain working knowledge of generally
accepted auditing procedures, techniques and skills needed to apply them in audit and
attestation engagements and solving simple case-studies.

COURSE OUTLINE

o Auditing Concepts Nature and limitations of Auditing, Basic Principles governing an
audit, Ethical principles and concept of Auditors Independence, Relationship of auditing
with other disciplines.

o Auditing and Assurance Standards Overview, Standard-setting process, Role of
International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and Auditing and Assurance
Standards Board in India.

o Auditing engagement Audit planning, Audit programme, Control of quality of audit
workDelegation and supervision of audit work.

o Documentation Audit working papers, Audit files: Permanent and current audit
files, Ownership and custody of working papers.

o Audit evidence Audit procedures for obtaining evidence, Sources of evidence,
Reliability of audit evidence, Methods of obtaining audit evidence, Physical verification,
Documentation, Direct confirmation, Re-computation, Analytical review techniques,
Representation by management.

o Internal Control Elements of internal control, Review and documentation, Evaluation
of internal control system, Internal control questionnaire, Internal control check list, Tests
of control, Application of concept of materiality, audit risk and concept of internal audit.

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AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

o Internal Control and Computerized Environment, Approaches to Auditing in
Computerized Environment.

o Audit Sampling Types of sampling, test checking and techniques of test checks.

o Analytical review procedures.
o Audit of payments General considerations, Wages, Capital expenditure, Other
payments and expenses, Petty cash payments, Bank payments, Bank reconciliation.

o Audit of receipts General considerations, Cash sales, Receipts from debtors, Other
Receipts.

o Audit of Purchases Vouching cash and credit purchases, Forward purchases, Purchase
returns and allowance received from suppliers.

o Audit of Sales Vouching of cash and credit sales, Goods on consignment, Sale on
approval basis, Sale under hire-purchase agreement, Returnable containers, various types
of allowances given to customers and sale returns.

o Audit of suppliers ledger and the debtors ledger Self-balancing and the sectional
balancing system, Total or control accounts, Confirmatory statements from credit
customers and suppliers, Provision for bad and doubtful debts and writing off of bad
debts.

o Audit of impersonal ledger Capital expenditure, deferred revenue expenditure and
revenue expenditure, Outstanding expenses and income, Repairs and renewals,
Distinction between reserves and provisions and implications of change in the basis of
accounting.

o Audit of assets and liabilities.

o Company Audit Audit of Shares, Qualifications and Disqualifications of Auditors,
Appointment of auditors, Removal of auditors, Powers and duties of auditors, Branch
audit, Joint audit, Special audit, Reporting requirements under the Companies Act, 1956.

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o Audit Report Qualifications, Disclaimers, Adverse opinion, Disclosures, Reports and
certificates.

o Special points in audit of different types of undertakings, i.e., Educational institutions,
Hotels, Clubs, Hospitals, Hire-purchase and leasing companies excluding banks, electricity
companies, cooperative societies, and insurance companies).

o Features and basic principles of government audit, Local bodies and not-for-profit
organizations, Comptroller and Auditor General and its constitutional role.


Audit and Assurance
By Alvin A, Arens, Rano
Auditing
By Khawaja Amjad
Saeed

Audit and Assurance
By Grant E Gay, Gay
Timothy J. Louwers,
McGraw Hill Lecture
Notes
From useful link of
SOAE website

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