Accounting for Performance and Control course

This course provides you with an in-depth look at the principles of cost. You will become familiar with the techniques and key terms used in management accounting. Taking this course will develop your understanding of the topic and its role in decision making within an organisation. You will learn to prepare budgets, control statements and calculate and analyse variances and their causes. You will also learn how to use information to pinpoint pricing. Course Structure and Course focus are Budgetary planning and forecasting methods and Cost-structure analysis and profit calculation.

Key Benefits

• Understand the role management accounting plays in decision making within an organisation.
• Prepare budgets and other budgetary control statements.
• Make well-informed decisions on pricing, cost control, and cost reduction.
• Calculate and analyse variances and their possible causes.

Who is the course for?

Accounting courses like this one, are for anyone hoping to progress onto a related postgraduate degree programme or to secure a role in the industry.

Entry Requirements

• Education - Undergraduate degree or equivalent Higher Education qualification, or relevant work experience.
• English language - Common European Framework (CEF) Level B2* or equivalent (all teaching and learning materials are provided in English only).

Individual Short Courses

All the modules of the programme can be taken individually, as well as a wide range of other courses available within the LSBF Executive Education portfolio.