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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Practical implications of governance on financial control

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 11 of 16

CourseAB503
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Practical implications of governance on financial control

  1. Executive remuneration alignment
  2. Regulatory compliance monitoring
  3. Fraud prevention mechanisms
  4. Ethical financial decision-making
  5. ICAN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT GLOBAL STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE TOOL ICAN PM PLANNING CONTROL OBJECTIVES
  6. Course 3.7 How Boards Apply Best Practice Governance
  7. CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AREAS - WHAT GOOD COMPANY IS ROLE COMPOSITION FINANCIAL REPORTING TOP

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Assess the practical implications of effective corporate governance on financial planning and control.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the practical implications of effective corporate governance on financial planning and control.

Study materials

Videos

  • ICAN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT GLOBAL STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE TOOL ICAN PM PLANNING CONTROL OBJECTIVES · YouTube · Gbenga Olatunji · 44 min · for registered students
  • Course 3.7 How Boards Apply Best Practice Governance · YouTube · ThreeTicks · 15 min · for registered students
  • CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AREAS - WHAT GOOD COMPANY IS ROLE COMPOSITION FINANCIAL REPORTING TOP · YouTube · Gbenga Olatunji · 34 min · for registered students
  • Webinar in partnership with Consider Solutions: Fraud Prevention & Detection · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 59 min · for registered students
  • The financial controller who stole £20,000 from her company: 4 lessons to help stop internal fraud · YouTube · ICAEW · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 · PDF · Frc, guidance; 19 pages · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance, ch. 6: Oversight, Compliance, and Risk Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 107–120 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 1: Financial Accounting, ch. 8: Fraud, Internal Controls, and Cash · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 495–536 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Principles of corporate financial planning
  • Week 2: Formulating the corporate financial plan
  • Week 3: Sources of business finance
  • Week 4: Financing risks and capital structure
  • Week 5: Financial and money markets
  • Week 6: Investment appraisal and business strategy
  • Week 7: Global financial risk environment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global financial risk management and hedging
  • Week 10: Corporate governance and financial oversight
  • Week 11: Practical implications of governance on financial control
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Planning and Control in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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