Advanced Certificate in Cost Analysis & Performance Management
-- viewing nowThe Advanced Certificate in Cost Analysis & Performance Management is a crucial course for professionals seeking to enhance their financial analytical skills. This certificate program focuses on cost analysis, budgeting, and performance management, equipping learners with essential skills to drive financial success in their organizations.
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• Advanced Cost Accounting: This unit will cover advanced cost accounting techniques, including activity-based costing, lifecycle costing, and marginal costing. It will also delve into cost behavior analysis and cost-volume-profit analysis.
• Performance Management Metrics: This unit will focus on the key performance management metrics, such as return on investment (ROI), return on assets (ROA), and economic value added (EVA). It will also cover balanced scorecard and dashboards for performance measurement and management.
• Cost of Quality: This unit will cover the cost of quality, including prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs, and external failure costs. It will also discuss how to reduce the cost of quality and improve overall organizational performance.
• Target Costing and Value Engineering: This unit will focus on target costing and value engineering techniques for product and service design and development. It will cover how to establish target costs, identify cost drivers, and eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Activity-Based Budgeting: This unit will cover activity-based budgeting techniques for planning and controlling organizational resources. It will discuss how to identify and analyze cost drivers, allocate overhead costs, and monitor variances between actual and budgeted costs.
• Strategic Cost Management: This unit will cover strategic cost management concepts and tools for long-term planning and decision-making. It will discuss how to conduct cost-benefit analysis, make-or-buy decisions, and transfer pricing decisions.
• Cost Analysis for Product and Service Portfolios: This unit will focus on cost analysis techniques for product and service portfolios, including product line profitability, customer profitability, and contribution margin analysis.
• Benchmarking and Best Practices: This unit will cover benchmarking and best practices for cost analysis and performance management. It will discuss how to identify and analyze industry best practices, set performance targets, and measure progress against those targets.
• Ethics and Compliance in Cost Analysis and Performance Management: This unit will cover ethical and legal considerations in cost analysis and performance management. It will discuss how to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, such as Sarbanes-
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Entry Requirements
- Basic understanding of the subject matter
- Proficiency in English language
- Computer and internet access
- Basic computer skills
- Dedication to complete the course
No prior formal qualifications required. Course designed for accessibility.
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This course provides practical knowledge and skills for professional development. It is:
- Not accredited by a recognized body
- Not regulated by an authorized institution
- Complementary to formal qualifications
You'll receive a certificate of completion upon successfully finishing the course.
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