Course catalogue
Fifteen courses in four groups. Each entry states its study hours, the level it assumes and what a learner will be able to do at the end. Fees depend on the format and the group size and are quoted in writing before anyone commits.
Groups are ordered by what they assume, not by price or popularity. If you are unsure which level fits, say so on the form and an advisor will work through it with you on the call. Enrolling in a course above your current level wastes your money and the group's time, so we would rather move you than take the booking.
01 · Financial foundations
Entry level courses for learners with no background in finance. They build the vocabulary and the arithmetic that every later course assumes.
Budgeting, the time value of money, how compound interest is calculated, how consumer credit is priced, and how to read a bank statement and a loan schedule. The course teaches the arithmetic and the terminology. It does not tell a learner what to do with their own money.
By the end you can
- Read a loan schedule and reproduce its arithmetic
- Build a twelve month household budget in a spreadsheet
- Define the core terms used in the rest of the catalogue
The double entry system from first principles: journals, ledgers, the trial balance, accruals and the three primary statements. Worked entirely through exercises rather than lectures.
By the end you can
- Record a month of transactions and close the books
- Move between the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
- Explain why accrual and cash figures differ
The subset of spreadsheet work that finance actually uses: lookup and reference functions, date arithmetic, amortisation tables, scenario tables, pivot summaries and the auditing tools that find a broken formula.
By the end you can
- Build an amortisation table from scratch
- Audit a model you did not write and find its errors
- Summarise a large ledger extract without manual counting
02 · Analysis and reporting
Intermediate courses for learners who already read a financial statement and now need to interpret one.
Ratio families and what each one can and cannot tell you, common size statements, trend and segment analysis, and the standard ways a set of accounts can mislead a reader who takes it at face value.
By the end you can
- Compute and interpret the standard ratio families
- Compare two companies of different size on a common basis
- Name the limitations of each ratio you quote
Building a three statement model that balances, with clean assumption blocks, scenario switches and sensitivity tables. Emphasis on structure and auditability, because a model nobody else can check is not a model.
By the end you can
- Build a balancing three statement model
- Document assumptions so a reviewer can trace every figure
- Run and present a sensitivity table
How firms are funded and how capital projects are appraised: cost of capital, discounted cash flow mechanics, payback and internal rate of return, working capital and the trade offs between debt and equity funding.
By the end you can
- Appraise a capital project with more than one method
- Calculate a weighted average cost of capital
- Explain a funding structure to a non specialist
Turning a ledger into a report somebody will act on: variance analysis, the design of a monthly pack, choosing indicators that change behaviour, and writing the commentary that goes with the numbers.
By the end you can
- Design a monthly reporting pack
- Write commentary that explains a variance
- Select indicators a manager can act on
03 · Markets and instruments
Courses that explain how markets are structured and regulated. They describe instruments and mechanisms. They do not recommend any of them.
How a regulated exchange works: the role of the regulator, listing and disclosure obligations, order types, settlement cycles, indices and the function of market makers and custodians. The Saudi framework is used as the worked example.
By the end you can
- Describe the path of an order from entry to settlement
- Name the disclosure duties of a listed issuer
- Read an index methodology document
The mechanics and the valuation arithmetic of the main instrument classes: equity, fixed income, funds and sukuk. Taught as mathematics and documentation, so a learner can read a prospectus and reproduce the numbers in it.
By the end you can
- Price a fixed income instrument from its terms
- Read a fund factsheet and a prospectus critically
- Explain how a sukuk structure differs from a conventional bond
The contractual structures used in Shariah compliant finance, murabaha, ijara, mudaraba, musharaka and sukuk, the AAOIFI standards that govern their documentation, and how each structure is accounted for.
By the end you can
- Distinguish the main Shariah compliant structures
- Read the documentation of a murabaha or ijara facility
- Apply the relevant accounting treatment
Identifying, measuring and documenting risk: the main risk categories, the vocabulary of exposure and tolerance, control frameworks, and the reporting a board expects. A course about limiting downside, not about pursuing upside.
By the end you can
- Build a risk register for a business unit
- Choose a measurement approach and defend it
- Draft the risk section of a board report
04 · Professional development
Courses for people already working in finance, and structured preparation for recognised professional examinations sat with their own awarding bodies.
Structured revision against the published syllabus of recognised finance and accounting qualifications, with timed practice and marking. The examination itself is set, sat and awarded by the relevant professional body, never by this academy.
By the end you can
- Work through the published syllabus systematically
- Sit timed practice papers under exam conditions
- Receive written marking on your answers
Board structure and duties, internal control, audit committees, conflict of interest policy, and the anti money laundering obligations that apply to regulated firms in the Kingdom.
By the end you can
- Map a control framework onto an organisation chart
- Draft a conflict of interest policy
- Describe the reporting chain for a compliance concern
Making numbers legible to people who do not work with them: chart selection, table design, the structure of a written recommendation, and how to answer questions about a figure you produced.
By the end you can
- Choose the right chart for a given comparison
- Structure a written recommendation
- Defend a figure under questioning
Any catalogue course delivered to a single employer's staff, on our campus or at their premises, with the case material rewritten around that organisation's own sector. Scheduling and duration are agreed in advance.
By the end you can
- Course content mapped to your own sector
- A schedule agreed around your operating hours
- Attendance and completion records for your training file
Asked before enrolling
No. We are a training institution licensed by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, and that licence covers teaching. We do not advise anyone on their own holdings, we do not recommend any instrument, and we do not accept or manage funds. Our trainers are instructed to decline personal financial questions and to refer them to a licensed adviser.
A private training institution licence issued by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, number 224127931061, and accreditation for electronic delivery from the National eLearning Center. The registered company details, including the commercial registration and the unified national number, are published in the footer of every page.
We will not answer that with a number, because nobody honestly can. A course teaches a defined body of knowledge and the skills listed under each entry in the catalogue. What a learner does afterwards depends on their own work, their employer and circumstances none of us control.
Not for the foundation group, which assumes nothing and starts from the vocabulary. The intermediate and advanced courses list the knowledge they assume, and an advisor checks that fit on the call before you enrol rather than after.
It records the hours you attended and the assessment you passed at this academy, under our TVTC licence. It is a training record that belongs in a professional file. It is not a professional licence, not a university qualification and not a permit to practise any regulated activity.
Both. Each scheduled group is announced with its language of instruction, and the workbook is supplied in that language. Technical terms are given in both throughout, because the documentation a learner will meet at work is rarely in one language only.
Fees depend on the course, the format and the group size, and they are quoted to you in writing before you commit to anything. This site does not take payments and has no checkout, so nothing can be charged from here.
Yes. Any catalogue course can run as a closed group for one organisation, on our campus or at their premises, with the case material rewritten around their sector. Attendance and completion records are supplied for the training file.
Speak to an advisor before you enrol
Send your details and we will call you back to go through the catalogue, check which level fits your background and quote the fee in writing. Nothing is charged for the call.