Finance

The introduction of the new Value Added Tax across the GCC marks a fundamental shift and will have an impact on every business and individual. It is important to be fully prepared for the changes and have a complete understanding of how VAT will change the entire landscape. Business leaders will need to ensure that they understand the impact of the new regime to their business such as the impact on working capital or systems changes required to ensure compliance with the Law; finance staff will need a detailed understanding of the VAT regime to be ensure proper application and compliance and staff will need to understand the importance of VAT.
This course takes the delegate from an introduction to VAT to detailed technical insights to enable them to apply this insight to their organizations to ensure they are ready for VAT on 1 January 2018. innovation. Innovation is a need that will manifest itself within a company or outside this environment.

This course will encompass a thorough walkthrough of cash flow from the cash drivers of different businesses to the cash from operations and free cash flow. The importance of understanding the accounting cash flow statement prepared for financial statements will be covered in detail. Delegates will be taken through the derivation of free cash flow and how it can be used in both corporates and banks. Cash flow ratios will be developed and used in order to verify and check cash flow calculations.

The program is designed to provide an understanding of the issues involved in private equity, including and how it operates, how it is structured, and how to demystify general terminology and jargon. The program aims to enable participants to understand equity structure, mezzanine finance, and debt in a private equity transaction, using financial models to assess the IRR under various operating scenarios and different exit prices.

The program aims to equip delegates with the skills to attain Global Best Practice levels of performance in Corporate banking teams. It concludes with delegates writing a Business Plan for their Corporate Banking operations. Participants will refresh their existing credit skills and consolodate their knowledge into an efficient and usable framework, ensuring they have an understanding of the qualitative and quantitative tools used for credit analysis.

This program is designed to provide you with insights into international trade finance, as well as the financing of trade transactions. Days one and two focus on core trade finance instruments and activities, day three concentrates on guarantees, and day four concentrates on the more complex instruments and structuring solutions. You will be expected to look beyond the balance sheet and provide imaginative and practical solutions to your clients’ trade-related problems.

This is a highly interactive two-day program covering Supply Chain Finance – you will be expected to look beyond the balance sheet and provide solutions to your customers’ trade-related requirements. You will gain thorough comprehension of the potential risks and other pitfalls which may be encountered in financing supply chain transactions in international trade.

The IFRS Program will help you build the knowledge you need in International Financial Reporting Standards in order for you to reach success in today’s global business world. Like you, we believe in those who understand and can apply IFRS will enjoy expanded career opportunities as the momentum to either permit or require IFRS spreads around the world.