FATCA Compliance for Financial Professionals Training Course

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn the key features of financial markets and how trading takes place in these markets. We start with an overview of financial markets and terminologies, trading lingo, and conventions used to describe their activites. Then we look at the why and how of investing in various types of financial instruments. Some of the specific topics include trading strategies, risk management and real-world case studies to examine the persons, institutions and strategies behind the investments in the financial markets.

Audience

• Business managers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, and hands-on exercises

This introductory course offers participants a comprehensive and practical understanding of essential financial markets, including their objectives, functions, core activities, and regulatory frameworks. Designed to serve as a refresher, an educational resource, and a challenge, the program ensures that all delegates gain maximum value. Active feedback and discussion are encouraged throughout the interactive sessions, which go beyond mere facts to engage participants meaningfully.

The primary goal is to ensure that, upon completion, all course delegates are significantly better equipped to address client needs, placing the services and markets they trade in and participate within proper context.

This instructor-led live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for cloud administrators, cloud architects, technology heads, and financial analysts who wish to record, manage, monitor, and process financial assets of an organization in the cloud.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to use FinOps practices in an organization to forecast costs, optimize processes, and perform financial management operations in the cloud.

This instructor-led, live training session (available online or onsite) is designed for engineers aiming to enhance business value through FinOps practices in the development and support of organizational services.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the foundational principles of FinOps and relate them to software engineering methodologies and disciplines.
• Learn and grasp the basic functions and responsibilities associated with a FinOps team.
• Identify the specific responsibilities of engineering and operations team members within FinOps processes.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level finance professionals seeking comprehensive knowledge of FinOps principles and methodologies, including cloud financial management, optimization strategies, and collaboration among finance, engineering, and business teams.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the FinOps framework, principles, and phases.
• Manage cloud costs effectively through data analysis and governance.
• Collaborate between finance, engineering, and business units to align cloud spend.
• Use FinOps tools for cost allocation, forecasting, and optimization.
• Prepare for the FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst exam.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or on-site) is designed for advanced-level cloud financial management professionals who wish to validate their expertise in financial operations (FinOps) related to cloud cost management.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire the advanced knowledge necessary for the FinOps Certified Professional exam.
• Comprehend complex FinOps practices, such as cost optimization, budget management, and reporting.
• Develop practical skills for applying FinOps strategies in real-world scenarios.
• Prepare effectively to successfully pass the FinOps Certified Professional exam.

This instructor-led live training, delivered in Serbia (either online or onsite), is aimed at professionals who want to expand their FinOps knowledge in preparation for the FinOps Certified Practitioner certification exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand cloud usage and cost modeling, cost allocation, and resource planning.
• Understand the pillars of FinOps and their implementation in an organization.
• Learn how the organization works to define the pricing model goals and use historical data in making pricing model adjustments.
• Take the FinOps Certified Practitioner certification exam with confidence.

GnuCash is an open-source, cross-platform double-entry accounting system designed to support personal finance and small business financial management. It offers comprehensive accounting features such as invoicing, expense tracking, reconciliation, and financial reporting. The software integrates with online banking, supports multi-currency transactions, and enables data import/export in formats like QIF, OFX, and CSV.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is tailored for beginner to intermediate business professionals seeking to manage and automate accounting, billing, and reporting processes using GnuCash.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install, configure, and customize GnuCash for business purposes.
• Set up business accounts and handle transactions using double-entry accounting principles.
• Produce financial statements and reports for analysis and auditing.
• Integrate GnuCash with banks, external systems, and online data sources.
• Automate recurring transactions and manage multi-currency operations.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical exercises and real-world business examples.
• Hands-on configuration and data entry in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Overview of Structured Financial Instruments

This course is designed to offer participants a foundational introduction to structured products utilized within the investment banking sector. Upon finishing the program, attendees will possess a practical understanding of the subject and will be equipped to address the following inquiries:

1. What defines a structured product?
2. What drives the decision to issue them?
3. In what ways do issuers and investors gain advantages?
4. What methodologies are used to structure and price various derivative instruments?
5. What are the associated risks and expenses involved in creating structured financial products?
6. What constitutes embedded derivatives?
7. What characterizes exotic options?
8. What factors must be considered regarding pricing and hedging strategies?

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is aimed at accountants and bookkeepers who wish to use Xero for bookkeeping.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Get a real-time view of cashflow.
• Link bank accounts to Xero for bank reconciliation.
• Prepare and check VAT (Value Added Tax) returns in Xero.
• Create reports for sharing amongst team members.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets beginner-level non-finance professionals who wish to develop a foundational understanding of the financial and accounting principles essential for effective business decision-making.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand basic financial and accounting concepts that are essential for business decision-making.
• Interpret and analyze financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Apply key financial ratios to assess the financial health of a business.
• Develop and manage budgets and perform variance analysis to monitor business performance.
• Use break-even analysis to support operational and strategic decisions.

This instructor-led live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets developers who wish to use the Open Bank Project API to develop and test decentralized applications that integrate easily with digital banking systems.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing applications with OBP API.
• Understand the Open Bank Project architecture, technology, and concepts.
• Learn how to use and customize OBP API to develop and build applications for banking.
• Explore the features, tools, APIs, and sandboxes in OBP.
• Implement security and integrations in OBP API connectors and adapters.

Why should you attend?

We operate in an ever-expanding global market that presents opportunities at every turn, which we must seize. However, these opportunities are accompanied by heightened competition, and many complexities persist. Knowing the best ways to find and select the most suitable and competitive price for your product or services is crucial to the success and growth of any business. The knowledge, techniques and strategies that you gain during our training will enable you to increase profitability and effectiveness of your business.

Turning theory into practice:

The purpose behind this 1-day training course is to simplify and explain the successful strategies of pricing. You’ll leave our event more confident and more positive to continue and expand your business. We will provide you with the strategies and the best practice examples to improve and expand your knowledge about pricing and to make your plans and targets come true.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for sales managers, marketing managers, product managers, account managers, pricing analysts & managing directors. This course is also vital for executives who are new to pricing or who have limited experience of the subject.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for application consultants and business process owners who wish to learn how to configure business processes for the SAP S/4 HANA financials module.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic customizing settings in the main components of Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure the master data settings (G/L accounts, customer and vendor accounts) of FA with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure document control, posting control, and financial document clearing settings of FA with SAP S/4HANA.