Workshops
Fund Raising, IPOs & Capital Restructuring
This workshop aims to provide practical knowledge of the activities involved in fund raising for corporation’s as private companies and public companies. It also reviews the process of planning for and achieving a successful IPO and finally it covers key aspects of corporate restructuring resulting from mergers & acquisitions, management buyouts (MBO), leveraged buyouts (LBOs), privatisations and financial distress.
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Certificate in Accounting Data and Analytics
This course which comprises the following topics will give participants an overview of how data and analytics can be applied in accounting
- Introduction to Accounting Data and Analytics
- Data Visualisation and Dashboarding
- Data Management
- Data Modelling and Forecasting
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Cyber Security Risk Management for Finance Professionals
The Digital Economy is fast overtaking the Traditional Economy giving rise to an ever exigent rush to transform business firms into digital firms for competitive advantage. This fast and furious digital transformation has open up digital connectivity outside the firm and into the global world thus exposing the security of the firm’s assets to potential risks of cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism.
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Coding with Python: Workshop for Accounting and Finance Professionals
This course introduces basic coding skills to participants through a series of hands-on exercises to solve accounting and finance problems. The coding language will be Python which is the industry standard for data oriented professionals. Python is widely recognised for its ease of learning, making it suitable for participants with little to zero coding experience. It is also supported with many data analysis and machine learning tools which provides the more experienced participants with a powerful tool at their disposal.
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Visual Analytics with Tableau for Accounting and Finance Professionals
Data visualisation is going to change the way accounting and finance professionals work with data. They’re going to be expected to respond to issues more rapidly. And they’ll need to be able to dig for more insights – look at data differently, more imaginatively. Accounting and finance professionals are in the centre of the data explosion and are poised to become ever more vital to stakeholders in enabling data and insight-driven enterprises.
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Harnessing Data Science for Real Estate Analysis
Many real estate companies have been making decisions based on a combination of intuition and traditional, retrospective data. Today, a host of new variables make it possible to paint more vivid pictures of a location’s future risks and opportunities.
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Financial Analytics with Python
As businesses increasingly try to position themselves to reap benefits from data analytics, accountants are also poised to play a leading role in managing that transition. In order for them to extend their capabilities, finance and accounting professionals must develop relevant skillsets in order to ensure that they continue to play a key role in driving data analytics initiatives within their organisations.
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IT Audit for Accounting, Financial, and IT Professionals
As financial services sector organisations seek new methods of creating value, and actively leverage digital, disruptive technologies and operating models, they embrace innovation and immerse themselves in new approaches to deliver such value. It was observed that the more mature Internal Audit functions in the industry develop new tools and innovative capabilities in order to effectively respond or align themselves to such organisational developments and challenges.
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Effective Data Governance and Quality - Enabling the Future of your Business
It is an increasing trend for companies to collect huge volumes of data as they recognise the value of data which is now considered a strategic asset for digitalisation, innovation of products and services and cost management. Hence, this has given rise to the need for reliable data management practices to produce good quality data for various consumption needs.
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PwC-SMU Chief Financial Officer Masterclass
Developed with senior finance leaders in mind, the PwC-SMU Chief Financial Officer Masterclass includes modules which are relevant to finance professionals, such as: corporate governance, risk management, managing IT in an organisation, financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and insights from practicing CFOs. The programme also serves as a platform for senior finance professionals to exchange knowledge and experiences and understand and explore potential solutions to the challenges facing the finance function and the organisation.
