Courses

Details of 2010 CPD courses can be found in the individual course listings below. A CPD brochure containing details of all courses currently scheduled for the year, along with further relevant information, regional listings and a booking form, can be found here.


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Diploma in IFRSs - Classroom Tuition - Dublin Course


Learning Mode: Classroom based
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Summary:
The programme should appeal to all accountants who either currently use the Standards, or who are likely to come into contact with them. View Full details of this programme Booking now for September intake

Diploma in IFRSs - Distance - Dublin Course


Learning Mode: Classroom based
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Summary:
The programme should appeal to all accountants who either currently use the Standards, or who are likely to come into contact with them. View Full details of this programme Booking now for September intake

Diploma in IFRSs - Classroom Tuition - London Course


Learning Mode: Classroom based
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Summary:
The programme should appeal to all accountants who either currently use the Standards, or who are likely to come into contact with them. View Full details of this programme   Booking now for September intake

Diploma in IFRSs - Distance Learning - London Course


Learning Mode: Classroom based
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Summary:
The programme should appeal to all accountants who either currently use the Standards, or who are likely to come into contact with them. Visit Full details of this programme Booking now for September intake

Corporate Governance Update in the Private Sector

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to provide an update on the most recent developments in corporate governance, a subject that has gained heightened prominence in light of the current economic climate.

Tax Planning for the Family Company (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will review and illustrate the very latest tax planning for family companies, reacting to recent changes in legislation.

Forecasting and Budgeting to get Best Value from Scarce Resources (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim To provide Chartered Accountants Ireland members with an understanding of the important role that budgets can play in company management so providing the ability to move quickly to stay ahead during times of economic difficulty. Despite their importance, budgets are often criticised heavily for taking too much time so undermining performance. This course shows how budgeting can be an effective mechanism for controlling activities and costs thereby ensuring that vital resources are not squandered.

Successful Delegation & Staff Management

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Successful managers know that to get the work done they need to harness the power of all the team members’ skills. This programme is designed to do this by improving your delegation and staff management abilities.

Forecasting & Budgeting to Get Best Value from Scarce Resources

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide participants with an understanding of the important role that budgets can play in company management so providing the ability to move quickly to stay ahead during times of economic difficulty. Despite their importance, budgets are often criticised heavily for taking too much time so undermining performance. This course shows how budgeting can be an effective mechanism for controlling activities and costs thereby ensuring that vital resources are not squandered.

Client Development: Winning Clients and Building Strong Relationships (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim In an increasingly competitive market-place, client development is vital. This practical course will identify the key skills required to win new clients and develop (and maintain) enduring client relationships.

Tax Planning Workshop

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This workshop will provide Accountants working in small and medium sized practices who are advising clients on taxation matters, with an opportunity to consider the tax issues arising on a number of typical commercial scenarios which they are likely to encounter in practice. It will also be of benefit to recently qualified Accountants who advise clients on taxation matters.

IFRS for SMEs: The Core Issues

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide a one day resumé of the core issues of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are aware of the major changes required to adequately prepare the switch fromnational standards. It is designed for both users and preparers who want to find out about the main differences between national standards and the new IFRSSME.

Preparing for a Compliance Visit (NI)

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim This course will cover what a small/medium sized firm may expect from a Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB) inspection.

50 Ways to Improve Practice Management & Profitability (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Aim This course will outline at least 50 ways of improving the bottom line of your practice through improved practice management and profitability.

Review of Key Corporate Recovery & Insolvency Issues

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course is designed to provide a general update to Practising Accountants on insolvency matters.

Maximising Shareholder Value

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Managers are increasingly tasked to maximise shareholder value. Valuation drives the sale and purchase of businesses. Shareholder value, as reflected by share price movements, determines the value of options and drives many corporate bonuses. Understanding the factors that drive shareholder value is therefore of central importance in today’s business world.

