Description:

The final workshop in our "Finance is Sexy" series focuses upon how to effectively manage and track your finances within your organizations.

This workshop will focus on four major areas:

• Variance reports
• Accrual Accounting
• How to deal with Petty Cash
• Delegated Authority

Participants of the workshop will learn how to:

• report the difference between projected costs and actual costs in order to change your budgets to more accurately reflect the needs of the organization in the future

• understand the difference between the cash method of accounting and accrual accounting and when you should use these different bookkeeping methods

• keep track of petty cash in order to maintain accountability within your organization

• effectively delegate financial responsibility within your organization in order to maintain a system of checks-and-balances

The workshop will be facilitated by Eric Plato, CMA, the Director of Finance at Frontier College. Eric has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 17 years. Prior to Frontier College Eric was the Controller at the YMCA of Greater Toronto. He also served as the Treasurer of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation for six years. He has delivered numerous workshops on budgeting and financial management to not-for-profit organizations. Eric’s workshops are focused on making financial management understandable for the non-financial person.

Who the workshop is for:

- People between the ages of 17-30 who are responsible for finances in your organization or business as well as those who do not have a background in finances and want to learn how to effectively manage and track your finances

Experience Level:

- Beginner 

Cost:

$25

or

$45 -  for 2 workshops left in the "Finance is Sexy" Series: 1) Presenting your Finances to Stakeholders and 2) Managing and Tracking Your Finances