There is an urgent need for accountants who use UK & Irish GAAP to get to grips with the new financial reporting standard FRS 102 which replaces UK & Irish GAAP for accounting periods commencing on or after the 1st January 2015 (with major transitional arrangements from 1st January 2014).

This Certificate, which was developed by CPA Ireland Skillnet, is designed to equip accounting professionals with a full understanding of and a capacity to apply the new standards.

The Certificate will take place over 2 full day lectures, the 28th November & 12th December 2015 in Dublin and 3 pre-recorded webinars, ensuring the least amount of disruption to your working hours. To successfully complete the Certificate participants will need to attend all 5 modules and successfully pass an assignment.

The Certificate will enable participants to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive level of knowledge and understanding of FRS 102
• Practically apply FRS 102 to financial statements
• Convert current GAAP accounts to FRS 102
• Identify options on transition
• Apply the concepts and pervasive principles of FRS 102 to accounting transaction problems

Course Facilitator: Christy Kearney

Christy Kearney qualified as an ACA in KPMG and held a senior management role there for ten years. Subsequently, he worked as financial controller in one of the key Pfizer facilities in Ireland before setting up a consulting business in IFRS and Irish/ UK GAAP. Clients include Pepsi, Pfizer, Gilead, Bord Gais, Kerry Group, Coillte, KPMG, Trend Micro, Lisney, Griffith College, Omnipro and CPA Ireland.

He has been the lead lecturer on the Diploma in International Financial Reporting (Dipifr) Courses in Cork and Dublin for a number of years. He has also written extensively on the Audit issues and challenges during the Financial Crisis and has contributed to RTEs Frontline programme on audit issues as well as participating in Government task foces on the Financial Crisis.

Date of Lectures: Saturday 28th November & 12th December 2015

Key Course Details
Location: CPA Ireland, 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. Click her for directions.
Time: 9am - 5pm
CPE Credit: 20 structured hours in total
Book 3 delegates or more in the same transaction and receive a 5% group discount.
Note: Payment for CPE courses is required prior to the start of the event to secure your place on the event.
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