MS Excel 2003: Intermediate (NI)

CPD Hours: 6
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Overview In this course, you will use Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to streamline and enhance your spreadsheets with templates, charts, graphics, and formulas.

Excel 2003 Intermediate

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 17, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course aims to enable Accountants to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance their spreadsheets with templates, functions, formulae, arrays, tables,WordArt and by using Excel with Word, Access and other packages.

Anti Money Laundering for Financial Services

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 17, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to introduce board members and persons employed in firms subject to the Anti Money Laundering/Counter- Financing of Terrorism(AML/CFT) regime in the Republic of Ireland to the relevant legal requirements and provisions. The course is aimed at persons working in financial services.

Introduction to Treasury Risk Management

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This programme is for finance professionals who want to understand more about treasury risks, how they are identified and tools (including derivatives) used to manage these risks. The course looks at how these risks can manifest themselves in organisations and looks at the cost of failure to manage these risks appropriately. The focus of the course will be on the practical issues arising in this area with some tips to their resolution and will be based on the types of issues that we have experienced in dealing with Irish corporates of all sizes over the past few years. Whilst the course is predominantly aimed at members in business, it could be a useful means of education in this area for auditors. Please note that this is not an accounting for derivatives course.

Credit Crunch: Credit Unions

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The world of credit unions is changing rapidly. The Registrar of Credit Unions has been subsumed under the Financial Regulator. Concerns about their immediate solvency in the midst of the credit crunch mean that the audit risk, always regarded as high by standard setters and regulators, has increased significantly. The intention of the course is to provide practitioners with a road map to the current regulatory environment, and the challenges facing Credit Unions.  

Companies Registration Office Forms & Electronic Filing

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to provide the attendees with a practical review of the most common forms filed at the Companies Registration Office. The course also aims to assist the attendees to register and electronically file through the Companies Registration Office online filing facility “CORE” or a company secretarial software package.

Spreadsheet Tips & Tools for Accountants

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will provide you with essential knowledge for using spreadsheets effectively in your practice. It will cover application of spreadsheets in all areas of your practice from staff and resource planning, Accounts production, Taxation, Company Secretarial and Audit. The course will provide you with some very beneficial tips on how to apply spreadsheets to increase efficiency. We will create awareness of the common implications and benefits of using spreadsheets.

Rolling Forecasts with Excel 2007

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to produce a rolling forecast inMS Excel 2007 (18 months is the case study used). This entails heavy automation to facilitate the re-use of the model to create updated forecasts on an ongoing basis i.e. rolling out into the future and recognising opening historical position and financial years.

Raising the Bar: Latest Developments in Corporate Recovery and Examinership

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course is aimed at Chartered Accountants both in practice and business and insolvency practitioners in order to update delegates on the latest developments in the practice of Ireland’s formal corporate recovery process: Examinership. The course will also provide updates in relation to other recovery options for SME companies in Ireland.

Helping Your Client in Troubled Times: Business Recovery & Reorganisation (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Aim With the number of insolvencies rising rapidly over the last few years there has never been a better time to look at the important aspects of how you can help your client remain in business and the rescue options available. This course will provide accountants and financial advisors with an overview of the rescue options now accessible for businesses in financial difficulty, which can result in business turnaround for the company and client retention for the financial advisor.

Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Course Overview The global financial crisis and the problems of the property sector have put many businesses under acute financial pressure. This course gives guidance on corporate restructuring and turnaround.

Excel Macros from A to Z

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course refreshes the skills of Advanced users of Excel on the basics of Macros, then builds on the knowledge of participants to enable them to create, vet and edit Macros effectively and accurately.

Buying, Selling or Merging Your Firm: Tips & Pitfalls

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 24, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to assist small to medium sized firms assess the benefits and market potential for buying, selling or merging their firms to their full potential.

Really Efficient SME Accounts Production

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course is aimed at CAs in practice who need to improve their internal SME accounts production for audit exempt, sole trader and partnership clients.

