Learning Outcomes

Strategy and Global Finance

• Identify the concept of globalisation and evaluate the investment process involved in relation to globalisation.
• Evaluate the impact of global business environment on the national and multinational organisations.
• Evaluate and recommend strategies which will result in the enhancement of the value on an organisation.
• Be able to evaluate the financial consequences of strategic decisions and presentation of report to the management.
• Identify appropriate sources of finance and evaluate the risk involved and the cost of in managing the global risk.
• Identify and explain suitable techniques to manage global risk.
• Critical assess potential investment decisions available and the strategies applied in the global environment.

Strategic Financial Management

• Understand and critically appraise the significance of strategic management and decision making to the performance of the organisation and apply and critique the various forms of internal and external business and strategic analysis and formulation.
• Understand and evaluate the key financial theories relevant to financial decision making and critical application of strategic implementation techniques inclusive of balance scorecard and portfolio management tools.
• Evaluate the role of culture on strategy, including managing change and be able to analyse the effects.
• Evaluate and apply stakeholder analysis.
• Critically evaluate corporate and business valuation techniques.
• Evaluate performance measurement systems for an organisation and application of problem solving and financial analysis techniques to strategic business problems.

Strategic Auditing

• Identify and evaluate the history and the current regulatory environment for auditing.
• Understand and critically apply the rules of professional conduct for the auditors.
• Evaluate the importance of legal and professional requirements when performing the audit
• Critically analyse the effectiveness of audit monitoring processes.
• Identify the risk involved in an audit and the use of suitable measures to minimise the risk.
• Be able to identify and explain the linkage between accounts preparation and the conduct of audit.
• Identify and critically assess on the current developments in auditing.

Ethical Behaviour and Corporate Governance

• Explain what a profession is and identify the application of governance law and practices in the national and international context.
• Identify the nature and importance of corporate governance and ethical behavior and critical evaluation of ethical issues in relation to corporate activity and recommend solutions.
• Assess the impact of financial reporting in relation to a wide range of stakeholders
• Identify the principal approaches of governance, identifying and assessing how the risk should be managed in order to achieve good corporate governance.
• Research and communicate complex and leading-edge issues in CSR and governance, in an appropriate format.

Corporate Reporting

• Identify and understand the main sources of regulatory framework.
• Explain the significance and the general impact of regulatory framework on the businesses.
• Identify and assess accounting concepts and theories.
• Understand how to implement accounting calculations and information.
• Critically evaluate accounting information.
• Be able to study and criticise on specific accounting regulations
• Identify and appraise key accounting policies and practices within corporate accounting.

Financial Analyst

• Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses the different types of securities.
• Analyse and explain the regulation of, and procedures relating to, the trading of securities and new issues in the world markets, including the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
• Know how to apply the principles of investment theory, security and market analysis and efficiency.
• Analyse the principles of taxation and their implications, including income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance and corporation tax.
• Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the law and regulation in controlling the financial services industry.
• Know how to plan, manage and review client portfolios according to customer profile and the needs in order to recommend and justify appropriate types of savings and investment.