Certificate in Accounting Practice and Financial Management for Non-financial Professionals in NGOs - Internal Control – How to Conduct Financial Health Check? (Session 3)
Introduction
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.
Objective
• 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
Content
Internal Control – How to Conduct Financial Health Check?
• Significance of sound internal control, how to develop and implement accounting policies and procedures, and equipping knowledge & skills of internal auditing to add value and improve an organization’s operations
• The financial control system - Developing/Improving control guidelines and procedures in NGO internal control system to safeguard organization assets
• Importance & fundamentals of internal control
• Deciding control objectives and areas for investigation
• How to read and master the guidelines given in Lump Sum Grant Manual by SWD
• Internal control reports for management review and action
• Monitoring of risk management activities
Details
| Course Code | : | 18A-C03 |
| Date(s) | : | 03/09/2018 |
| Time | : | 0930 - 1745 (7 Hours) |
| Venue | : | Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, HK |
| Target Participants | : | Centre Supervisors, Service Managers (non-financial professionals) responsible for accounting and financial operations of subvented and/or non-subvented services of NGOs |
| Class Size | : | 30 |
| Language | : | Cantonese (supplemented with English) |
| Fee | : | HKD 1,280.00 |
| HKD 1,180.00 (For HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) | ||
| Early Bird Fee | : | HKD 1,070.00 (Payment on or before 13/08/2018 for HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) |
| Enquiries | : | 2876 2470 or [email protected] |
| Speaker(s) | : |
Mr. LO , Patrick 勞錦祥先生
CPA,CA, FCCA, FCPA, FHKIoD / Partner
RSM Hong Kong
Mr Patrick Lo has more than 40 years of professional experience, with over 20 years working in international public accounting firms, and over 15 years of internal audit and risk management experience in 2 large commercial organizations listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange consisting of a fully licensed bank and a local mobile operator. He joined RSM Hong Kong in April 2007 as the Head of the Risk Advisory Services of the consulting arm of the firm. He has considerable experience of internal audit, especially in assisting corporate clients to set up internal audit system and providing clients with effective corporate and risk management advice. Mr Lo was qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong in 1976 and worked in their Toronto Office for more than 5 years. He is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in UK and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants respectively, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in Canada, and an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
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Remarks
"Small NGO Talent Development Subsidy Programme" does not apply to this course. For other financial support, please click HERE .
• Certificates will be issued by HKCSS Institute to participants upon successful completion of all four sessions with 80% attendance in total.
• CPAs may claim the CPD hours with CPA Australia and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
• "NGO Capacity Development Fund" is not applicable for this individual session.
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