The Course

The course is designed for people seeking to understand and apply the principles of finance and financial control to a business.  The course is particularly suited to the general manager with responsibility for a small organisation or a department, needing a broad understanding of a range of financial planning and management techniques.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course you wil be able to:

• Define the need for keeping books
• Describe common book-keeping methods
• Understand credit control techniques and methods
• Devise debt recovery procedures
• Understand costing and pricing models and methods
• Conduct break even analysis
• Prepare a trading budget
• Manage cash and cash flow
• Compose basic financial reports

The Syllabus and Assessment

This course prepares students for the ASET certificate in Business Finance.  The qualification is gained by successfully completing the in-course assessments, which take the form of structured essays based on related questions designed to apply knowledge in the workplace.  Candidates also need to complete a multiple-choice questionnaire at the end of their studies.

Duration

This course will take a minimum of 130 hours of study to complete, this includes the end of course assessment.

Further Study

The Business Finance programme is designed to provide a route to higher level qualifications and will assist in preparing for the following programmes

Offered by Oxford Open Learning

• Accounting Technician (CAT)

Others

• Accounting Technician (AAT)
• Diploma in Business Finance