Training Course List

Basic Financial Management for Center Supervisors / Service Managers

Introduction

Good accounting practice can support steady growth of an organisation and also a sign of good management behind. Therefore, a series of accounting workshops are organised to enable center supervisors, accounting staff of NGOs or management staff responsible for financial issues to acquire the financial knowledge and approaches in managing NGO finance.

Objective

This workshop series are designed for NGO staff with an aim to provide basic and essential knowledge of financial management and accounting for handling daily accounting functions and controls with the following objectives:

 To provide basic financial management for center supervisors / service managers in handling finance function of their service units
 To provide essential accounting knowledge for accounting staff in preparing, interpreting and analyzing financial statements
 To help managerial staff in mastering cost function and control for decision making
 To assist center supervisors / service managers in developing and implementing internal control for their service units

Content

- Introduction to basic financial management function, control and process environments of NGOs
- Understanding, interpreting and analyzing service unit’s financial statements
- Assessing service unit’s financial performance
- Mastering financial and budg

Details

Course Code	:	08B-01
Date(s)	:	13/10/2008
Time	:	0930 - 1700 (6 Hours)
Venue	:	Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Target Participants	:	Center supervisors, service managers or management staff responsible for financial issues
Class Size	:	37
Language	:	Cantonese (supplemented with English)
Fee	:	HKD 770.00
		HKD 700.00 (For HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only)
Early Bird Fee	:	HKD 630.00 (Payment on or before 29/09/2008 for HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only)
Enquiries	:
Speaker(s)	:	Mr. LAM Steve 林志輝先生 BSc (Econ), MBA, FCMA, CPA (Aust), FCPA Financial Management Consultant Mr. Steve Lam was previously the Deputy Director (Finance & General Administration) of a local NGO. With his experiences in the financial profession of over 30 years and in the social service organisations, he can provide insights to NGO staff in topics relating to financial management. Prior to joining NGO sector, he had rich experiences in financial and management accounting, financial management and taxation in the commercial sector. Steve is also an experienced trainer in many similar training courses for social work professionals and is a popular speaker in many NGO seminars with topics in relation to financial management. He is now an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the Hong Kong University and currently holds the qualifications of Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Management Accountant and Certified Practising Accountant (Australia). Ms. Chan , Bernice 曾麗萍女士 Head of Finance & Human Resources Hong Chi Association Ms Chan is a Certified Practicing Accountant who has extensive accounting and financial management experiences in the public sector. Ms Chan is currently the Public Sector Committee Chairlady of CPA Australia – Greater China and working as the Head of Finance and Human Resources of Hong Chi Association. Ms. Chan Eva Financial Controller Fu Hong Society Ms Eva Chan has over 18 years of accounting experience in NGO and currently the member of HKICPA and ACCA.