Financial Markets Training Course

Audience

Designed for all Senior Management personnel who require a practical understanding of AML and CTF frameworks, their prevention mechanisms, and a broader awareness of current financial crime challenges.

Course Format

The program utilizes an interactive blend of:

• Facilitated group discussions
• Slide-based presentations
• Real-world case studies
• Practical examples

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Articulate strategies for preventing AML and CTF violations.
• Grasp the key components of AML and CTF as they relate to their organizations, as well as the national and international initiatives aimed at combating these issues.
• Outline measures for companies and staff to safeguard against the risks associated with Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
• Identify how organizations may become targets for these crimes and explain how to recognize, prevent, and report "red flags" indicative of suspicious or confirmed criminal activity.
• Gain insight into other significant areas of focus within financial crime.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at manufacturing managers and engineers who wish to strengthen their ability to evaluate investments, build robust business cases, and present compelling narratives for capital projects.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: calculate and apply core investment appraisal metrics to manufacturing scenarios, build a complete CAPEX investment case including cash flow projections and sensitivity analysis, use templates and Capex Cards to streamline the approval process, and prepare clear executive-level narratives to justify capital expenditure requests.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for managers who want to identify and reduce the risk of fraud affecting e-commerce merchants.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how e-commerce fraud occurs.
• Analyze vulnerabilities in their company's e-commerce platform and processes.
• Assess a company's 'readiness' for adopting new anti-fraud measures.
• Communicate and incorporate appropriate anti-fraud policies.

Format of the Course also allows for the evaluation of participants.

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Plenty of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn the key features of financial markets and how trading takes place in these markets. We start with an overview of financial markets and terminologies, trading lingo, and conventions used to describe their activities. Then we look at the why and how of investing in various types of financial instruments. Some of the specific topics include trading strategies, risk management and real-world case studies to examine the persons, institutions and strategies behind the investments in the financial markets.

Audience

• Business managers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, and hands-on exercises

This instructor-led live training in France (online or on-site) targets cloud administrators, cloud architects, technology leaders, and financial analysts looking to record, manage, monitor, and process their organization's financial assets in the cloud.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to utilize FinOps practices to forecast expenses, optimize workflows, and carry out financial management activities in the cloud.

This instructor-led, live training in France (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level finance professionals aiming to acquire comprehensive knowledge of FinOps principles and methodologies, covering cloud financial management, optimization strategies, and collaboration among finance, engineering, and business teams.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the FinOps framework, principles, and phases.
• Manage cloud costs effectively through data analysis and governance.
• Collaborate between finance, engineering, and business units to align cloud spend.
• Use FinOps tools for cost allocation, forecasting, and optimization.
• Prepare for the FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst exam.

This instructor-led, live training in France (online or onsite) is designed for advanced-level cloud financial management professionals who wish to validate their expertise in financial operations (FinOps) related to cloud cost management.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire the advanced knowledge necessary for the FinOps Certified Professional exam.
• Grasp complex FinOps practices, such as cost optimization, budget management, and reporting.
• Develop practical skills for applying FinOps strategies in real-world situations.
• Prepare effectively to successfully pass the FinOps Certified Professional exam.

GnuCash is an open-source, cross-platform double-entry accounting system designed for managing personal and small business finances. It offers comprehensive accounting features such as invoicing, expense tracking, reconciliation, and financial reporting. The software integrates with online banking, supports multiple currencies, and allows data to be exported and imported in various formats including QIF, OFX, and CSV.

This instructor-led live training (available online or on-site) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level business professionals who want to effectively manage and automate their accounting, billing, and reporting processes using GnuCash.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install, configure, and customize GnuCash for business purposes.
• Set up business accounts and manage transactions using double-entry accounting principles.
• Generate financial statements and reports for analysis and auditing.
• Integrate GnuCash with banks, external systems, and online data sources.
• Automate recurring transactions and manage multi-currency operations.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical exercises and real-world business case studies.
• Hands-on configuration and data entry within a live lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• For customized training requests, please contact us to make arrangements.

Overview of Structured Products

This course aims to provide participants with an introduction to the structured products utilized in investment banking. Upon completion, attendees will possess a practical understanding of the subject matter and will be equipped to address the following questions:

1. What defines structured products?
2. What are the motivations for issuing them?
3. What advantages do issuers and investors gain?
4. How are various derivative products structured and priced?
5. What are the associated risks and costs of creating structured financial instruments?
6. What constitutes embedded derivatives?
7. What are exotic options?
8. What considerations apply to pricing and hedging?

This instructor-led, live training (offered on-site or remotely) is tailored for accountants and bookkeepers seeking to utilize Xero for bookkeeping.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Obtain a real-time view of cash flow.
• Link bank accounts to Xero for bank reconciliation.
• Prepare and verify VAT (Value Added Tax) returns in Xero.
• Create reports for sharing among team members.

This instructor-led, live training in France (online or onsite) is designed for non-finance professionals at a beginner level who wish to gain a foundational understanding of the financial and accounting principles essential for effective business decision-making.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand basic financial and accounting concepts that are essential for business decision-making.
• Interpret and analyze financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Apply key financial ratios to assess the financial health of a business.
• Develop and manage budgets and perform variance analysis to monitor business performance.
• Use break-even analysis to support operational and strategic decisions.

This instructor-led live training in France (online or onsite) is designed for developers who wish to use the Open Bank Project API to develop and test decentralized applications that can be easily integrated with digital banking systems.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing applications with OBP API.
• Understand the Open Bank Project architecture, technology, and concepts.
• Learn how to use and customize OBP API to develop and build applications for banking.
• Explore the features, tools, APIs, and sandboxes in OBP.
• Implement security and integrations in OBP API connectors and adapters.

Why should you attend?

We live and work in an increasingly global market which offers opportunities at every turn which we need to take. However, with those opportunities come increased competition and most of the complexities remain in place. Knowing the best ways to find and select the most suitable and competitive price for your product or services is crucial to the success and growth of any business. The knowledge, techniques and strategies that you gain during our training will enable you to increase profitability and effectiveness of your business.

Turning theory into practice:

The purpose behind this 1-day training course is to simplify and explain the successful strategies of pricing. You’ll leave our event more confident and more positive to continue and expand your business. We will provide you with the strategies and the best practice examples to improve and expand your knowledge about pricing and to make your plans and targets come true.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for sales managers, marketing managers, product managers, account managers, pricing analysts & managing directors. This course is also vital for executives who are new to pricing or who have limited experience of the subject.

This instructor-led live training France (online or onsite) is intended for application consultants and business process owners who wish to learn how to configure business processes for the SAP S/4HANA financials module.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic customization settings in the main components of Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure the master data settings (G/L accounts, customer and vendor accounts) for FA with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure document control, posting control, and financial document clearing settings for FA with SAP S/4HANA.