Client Development: Winning Clients & Building Strong Relationships

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, September 27, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, client development is vital. This practical course will identify the key skills required to win new clients and develop (and maintain) enduring client relationships.

IFRS 3 Revised Business Combinations

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will update finance directors, financial controllers and auditors on the changes in IFRS 3 (Revised) Business Combinations. IFRS 3 (Revised) is applicable prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after 1 July 2009.

HMRC Revenue Investigations (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Aim The practical course will provide a detailed update on HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for practicioners in dealing with a whole range of tax, excise and benefit related issues.

IFRS for SMEs: The Core Issues (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim To provide a one day resume of the core issues of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are aware of the major changes required to adequately prepare the switch from national standards. It is designed for both users and preparers who want to find out about the main differences between national standards and the new IFRSSME.

Corporate Governance: The Private Sector (NI)

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of the programme is to provide an update on the most recent developments in corporate governance, a subject that has gained heightened prominence in light of the current economic climate.

Personal Insolvency & Bankruptcy

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, October 04, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will review the area of personal bankruptcy and how to avoid being made formally bankrupt.

MS Excel 2003: Advanced (NI)

CPD Hours: 6
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Overview In this course, students will learn how to automate common tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications.

Management Buy-outs (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Course Overview Management buy-outs (MBOs) have become an increasingly used tool to unlock corporate value over recent decades. The interests of private equity investors and ambitious divisional managers may coincide with those of group management who may no longer see a strategic fit for the division in the wider group. The result is often an MBO.

Understanding the Capital Requirements Directive for Investment Firms

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to assist accountants working in investment firms to understand the impact of the Capital Requirements Directive on their business.

Company Registration and the Companies Act 2006 (NI)

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim   To provide an update on the changes in company legislation and how the Act works from the practical point of view.  

Getting Credit from Banks

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The last few years have been exceptionally difficult. Reduced availability of bank credit has made life considerably harder for all businesses. It has threatened the survival of some. Our one-day course aims to review the area of bank credit with a focus on securing credit from banks.

Directors Duties & Obligations (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, October 11, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the responsibilities that an officer of a private limited company takes on in respect of Companies House pointing out potential pitfalls.

Business Plan Modelling using Excel

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Effective business planning is fundamental to success in business. This course shows how building the plan model is the first step in transforming ideas into tangible reality. It demonstrates how a well-organised plan shows if the concepts make sound business sense.

Practical Debt Collecting

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide participants with guidance on how to improve debt collection procedures within any business.

Management Buy-Outs

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Management Buy-Outs (MBOs) have become an increasingly used tool to unlock corporate value over recent decades. The interests of private equity investors and ambitious divisional managers may coincide with those of group management who may no longer see a strategic fit for the division in the wider group. The result is often an MBO.

Excel 2003 Advanced

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course enables participants to automate some common tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications.

IFRS for SMEs: A New Beginning (Day One) (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim To provide a detailed resume of the content of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are adequately prepared to switch from national standards. It is designed mainly for preparers but will also be of benefit to users so they can appreciate how financial statements will be prepared under the new FRSSME.

IFRS for SMEs: A New Beginning - Day One

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide a detailed resumé of the content of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are adequately prepared to switch fromnational standards. It is designed mainly for preparers but will also be of benefit to users so they can appreciate how financial statements will be prepared under the new FRSSME.

Understanding Funds

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, October 18, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to introduce fund directors and persons employed in fund management and administration to the regulatory infrastructure in Ireland governing collective investment undertakings.

Increasing Profitability & Value for Money through Activity Based Costing & Management

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course aims to provide an understanding of the approaches, tools and techniques of activity and process analysis, costing and modelling as the means to manage resources more effectively in the public sector and to increase profitability in commercial businesses.

Due Diligence

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
There is increasing evidence that the success of an acquisition is driven as much by attention to operational detail and by successful post-acquisition integration as it is by financial engineering. This course gives practical advice on planning and executing all stages of the due diligence process.

