Budgeting & Planning Analyst® [BPA] Program

INTRODUCTION

This program is suitable for management and accounting personnel of SMEs who wants to excel in business analysis and budgeting. Graduates in this program will be equipped with skills to perform as a financial analyst, budgeting coordinator, business planning consultant, business reviewer and have the knowledge to help plan for business startups or expansion. This program has been developed by management accountants, academicians and business professionals so it will be very action oriented and most skills taught can actually be use in the business environment.

In Malaysia and in many parts of the world there are many accounting staff who are not interested in work like auditing or taxation and would prefer to be on the business and commercial side of accounting. These include business studies graduates, accounting graduates and other business related graduates. However, to be a Qualified Accountant on must take auditing and tax papers and work as auditor or tax agent which not many are interested in. Therefore, the number of qualified accountants in Malaysia is way below that of other countries like Australia.This program can potentially bridge the gap for those who are working in accounting but does not hold any accounting qualifications.

Program Flow

1. Attending Workshops and participate

The applicant need to complete the 3 workshops/seminars below before submitting an application for certification.

1. Finance for Non-Finance Managers
2. Effective Budgeting for Business Results
3. Strategic Management for Managers & Entrepreneurs

2. Capstone Case study

After completing the above 3 workshops, candidates must complete a case study and submit the case study report to certification assessors. The case study will be a composite one which will touch on the topics found in the 3 modules above. The expected length of the paper would be approximately 3,000 words or 10 pages.

3. Debriefing Boot Camp

All candidates will be required to undergo a debriefing seminar of 3 hours after they successfully submitted the case study paper. At the end of the seminar candidates will receive their parchments. Boot camp will be conducted once every 3 months.