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Title: Finance for non-financial managers
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

IREX Europe is seeking a Financial Management trainer, ideally with experience in Financial management in the Broadcast Media industry.

The selected trainer will conduct 5 workshops of 4 days duration in Belgrade at Radio Television Serbia. The first workshop is scheduled 5-9 May 2008.

Aim:

To provide those with no financial training with an understanding of the essentials of financial management, financial processes and financial records, developing their managerial ability through a better understanding of the financial aspects of running a business. It will be based on public finance methodology but will introduce participants to some of the key financial tools of the business world

Scope of Work:

Anyone in a managerial or supervisory position, especially in production and programme areas, who wants, or is required, to develop their knowledge of financial practices to improve their managerial skills

Key topics covered:

• Who uses financial information, and why?
• Financial planning and the annual business cycle
• Managing departmental budgets, forecasting outcomes, reconciling budgets with actuals
• Controlling costs
• Management accounts and their purpose, and other financial reporting
• An introduction to profit & loss accounts and the balance sheet
• Understanding the importance of cash flow
• Understanding basic accounting and how transactions are recorded
• Depreciation, amortisation and the essentials of capital investment
• Using performance indicators in management

Previous training experience in the Balkans is prefered. A working knowledge of Serbian is an assett.

CVs pls to info@europe.irex.org before April 4 2008.