What is the financial management (FM)

FM provides you with the skills required to effectively manage the finance function of an organisation.

An overview:

fey decisions: financial objectives, woking capital management, business finance, ivestment appraisal, business valuations,

Risk management: approaches to risk management, foreign exchange risk,foreign exchange hedging, interest rate hedging and interest rate risk

Steps to success:

1. If possible,study with an approved learning partner and with approved content.
   

2. Study the whole syllabus

3. Prctice exam style and standard questions, to time, using the ACCA practice platform

4. develop your ability to construct effective written response answers.

5. Ensure you are competent working in the Computer Based Exam environment.

6. Attempt at least two full exams under exma conditions, debrief your answers,then focus your study on weaker areas.

Key resources: 

1.  Examiner approach

2. Objective test questions for session CBEs

3. Guide to session CBEs

4. How to approach discursive questions in FM

5. Examining team guidance

6. ACCA preatice platform

7. Working capital management

8. Dividend theory

9. INflatin and investment appraisal

10. Read the mind of the FM marker
    

Answering questions:

1. Tead the qiestopm carefully
   

2. Think before answering,don;t rush

3. Amswer all questions even fi unsure of the answer

   OR

1. Plan your answer

2. Answer the requirement directly

3. Refer to the scenario

4. Break your answer up with headlings

5. Be clear and concise, but ensure you develop each point in your answer

6. Attempt all parts of all questions