Let's Be Clear About Clarity (NI)

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The new International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) Aim This course will provide an up to date analysis of the 33 new International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) as well as ISQC1 issued by the Auditing Practices Board in October 2009 and due for implementation for audits of financial statements for periods ending on/after 15 December 2010.

PowerPoint 2003 Intermediate to Advanced

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course is designed for participants who want to gain the skills necessary to work with design templates, various types of diagrams, special effects and customslide shows. It will allow participants to benefit fromthe collaboration functionality in PowerPoint and move towards advanced presentation delivery.

Dealing Effectively with Internal Quality Control Issues in an Audit Firm (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Aim   This course aims to equip participants wiht the information they need to ensure they have implemented effective internal quality control procedures in their audit practices.

Understanding Derivatives

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to introduce or re introduce participants to both the basic concepts and more complex aspects of derivative instruments.

Driving Cash Flow & Ensuring Efficiency through Working Capital Optimisation

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide participants with an understanding of the approaches, tools and techniques of working capital optimisation. The credit crunch bit hard so that for many organisations external funds dried up. Working Capital Optimisation methods are necessary to ensure that businesses become better able to fund their own way out of problems.

Directors Duties & Responsibilities

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to provide the attendees with a practical knowledge in relation to the role and duties of a Director and the boards they are members of. Regardless of the size of the company, be it a trading or not-for-profit company, all directors must comply with the provisions of the 14 Companies Acts.

Upgrading to MS Excel 2007 (NI)

CPD Hours: 6
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Description You have worked with Microsoft Office Excel 2003, and you now need to be aware of the additional features in the latest release of the software for improving the management, presentation, and distribution of your spreadsheets. In this course, you will work with the new and enhanced features in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

Advanced Reading Techniques (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The teaching of reading stops when a child reaches the age of about ten years. An adult's reading performance is often no better than that of a teenager. Yet the volume of material we are now required to read has exploded due to the massive growth of email, websites and business publications. This course will introduce you to the skills and techniques required to accelerate your reading speed and increase your comprehension.

The Competent Communicator & Persuader

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This programme is for participants who wish to improve their communication skills and learn how to ‘Flex’ their own style to become more competent and effective in their communication with staff, clients, customers etc.

Accounting for Groups: Advanced

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This session will deal with some of the more difficult and complex matters encountered in practice when preparing consolidated financial statements under the Irish companies acts accounting framework (i.e. Irish GAAP).

Financial Instruments & Capital Markets

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The last few years have seen an unprecedented level of financial innovation and the creation of increasingly complex financial instruments. This has created challenges in terms of understanding, accounting for and disclosing financial instruments. The recent turmoil in financial markets, and changes to accounting standards have created additional challenges.

Company Law and Insolvency Update (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim To provide a practical update on all Company Law and Insolvency issues with particular reference to auditors, accountants and directors.

Personal Effectiveness - Time & Stress Management (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Introduction The most precious resource we have is time. Personal effectiveness is the ability to use that time to best advantage to achieve maximum effect. The combination of good time management and good stress management leads to a much more productive and effective life.

Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The global financial crisis and the problems of the Irish property sector have put many businesses under acute financial pressure. This course gives guidance on corporate restructuring and turnaround.

Performance Measurement & Benchmarking to Drive up Organisational Performance

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide participants with an understanding that good performance measurement is a vital capability for organisations who are striving to raise their performance in a tough economic climate. Without it success will be down to luck rather than design. However, good performance measurement is not about measuring everything that is going on. The measures that matter are those that pinpoint the critical success factors for customers and stakeholders and show how well the organisation is doing at fulfilling those requirements. If things are not going well they will show why the right things are not happening and what to do about it.

Advanced Treasury Risk Management

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This programme is aimed at finance professionals who understand the fundamentals of treasury risk and would like to develop this knowledge further. It is suitable for those who have completed the ‘Introduction to Treasury Risk Management’ course or those who have a basic understanding already.

