Introduction

A programme to convince you of the importance of good controls, both for business reasons and for regulatory compliance, with a practical focus to enable you to take good practice to your workplace.

In an increasingly regulated corporate world many organisations need assistance making necessary changes to their business practices. Internal controls are no longer a regime for finance staff but all management who are required to take ownership of and sign off on controls. The challenge however is to understand how you can create a strong control environment in your organisation and how you can practically implement an Internal Control framework.

This course is your first building block in a strong structure called internal control that allows you to achieve your business, financial reporting and compliance objectives. Course material is based on a strong methodology grounded in regulations associated with Corporate Governance and the COSO framework.

Benefits to You

By the end of the programme you will:

• Be convinced of the importance of good control both for business reasons and regulatory compliance.
• Be aware of the regulatory environment which requires that businesses demonstrate strong controls.
• Understand the fundamentals of control including key types of control, IT controls and reconciliation controls.
• Be conscious of control in your everyday work, becoming ambassadors for good control, including execution, monitoring and assessing effectiveness of existing controls in your own organisations.
• Have considered fraud and how to reduce the risk of fraud in their organisations by implementing and maintaining a strong and effective control environment.

Programme Outline

Who Must Attend

We recommend the following attend:

• Managers of all levels who carry responsibilities to design and maintain effective and efficient internal controls and in particular those who support Board members.
• Finance staff of all levels who need to understand the control environment so enabling them to carry out their duties diligently and add value to their organisation.
• All non-finance staff in particular those working for listed companies but also those who work in organisations seeking to enhance and improve their existing control environment.

Programme Leader

This programme will be conducted by one of the following leaders:

Anthony Moore, CPA, who holds a Masters in Adult Learning, is Director of People & Change [Changing Business by Changing Behaviour] at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Singapore. He has many years of experience in advising major listed companies, statutory boards and international financial institutions on managing their businesses more effectively.

Mr Moore is widely recognised as one of Asias leading financial trainers. He has conducted financial workshops for some of the worlds Fortune 500 companies, statutory boards and numerous organisations in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Republic of Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Peoples Republic of China.

Mr Moore has lived in Singapore for the past 18 years and is also an accredited facilitator for Effective Negotiations Services [ENS International] and the seminar Think On Your Feet®.

Tan Shu Hong holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) from Nanyang Technological University and is also a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. She is presently a Manager in the People & Change practice in a company. She focuses primarily on finance-related courses such as Finance for Non-Financial Professionals and Understanding Deferred Tax and delivers these courses either in public seminars or in-house with the option to customise the style and content to clients’ needs.

Shu Hong was a former auditor with one of the Big Four auditing firms and accountant in a local listed company under the management trainee scheme. Shu Hong was a polytechnic lecturer in the accounting arena. During this stint, she received two teaching awards in recognition of her excellent teaching efforts and co-authored an accounting textbook titled “Accounting: An Asian Edition, 2^nd Edition”.