The Certificate in Financial Management (CIFM) is a 2 year programme that provides an overview of the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques to manage finances in a public or business sector context. The programme explores the complex challenges of financial management decision-making processes and deals with issues such as: budgeting; cash-flow projections; cost benefit analysis; financial statements with respect to balance sheets; income and expenditure statements; assets register; ratio analysis; business investment; financing decisions; current asset management; dividend and dividend policy.
Certificate in Financial Management
FACULTY OF FACULTY OF EDUCATION, TRAINING & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT • SAQA ID NO. 20838 • NQF4 • 120 CREDITS • 1
Year 1
- Business Communication 101
- Mathematics of Finance 101
- Financial Management 1
- Economics 1
- Financial Accounting 1
National senior certificate
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Career Pathways for
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- Graduates will be able to:
- Display knowledge of selected day-to-day management functions of a business
- Appreciate financial principles of accountability, cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency and value for money
- Obtain employment in accounting firms and finance departments in the public or private sector
- Describe financial management terminology, concepts and principles
- Analyse and interpret financial management statements and reports such as balance sheet, income and expenditure
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