Upgrading to Microsoft Office Excel 2007

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide an overview of the redesigned user interface and introduces the interactive new features and functionality of Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The areas covered are the commonly used new features for a typical user.

IFRS for SMEs: A New Beginning - Day Two

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide a detailed resumé of the content of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are adequately prepared to switch fromnational standards. It is designed mainly for preparers but will also be of benefit to users so they can appreciate how financial statements will be prepared under the new FRSSME.

IFRS Update

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide delegates with a full update on changes that have occurred in international financial reporting over the past two years. This will include a review of both the output of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) as well as a review of the decisions taken by the Financial Reporting review Panel

Communication & Influencing Skills (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
How to become a Powerful Influencer The introduction of Matrix Organisational Structures and rising client expectations mean that technical knowledge and your title are no longer enough. You increasingly have to rely on your personal impact and influencing skills when working with colleagues and clients. These skills are now identified as critical for future success. This one day programme will give you the key tools, techniques and skills to influence customers, peers and teams to achieve win:win outcomes.

Excel 2007 Intermediate

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course aims to enable Accountants to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance their spreadsheets with templates, functions, formulae, arrays, tables,WordArt and by using Excel with Word, Access and other packages.

Audit of Insurance Brokers

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Many practitioners experience difficulties with auditing and reporting on insurance brokers. The regulatory environment has undergone a number of changes in recent years. This course aims to provide auditors with an update of audit, accounting and regulatory issues and to introduce auditors to the new PQAs for insurance brokers.

IFRS for SMEs: A New Beginning (Day Two) (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Friday, November 19, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim To provide a detailed resume of the content of this very important development for non listed companies in Ireland and to ensure that financial accountants are adequately prepared to switch from national standards. It is designed mainly for preparers but will also be of benefit to users so they can appreciate how financial statements will be prepared under the new FRSSME.

Advanced Reading Techniques

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, November 22, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The teaching of reading stops when a child reaches the age of about ten years. An adult's reading performance is often no better than that of a teenager. Yet the volume of material we are now required to read has exploded due to the massive growth of email, websites and business publications. This course will introduce you to the skills and techniques required to accelerate your reading speed and increase your comprehension.

Top Tips for Managing People

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course is designed for those involved in managing a practice or team and aims to give practical guidance on how to encourage staff to work more efficiently and effectively thus improving business performance.

Excel VBA (NI)

CPD Hours: 12
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Overview Student will learn to create and run macros, use the VB editor, learn the use of Interface Boxes, variables and Conditional Routines.

Automating Analysis with Advanced Features of Excel

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course is intended for experienced Excel users seeking to advance their skills and find short-cuts and tips to get more fromExcel. It will introduce participants to Excel’s automated techniques in both forecasting and historical analysis.

Company Valuations

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Company valuation plays a central role in business. Valuation drives the sale and purchase of businesses. Managers are increasingly tasked to maximise shareholder value. Company valuation, as reflected by share price movements, determines the value of options and drives many corporate bonuses. Understanding how valuations are arrived at and the factors that drive value is therefore of central importance in today’s business world.

The Role of the Company Secretary

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course provides an overview to individuals or directors acting as the Company Secretary to assist them in discharging their responsibilities for statutory and regulatory compliance to Irish companies. The course also includes an update on current best practice and recent changes in regulation and enforcement.

Personal Effectiveness: Time & Stress Management

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The most precious resource we have is time. Personal effectiveness is the ability to use that time to best advantage to achieve maximum effect. The combination of good time management and good stress management leads to a much more productive and effective life.

Crime Doesn't Pay: Reporting on Solicitors in Ireland

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
The current circumstances of credit crunch, falling property values and confusion over mortgage undertakings issued during the boom has created a situation where clients' money assets are increasingly percieved as under threat. In those circumstances it is important for a reporting accountant to be fully uo tp date in this area. Recent events have shown that solicitors' clients' accounts are no more secure than ever were from the perennial temptations of fraud and peculation, and under solicitors, who invested heavily in the property market are under a great deal more pressure than previously.

