Attendance at this one stop shop for core professional development updates is a key event for the professional accountant. Attendees will hear be provided with an opportunity to hear from enthusiastic and knowledgeable subject matter experts and gain in-depth guidance all in one event.
Schedule:
9am: Registration/Tea & Coffee
9.30am - 11am: Employment Law Update
Speaker: Michelle Ryan, Ronan Daly Jermyn
11am: Networking Break with Refreshements
11.30am - 1pm: Financial Reporting
In this session, Maureen Kelly, CPA Ireland will bring you up to date on the practical impact of the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 on your work as an Accountant. She will outline what the new reporting options and formats are and what the new financial statement formats look like.
The issue of who can file abridged financial statements and what they contain will also be covered. Along with new reporting requirements and disclosure exemptions.
1pm - 2pm: Lunch
2pm - 3.30pm: Improve Productivity by rethinking your staff performance conversations
Improving productivity levels within your team isn’t easy but it’s an important part of a manager’s job. Regularly reviewing your employee’s job performance can reinforce outstanding performance as well as help improve overall performance levels. Despite most organisations having a structured performance management processes in place, there is still a lack of understanding about how to prepare for and deliver effective performance review meetings. While most managers believe, such meetings are useful, their time is precious and they would still rather that they didn’t have to do them. It is therefore essential that you have meaningful conversations which focus on achieving the best performance from everyone on your team. In this seminar, Sean McLoughney, Learning Curve will provide practical ways to prepare for review meetings, how to deliver those meetings effectively and what is required after the performance review meeting to provide ongoing feedback and support
3.30pm - 4pm: Networking Break with Refreshements
4pm - 5.30pm: Taxation Update
In this practical taxation session taxation specialist James Bradley will bring you up to date on the latest Budget / Finance Bill amendments in Taxation.He will also be dealing with recent changes in Capital Taxes legislation that all professional accountants need to be aware of.
Key Course Details
Location: Clayton Silver Springs Hotel, Cork
Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm
CPD Credit: 8 structured hours
Cost: €250 Member, €300 CPA Non-member