Publication date : 05/23/2024
Course : Accounting for non-accountants
Practical course - 2d
- 14h00 - Ref. TPM
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| Understanding cost accounting to calculate costs |
Intended audience
Managers, organizers, buyers, auditors.
Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.
Practical details
Hands-on work
Theoretical input and practical exercises. Case studies and feedback.
Course schedule
1 The challenges of corporate accounting
- Accounting and finance in business life.
- Challenges and limitations of current management control and economic value models.
- Major cost categories: general, analytical and budgetary accounting approaches.
- Basic concepts and definitions of financial reporting. Areas and principles.
- Budgeting process, cost accounting and general accounting.
Case study
Discussion of a real-life case study of an SME in the training sector. Presentation of financial dashboards for an SME.
2 General accounting essentials
- Economic flows. Accounting objectives.
- Tools: chart of accounts, accounting treatment of depreciation and provisions.
- Lessons learned from analysis of accounting tools. Summary documents.
- Intermediate operating totals: margin, EBITDA, added value.
- Appropriate use of ratios: profitability, financial structure, activity, cash flow.
- The main balance sheet items: working capital, working capital requirements, cash and cash flow.
- Reading and interpreting financial analyses.
- Accounting and financial auditing.
Case study
Analysis of accounting documents (general ledger, trial balance, etc.).
3 Cost accounting and cost calculation
- Determining cost centers: expense breakdown, common expenses and their allocation, profit centers.
- Allocation of income and expenses by activity.
- Cost categories: fixed/variable, direct/indirect, ABC, ABM. TCO.
- The role of management control: definition and objectives of BSC, proposed indicators for the financial axis.
Exercise
Costing of different products.
Customer reviews
4,1 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
MARGUERITE B.
27/11/25
3 / 5
Interesting course but too advanced for my needs, as I have 0 accounting knowledge. The audience was too varied, with different levels of knowledge and expectations. Impossible to assimilate so much knowledge in such a short space of time, even if I did retain a few essential basics.
MARINA C.
27/11/25
3 / 5
We spent too much time on basic exercises on the first day. The trainer had a lot of technical problems that made us lose a lot of time.
MARION D.
27/11/25
5 / 5
I learnt an enormous amount on this course, perhaps even more than I had originally imagined. The content was very comprehensive, structured and accessible. Contrary to what you might think, the course wasn't just for non-accountants.
PARTICIPANTS
Managers, organizers, buyers, auditors.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Managers, organizers, buyers, auditors.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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