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University of Cape Town: Cost and Management Accounting
Learn how to apply costing techniques and generate financial insights to inform key business decisions.
Learn how to apply costing techniques and generate financial insights to inform key business decisions.
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Cost and Management Accounting
About this Course
In a highly competitive corporate environment, more managers and business owners are seeking to streamline processes and optimize the use of resources. Those working in cost and management accounting roles are responsible for providing information that can guide economical decision-making, and play an important part in maximizing profit by controlling financial wastage.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Cost and Management Accounting online short course introduces you to the core principles of this function and covers a range of central concepts, such as job costing, process costing, absorption costing, and variable costing. You’ll discover how to use costings to make informed management decisions, and learn to perform a cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis and manage funds through budgets.
This course is designed for finance and accounting professionals looking to refresh their knowledge and gain specific skills in the field of cost and management accounting. It’s also aimed at managers who want to improve their ability to make sound decisions based on financial insights, and business owners and entrepreneurs who need knowledge of costing techniques and systems.
Acquire a solid understanding of cost and management accounting principles and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.