In this fast challenging business world where the emphasis is on corporate governance and profitability, financial awareness for Managers* is not an option, it has becomes a necessity.

This course has been specially designed for managers* who do not have a full financial training and strong finance background and having some basic accounting knowledge will be an advantage, and whose managerial responsibilities include the following:

• Managing their contribution and performance towards the company business goals, plans and profitability.
• Managing and/or running more effectively the business and/or department operations.
• Planning and decisions making with financial tools.
• Accountability for the profitability of the business, sales plan and growth, market share, department expenditure and goals.
• Managing and/or understanding how  credit limit and credit control affect the “working capital” of the company
• Using finance tool for Project planning
• Controlling  Budgeting and forecasting
• Negotiating with Suppliers, Banks and Customers

1. Understanding the language and “jargon” of finance and to work effectively with the Chief Financial Officer/Financial Controller and their finance team               
2. Able to accomplish the important business tasks as follows:

• Read Annual Reports
• Understand Financial Statements- Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow
• Measure the liquidity of a business
• Differentiate between regular income and extraordinary items
• Why companies goes bankrupt
• Do a break-even analysis
• Figure out return on investment
• Compute the cost of capital
• Put together a Business Plan
• Decide whether your business should be a sole proprietorship, partnership or a private limited company
• Manage Foreign currency exposure
• Value a business
• Understand Financial Reports versus Management Reports
• Understand Exception Reports
• Prepare a budget
• Understand Budget and Forecasts
• Managing Internal Controls

3.Understand the types of costing manufacturing costing,

• process costing
• direct and indirect costing
• activity costing
• cost allocation 

4. Understand the financial side of investment appraisal, return on investment, requirements of a profit center and/or a cost center  

5. Understand how  financing both internal and external

6. Understand capital expenditure, capex planning and capex management

 7. Understand financial implications of the  i) Business transactions

 ii) Orders and Sales    iii) Transfer of Titles   iv) INCOTERMS

Anthony (Mark) Wong is a Certified Public Accountant of Singapore since 1984.
He has worked in senior management positions such as Deputy Managing Director, Finance Director and Regional Financial Controller for Asia Pacific region with Multi-national companies in Singapore particularly in the Electronics and Manufacturing industries.

He was the Regional Financial Controller for Asia Pacific Region with Motorola in Singapore for eight years.

Anthony has extensive experience in Maximizing Shareholder Value, Streamlining the business, Risk Management and Business start-ups. Being the best in class in Financial Strategy, Investment Management, Treasury Management, Financial Operations and Performance Management has given him additional leverage in his career.

He is a Business, Career and LIFE Coach and provides coaching to Business owners, Entrepreneurs, CEOs and Corporate executives. He manages his own company, Success Coaching and Consultancy Pte Ltd and is also the CEO of M I E Destiny Vibrations Creation Pte Ltd in Singapore.

Anthony is also a Business and Financial Consultant to Small and Medium Enterprises and has lectured on Finance and Accounting for Singapore Accountants Academy, Nanyang Polytechnic, University of Southern Queensland, Curtin University and La Trobe University.
He conducts workshops on finance, accounting and management accounting; and Letter of credit and credit management for MNCs which included clients such as SINGTELand Nagase in Singapore.

He also conducts such workshops in Malaysia under Asia Pacific Institute for Management Development since 2004.
Companies include:

• Bank Negara
• The Central Bank of Philippines (from Philippines)
• Dunlop Malaysia
• Exxon-Mobil Malaysia
• SBB Mutual Berhad
• International Islamic College
• Hotel Armada of Petaling Jaya
• The Golf Club, Datai Bay
• Goodyear Rubber Industries Sdn Bhd
• TNT Malaysia
• CEOs and businessmen.                 

He holds an Associated Certified Meta-Coach (ACMC) certification from the International Society of Neuro-Semantics (ISNS) and Certified Master Coach from Behavioral Coaching Institute, Australia.

Anthony is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (U.K.) and holds a MBA from the distinguished Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom.
He also holds an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Management Consultancy from the distinguished Henley Management College in United Kingdom.  He has a Diploma in Business Law from the National University of Singapore.