ACCA Financial Management (FM)
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ACCA – Applied Skills
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The ACCA Financial Management (FM) course provides learners with the essential knowledge and techniques to make sound financial decisions in business. The course focuses on investment, financing, and dividend decisions, risk management, and working capital strategies to ensure effective financial planning and control.
Students will develop expertise in evaluating investment opportunities, managing business finances, and understanding the impact of financial markets on business operations. The course also emphasizes risk assessment, business valuation, and strategies for sustainable growth.
By the end of this course, students will be confident in applying financial management principles in both ACCA exam scenarios and real-world decision-making contexts.
Who is this Course For?
- ACCA students preparing for the FM exam at Applied Skills level.
- Finance professionals aiming to strengthen their investment appraisal and risk management knowledge.
- Business managers seeking skills in capital investment and working capital decision-making.
- Students transitioning from basic financial accounting concepts to advanced financial management.
- Anyone aspiring to a career in finance, corporate treasury, investment analysis, or business management.
Curriculum
- The financial management function
- Basic investment appraisal techniques
- Investment appraisal — Discounted cash flow techniques
- Investment appraisal — Further aspects of discounted cash flows
- Asset investment decisions and capital rationing
- Investment appraisal under uncertainty
- Working capital management
- Working capital management — Inventory control
- Working capital management — Accounts receivable and payable
- Working capital management — Cash and funding strategies
- The economic environment for business
- Financial markets and the treasury function
- Foreign exchange risk
- Interest rate risk
- Sources of finance
- Dividend policy
- The cost of capital
- Capital structure
- Financial ratios
- Business valuations and market efficiency
- Employability and technology skills
