This one-day course gives finance professionals an overview of the key elements required to understand business finance.
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Duration | 3 Days
Cost | Members €650/ Non-members €750 + 1 year's free membership
CPD Points | 10.5
Venue | Dublin 4 or on-site nationwide
This course is aimed at IT professionals who find themselves interacting with finance staff.
The course aims to give you the confidence to contribute to internal discussions by providing you with a solid understanding of key financial concepts and terms.
Course content is delivered by Cormac Lucey, a highly acclaimed and experienced finance professional.
Cormac is a qualified chartered accountant. He has developed and currently presents several other finance programmes in Chartered Accountants Ireland, the Irish Management Institute and the Michael Smurfit Graduate School.
By the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge and insights to be able to participate confidently in financial discussions with finance professionals.
You will improve your knowledge of key financial concepts and be able to communicate more effectively with your CFO and CEO when conducting financial planning.
Through an in-depth understanding of the processes that underlie how finance and IT interact, you will be able to standardise and simplify how you do business, driving value in the long term.
Non-member rate includes 12 months free membership. We will be in touch with registration details after your place is confirmed.
Cormac Lucey was born in Dublin and grew up in County Down and County Mayo. He was educated in UCD and qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1987. He has since worked in the financial industry, focusing on corporate finance. Between 2002 and 2007 he served as special adviser to the Tanaiste, Michael McDowell.
He has developed and currently presents the Diploma in Corporate finance (at Chartered Accountants Ireland) and the Diploma in Business Finance (at the Irish Management Institute). He also teaches finance at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School (University College Dublin).
He contributes regularly to discussions on public affairs and is a weekly columnist on economics with the Irish edition of The Sunday Times. He has contributed to several books including authoring Plan B – How Leaving the Euro Can Save Ireland and co-authoring The Business Compass – Perspectives on Business Ethics.
Can't see a course date that suits you? Please contact training@ics.ie to find out future dates.