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| Course Description |
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This programme is designed for people seeking to understand and apply the principles of finance and financial control of 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.
At the end of the course you will 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 analyses
● Prepare a trading budget
● Manage cash and cashflow
● Compose basic financial reports |
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| Course Syllabus |
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Module A: book-keeping
● Why keep books?
● Book-keeping methods
● Introduction to VAT
● The analysed cash book
● Sales and purchase day books
● Reconciling the bank account
● Double entry book-keeping
● Single entry systems
Module B: Credit Control
● Cracking the credit problem
● Is my customer credit worthy?
● Credit control routines
● Debt recovery through the courts
● Statutory demands, insolvency and bankruptcy
● VAT and tax relief for bad debts
Module C: Costing & Pricing
● Pricing a product
● Costing a product
● Pricing a service
● Break even analysis
● Contribution theory
● Absorption costing
Module D: Management Accounting
● Budgets
● Cashflow
● Managing cash
● The trading budget
● The profit & loss account
● Management reports
● Manual accounting records
● Computerised accounting records
● Breakeven analysis |
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| Qualifications |
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On completion of your course, you will receive two qualifications: Qualification 1: Business Finance Certificate Business Finance Certificate issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Cert after your name. Qualification 2: Level 2 Business Finance Award At the end of this course successful learners will also receive a level 2 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).
This award has been designed by Stonebridge Associated Colleges to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE. |
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| Study Options |
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| In order to offer our students the most convenient and flexible distance learning courses, Stonebridge Associated College offers you the option to study for your course via two methods:
- 1. Via the traditional paper-based method.
- 2. Through the online method via ElearnUK.
When you study through ElearnUK you can quickly access your course material online and submit all of your question papers to your tutor online, using your unique student account. You have access to all of your course material immediately, and when you submit question papers, your tutor sends you an email containing your results and feedback. |
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| Fees |
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| Cash Price |
Deposit |
Installments |
No of Payments |
| £260.00 |
£85.00 |
£25.00 |
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The total amount payable over the term's period, is
no more than the total cash price of the course. (APR
= 0%). Written quotations are available on request.
At the end of the course you will receive an award issued by Stonebridge Associated College, and also gain full awarding body accreditation for the course. |
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| Tutor Support |
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With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.
You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly
team of administrators and course advisors who offer
sound and professional guidance and advice when you
need it. This ensures that you will never feel
neglected and that you will always succeed! |
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| Requirements for Entry |
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There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds. |
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| Study Hours |
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This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.
The approximate amount of time required to complete
the course is: 100 hrs.
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| Additional Information |
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Assessment Method
After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.
What's Included
- All study materials
- Study Guide
- Full Tutor and Admin support
- The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).
What is NCFE
NCFE is the UK's longest established awarding body, recognised as a highly professional and responsive organisation, committed to maintaining excellent customer service and a friendly approach.
NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.
Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that the college has been inspected and approved by an independent and experienced education professional and is quality audited biannually by NCFE. The centre delivering the programmes has been licensed by NCFE on the basis of its own quality systems. At the end of an accredited course, successful learners will also receive an NCFE Award certificate of achievement.
For more information on this award, click here |
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| Related Courses |
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Below you will find a list of courses that previous students have taken to complement their course. We hope that this list will give you some idea of the types of progression courses we offer, or alternative course options that may be of interest to you.
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