Ten Ways to Reduce Your Auditing Time by 10%

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
With increased risks and continuing fee pressure, it has never been more important to build efficiency into your audit process.Wouldn’t you appreciate a course that aims to save you time and money?

Retiring & Letting Go: The Tax Issues

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will review the taxation and other issues to be considered by the owner of a familybusiness in advance of deciding to retire or sell, including a detailed review of the options available to facilitate the efficient retirement/sale fromboth parties perspective.

Internal Audit (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Aim The aim of this course is to provide a review of the fundamentals involved with the practice of internal auditing.

Excel 2007 Advanced

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course aims to extend participants’ knowledge of Excel into some of its more specialised and advanced capabilities. This is achieved by learning how to automate some common tasks, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborating on worksheets with others, and sharing Excel data with other applications. The course also looks at Pivot Tables and VLookups.

Negotiation Skills (NI)

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
Negotiation is a key aspect of business life. So it is important that negotiations go well both internally and externally. Often people are unaware of the key skills in negotiating and end up losing the initiative and going straight to their bottom line. This course will enable you to enter into any type of negotiation confident of what you want and how to get it whilst building positive relationships with the other party.

Going into Practice

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course is aimed at Chartered Accountants who are actually going into practice and for those who simply want to know more about the topic, before deciding what to do. It is for those who want to go solo or into partnership and will suit all sizes of firm, except the largest four. Attendance at this course either six months before or six months after obtaining a practicing certificate will satisfy the compulsory requirements set by the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB) for those starting out in partnership or on their own.

Communication & Influencing Skills

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The introduction of Matrix Organisational Structures and rising client expectations mean that technical knowledge and your title are no longer enough. You increasingly have to rely on your personal impact and influencing skills when working with colleagues and clients. These skills are now identified as critical for future success. This one day programme will give you the key tools, techniques and skills to influence customers, peers and teams to achieve win:win outcomes.

Corporation Tax Refresher (NI)

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This course will provide accountants and tax advisers with a concise and practical refresher of all the major recent changes to corporation tax. Practical corporation tax planning will also be given.

Property Tax & Stamp Duty Update (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will give a detailed and practical overview of the taxation aspects relating to property transactions.

Practical Auditing

CPD Hours: 3:30
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The audit of smaller companies has always been a balancing act between meeting the clients needs, staying compliant, protecting the firm and coming in on budget. This practical course will address the challenges of compliance and audit risk.

CGT & CAT Summary

CPD Hours: 2
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:00:00 PM

Summary:
This course will provide a comprehensive review for practitioners of Capital Gains Tax and Capital Acquisitions Tax.

PRSI Liabilities: Underpayments/Overpayments

CPD Hours: 2
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
This two-hour session is designed to enable Members to update and extend their professional knowledge and provide accurate and informed advice to their clients on PRSI liabilities and/or exemptions.

Internal Audit

CPD Hours: 7
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:30:00 AM

Summary:
The aim of this course is to provide a review of the fundamentals involved with the practice of internal auditing.

10 Ways to Reduce Audit Time by 10% (NI)

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
Aim With increased risks and continuing fee pressure, it has never been more important to build efficiency into your audit process. Wouldn’t you appreciate a course that aims to save you time and money?

Audit of Pensions

CPD Hours: 3
Learning Mode: Classroom based
Next available date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:00:00 PM

Summary:
This bespoke training session is tailored to meet the needs of auditors in small and medium-sized firms, who are tackling pensions audit, either for the first time, or those who have experience but feel they should know more. It responds to the issues raised by the very long time horizon implicit in pensions audit work and the dangers of the current Professional Indemnity Insurance regime, together with the 'Black Box' that is actuarial work. The intention is to provide a practical response to these dangers which will enable professionals to enjoy their own retirement undisturbed.  

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