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Course Overview

Are you an executive, a manager, or an entrepreneur looking to upgrade your skill sets? Or are you from engineering, IT, marketing or other fields hoping to be knowledgeable and proficient in accounting and financial management? This course gives you a dual specialisation in Accountancy and Finance to provide flexibility in your career choice.

 

You will learn to analyse and use financial information and data to make decisions and evaluate business performance. You will be equipped with skills in fund management and trained to make better financial and investment decisions within a firm. Beyond the technical competencies, get to hone your problem-solving, critical thinking and research skills through article reviews, case studies and assignments.

 

With knowledge and skills in both fields that build upon each other, it will enhance your management competencies and prospects for career advancement. You can also look forward to opportunities for a career switch in accounting and finance!

 

 


All students are required to bring their own notebooks for lessons. You may refer to the required technical specifications for notebooks HERE.

* Candidates who successfully complete the Specialist Diploma in Accounting & Finance will be eligible for the following exemptions:

  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – Business and Technology (BT), Management Accounting (MA), Financial Accounting (FA) and Corporate and Business Law (LW)
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) – BA2: Fundamentals of Management Accounting and BA3: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

 

A Polytechnic Diploma or ITE Technical Diploma / Technical Engineer Diploma / Work-Learn Technical Diploma or equivalent

 

OR A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

 

OR A Post-Secondary Certificate with at least 3 Years of relevant working experience

Who Should Attend

Executives, managers and entrepreneurs who wish to enhance their accounting and financial skills and knowledge. Prior knowledge of accounting and finance is not a pre-requisite.

What You'll Learn

To be awarded the Specialist Diploma in Accounting and Finance, participants are required to complete a total of 2 Post-Diploma Certificates (PDCs). A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of each PDC.

Subject Code Subject
BCAF005 Financial Accounting

This subject aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills of measuring business activities and processing the data into useful information for reporting and decision making. The subject covers the accounting principles and accounting process, and equips students with the requisite skills in preparing and interpreting corporate financial statements. It also addresses accounting issues relating to consolidated financial statements.

BCAF008 Financial Analysis

This subject seeks to equip students with the tools and skills needed to draw inferences from financial statements in tandem with corroborative information from the market and the economy, in order to facilitate better financial, investment and credit decision making within the firm. The subject examines in detail how financial statements can be used to evaluate performance and financial position; or to assess the risk and implications of a particular decision made by the firm’s management.

Subject Code Subject
BCAF006 Financial Management

This subject covers the role of finance and the financial manager, sources and allocation of funds within a business enterprise and the tools and techniques used by the financial manager in the management of funds and other financial resources. It also covers concepts related to valuation, international financial management and financial instruments such as shares, options and warrants.

BCAF007 Management Accounting

This subject provides an introduction to the use of accounting information in the planning, control and decision-making process. It covers the tools and techniques for planning, budgeting, performance evaluation and cost analysis. It also addresses emerging issues that are outside the traditional domain of management accounting. These issues include total quality management and the economic value added concepts.

Modes of Assessment

 

100% Coursework consisting of class tests/quizzes and assignments/projects


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Career Opportunities

The course will enhance participants' management competencies, and prospects for career advancement. It may also open opportunities for participants to switch to a career in accounting and finance.

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Course Contact

  • Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6:00pm
    Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm
     
    Closed during lunchtime, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    and on weekends and public holidays.

  • https://www.tp.edu.sg/tsa
  • Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)
    Temasek Polytechnic
    East Wing, Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 109
    21 Tampines Ave 1
    Singapore 529757

  • Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel course with low enrolment.