Diploma in Financial & Accounting Management / Banking

Diploma in Financial Management, Accounting & Banking

DURATION OF STUDIES

100 hours

LANGUAGE OF TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

Greek

START DATE

November 2021

ATTENDANCE

Full-time

LOCATION

Athens, Greece

ACADEMIC PARTNER

Description

The Diploma in Financial Management, Accounting & Banking will help you to develop all the necessary skills and knowledge related to Banking, Money Markets, Capital and measuring their effectiveness, to get acquainted with the concept of the risk of an investment, risk and financial ratios. Diploma in Financial Management, Accounting & Banking is a valuable tool of knowledge and training which will help you in your already existing professional career but will also give you the necessary knowledge to start a new career in the field of Finance & Banking.

Goal

The aim of the program is to give participants the necessary theoretical and mainly practical knowledge in Finance, Accounting, Banking and basic knowledge in Auditing.

Target Audience

The program is ideal for graduates of the Schools of Economics, Management and Business Administration who wish to work in related companies in the wider financial sector and in the banking sector.


Benefits

Lecturers

Dr. Ntaikou I. Despina, PhD, MSc, MPhil, CEFA

Dr. Daikou I. Despina is a Bank Executive, Doctor of Honor from the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the School of Business Administration of the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE). She holds two postgraduate degrees, in “Finance and Banking for Executives” (ASOEE) and in “Applied Finance” (EKPA). In addition, she has 19 years of specialized professional experience in three Greek systemic banks. She is certified in the Development and Management of Econometric Forecasting Models, through the specialized software of EViews 11 and Stata, by the International Monetary Fund and in Market Analysis by the Hellenic Association of Certified Market Analysts (EEPAMA).

Her long teaching experience in Greek public universities, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, focuses on Finance, Banking, Risk Management, Investment Project Management, etc. She is a Reviewer in Journals as she has scientific publications in prestigious journals in the field of Finance and Banking. In addition, she is responsible for scientific supervision and rendering of banking and risk management terms in scientific manuals. She has participated in seven scientific conferences in Athens and London (London School of Economics, LSE) where she has presented her doctoral research in Finance and Banking.

Georgios Vousinas is a Doctoral Researcher at the National Technical University of Athens and a Senior Financial Officer, with many years of teaching and work experience. He is a graduate of the Department of Economics of the University of Athens, with postgraduate studies in Financial Management (Athens University of Economics) and Telecommunications Networks and Information Systems Management (University of Athens).

He is a certified Auditor of Internal Audit Mechanisms (CICA), certified Chief Auditor of Business Continuity (BCCLA), certified in Portfolio Management and Financial Analysis by the Bank of Greece, and has many years of professional experience in Accounting, Fraud, Business Continuity (implementation) and Corporate Governance (assurance).

At the same time it has a rich and recognized research activity which includes articles in international scientific journals, chapters in academic books and presentations in both domestic and international conferences.

Among others, he is a member of the Training Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Internal Auditors, the International Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the International Institute for Business Continuity (BCM), the American Economic Union (AEA), the Hellenic Association of Scientists ) and the Economic Chamber of Greece.


Daphne Grigoriadis is a PhD Candidate in Economics at PAPEI, holds a Master’s degree in Economic & Business Strategy, holds a degree in Philosophy, Special Advisor in Commercial Risk Management Organization, Diploma in Economics, founder of the Greece SME campaign. analyst in Greek media.

Sophocles Kotoulas has remarkable teaching experience (over 5,000 presentations, more than 20,000 hours) in accounting, labor, taxation, administrative accounting, costing, computers and many other business issues (both theoretical and computerized).

He is the author of an accounting book for the ASEP competitions and from time to time he has published issues of the competition in the press.

He has worked as an accountant as a business computer consultant, and as a professional seminar lecturer.

He holds a Master’s degree in Finance (Manchester, England), and is a graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Management in Industrial Piraeus.

Curriculum Structure

  • Financial Analysis: Introduction to Financial Concepts
  • Financial Analysis: Analysis of Financial Indicators & Cash Flows
  • Financial Analysis: Analysis of Financial Indices & Cash Flows (excel)
  • Financial Analysis: Leverage and Borrowing_ Business Credit Assessment
  • Financial Analysis: Leverage and Borrowing_ Business Credit Assessment (Excel, Case Studies)
  • Business Decision Making_Financial Applications & Excel Templates)
  • Risk Analysis _ Minimization & Weighting
  • Investment Evaluation_Development & Selection of Investment Plans
  • Evaluation of the Income Report & Group Balance Sheet
  • Evaluation of Income Statement (Profitability / Losses)
  • Sustainable Finance_ Supervisory Framework_ Best Practices (ESG Index of the Athens Stock Exchange)
  • Decision Making Models _Sensitivity Analysis
  • Decision Making Models _Balance Strategies
  • Portfolio Management (Part 1): Overview, Investments, Money Markets, Investment Categories & Products
  • Portfolio management (2ndpart): Performance & Risk, Systemic and Non-Systemic Risk, Beta Interpretation, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Sustainable Finance_ ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Criteria and Portfolio Management
  • Internal Audit and Fraud Program, Types & Conduct of Audits, Reports
  • Fraud Risk Management _ Case Studies & Best Practices
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • International Accounting Standards IFSR9
  • Accounting Reports_Analysis & Methodology
  • Accounting Reports_ Budgeting

Attendance

The program is offered to:

  • Scheduled Class at our facilities – 68 Sygrou St. (Next to Sygrou Metro – Fix)
  • Online participation in the classroom during the course following the course program (modern distance learning).
  • E-learning with on demand attendance of videotaped courses at your own time with a personalized study program, through the modern educational platform of IST College.
  • Blended Learning: Create your own flexible learning program using any of the above attendance methods in combination.

Certification

The Diploma is certified for the quality of its subject, its lecturers, the way students are evaluated, but also for the quality of its material, with the QualityTrainingLabel Advanced Level scheme by ACTA – Founded by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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