Good accounting practices and financial management can support steady growth of an organization and serves as a sign of good management behind. The certificate programme is organized to enable NGO staff members of non-financial background who are responsible for accounting/financial issues to strengthen their knowledge in managing NGO finance.

•To provide essential knowledge of financial management and accounting for centre supervisors/service managers in handling the accounting records

•To help managerial staff in mastering cost function and control for making good decisions

•To assist centre supervisors/service managers in developing and implementing internal control for their service units

Basic Financial Management Knowledge for Service Management in NGOs (7 hours)

Fundamentals and functions of financial management for service management

•To provide and grasp how accounting function relates to service management

•To briefly explain financial resource mobilization in Subvented and Non-subvented services

•To understand the roles of senior management and service management in financial management

Introduction to conceptual & regulatory framework of financial reporting in Hong Kong

•To highlight the importantconcept of the Conceptual Framework of financial reporting

•To briefly explain the Regulatory Framework and requirements of Companies Ordinance for financial reporting in Hong Kong

Overview of project management for non-subvented services

•To understand the financial reporting requirements of different specific fund grants in Non-subvented services

•To provide an overview of project scope from financial perspective of funding proposal and business plan

•To grasp through different processes of managing and monitoring service projects including project slippage and external audit