0983 - Management Accounting

Course Description

Get the accounting expertise you need to complement your strategic and financial management skills. This advanced course focuses on the accounting needs of managers. You'll learn key concepts and practices of management accounting and how they can be used to improve business performance and decision-making. Topics include types of cost-accounting systems; patterns of cost behaviour; problems related to cost determination, allocation, budgeting and control; and identifying, classifying and summarizing costs and expenses.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify, classify and allocate costs and expenses.
• Prepare budgets, including possible variances.
• Determine internal-transfer prices and evaluate capital expenditures.
• Support better decision-making across all areas of an organization.

Recommendations

0984 Accounting: The Fundamentals

This course is recognised by the following association(s). Click on the association name for details.

• Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA)
• Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario)
• CIM Chartered Managers Canada (CIM)
• National Payroll Institute

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

• Professional Accounting: Core Level : Required Courses