The 10-Day International Financial Reporting
& Treasury Risk Management for the
Oil & Gas Industry

INTRODUCTION

This GLOMACS Essential Guide to IFRS and Risk Management training course will provide delegates with the essential knowledge and skills to manage the Treasury effectively thereby improving liquidity, investment returns and international cashflow as well as risk management. This highly interactive GLOMACS training course will also develop an improved understanding of International Financial Reporting enabling reports to be written in accordance with IFRS and evaluated to improve decision making. 

The Treasury & Risk Management function and Financial Reporting are essential to the success and sustainability of all leading corporate organisations. Never has this been more true, given the ever increasing pace of change in regulation, compliance, technology and financial risk within the Oil & Gas industry.

Treasury Management ensures sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, whilst managing payments, receipts and financial risks such as Credit Risk, Oil Price, Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Risk effectively. In addition, effective Treasury & Risk management will enable companies to make informed and better strategic decisions, providing the analysis, finance and risk assessment.

Financial Reporting develops an essential understanding of Oil & Gas accounting, reporting and performance measurement issues and practices. It develops your ability to prepare, use and critically evaluate information, applying specialist industry knowledge and relevant analytical skills.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• The Role of Scope of Treasury & Risk Management
• The latest international tools and techniques to enable you to identify; measure and manage risk effectively
• Methods to ensure, liquidity, improved investment returns and smooth cash operations
• Capital Investment Techniques and Methods of Finance to support Strategic Objectives
• The features and Benefits of Derivatives as Risk Management tools
• The main requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) relevant to the Oil & Gas industry
• The Analysis & Evaluation of Financial Reports to improve decision making and performance

MODULES

This training course is split into two modules:

MODULE I - Treasury and Risk Management

MODULE II - IFRS for the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Sectors (Upstream, Midstream & Downstream)

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

Objectives

At the end of this GLOMACS training course, you will learn to:

• Manage Cash; Liquidity & Working Capital to reduce finance costs and improve returns
• Make informed Strategic Decisions
• Determine and Implement the company’s Risk Management Strategy
• Recommend Hedging and Risk Management Decisions
• Improve the Corporate Governance of the organization
• Apply International Financial Reporting Standards most relevant to the Oil & Gas industry
• Analyse and evaluate financial reports to better meet the needs of users
• Review and use publicly available information to benchmark the business performance of your company in the Oil & Gas industry

Training Methodology

In order to ensure skill development as well as improved knowledge, this GLOMACS training course will be conducted along with workshop principles using real life case studies and interactive worked examples from the Oil & Gas industry. Participants will be actively engaged, individually and as part of a group, in their discussion, analysis and evaluation throughout this GLOMACS training course.

Participants will also be given a detailed set of handouts in hard and soft copy to enable them to review the topics covered at a later date.

Organisational Impact

The aim of this GLOMACS Essential Guide to IFRS and Risk Management  training course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to make an effective contribution to the Treasury & Risk Management function and Financial Reporting & Analysis, enabling them to make the following organisational impact:

• Improved informed decision making
• Improved strategic thinking and focus on performance
• Liquidity, Credit, Capital, Currency, Interest Rate, Commodity Price Management
• Improved risk assessment and management
• Increased profitability through cost and risk reduction
• Improved Corporate Governance and Stakeholder relationships
• Improved finance culture through the dissemination of knowledge and skills
• Greater relevance and reliability of financial and management information
• More effective use of financial statements of the company, its co-venturers and its competitors

Personal Impact

As a result of attending this vital GLOMACS training course, focusing on the latest issues and risk facing organisations and the techniques to manage them, you will:

• Develop your professional skills and increase your awareness of industry practices, problems and solutions
• Understand the latest international tools and techniques relevant to your role
• Be able to make more informed and hence better financial decisions using various models and software.
• Increase your importance and ability to contribute effectively to your organization’s goals.
• Be able to liaise effectively with other departments and professionals on planning, forecasting, budgeting matters, financial and investment analysis
• Increased self-confidence and motivation at work
• Greater job satisfaction in providing quality support to management
• Greater ability to supervise, develop and motivate colleagues

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Given the importance of the Treasury & Risk Management and and Financial Reporting & Analysis, this GLOMACS training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals who wish to up-date and improve their knowledge and skills of Treasury, Risk management and Finance
• Financial decision makers, whose techniques of decision making and analysis will be improved through attendance
• Managers and those with financial responsibilities
• Professionals acting upon the financial decisions of others, who will gain an appreciation for decision making thereby ensuring shared values within the organisation
• Professionals with an interest in finance and the latest market developments