ACCA – Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)
Live Online | 7-day Intensive and Interactive Training | ACCA Exam Preparatory Course
Strategic Business Reporting is part of the ACCA Strategic Professional training programme.
It covers topics related to advanced financial reporting, including leasing, employee benefits, deferred tax and consolidated financial statements, among others. Also included is the interpretation of reports by various stakeholders.
Our 7-day SBR course will transform how you prepare for such demanding papers. It’s an intensive, interactive experience where you’ll work closely with expert tutors to tackle real-life and actual case studies. No passive lectures—just deep, focused practice on the kinds of scenarios you’ll face in the exam and in your career. You’ll build technical skills, sharpen your strategic thinking, and master exam technique in a way that makes every hour count. By the end, you won’t just be ready for the exam—you will feel like you have already done it.
Our training days run from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (CET).
For additional savings, this course can be booked as part of a package offer.
This training programme is tailored for aspiring ACCA professionals who are keen to excel in Strategic Business Reporting.
It goes beyond exam preparation by equipping students with the practical skills, strategic insight, and real-world experience needed to thrive in today’s complex financial environment. Participants will not only be fully prepared to pass their exams but will also develop a deep, applicable understanding of financial reporting that can be immediately applied in their careers.
Objectives
This course focuses on advanced aspects of financial reporting and strategic analysis.
By the end of this course, participants will obtain deeper understanding of:
- Fundamental ethical and professional principles
- The financial reporting framework
- Reporting the financial performance of a range of entities
- Financial statements of groups of entities
- Analysis and interpretation of financial information and measurement of performance
- The impact of changes and potential changes in accounting regulations.
Benefits
Participants will benefit from our proven training methodology:
- Live Online Interactive Training: Highly interactive, practical training courses. The live lessons are recorded and can be used for revision and self-study.
- Exam-focused Training: Training sessions are tailored to help students prepare for the ACCA Exam and focus on the students’ individual needs.
- Master Exam Technique: We embed exam strategy into every session i.e.
- Learn to identify opportunities for marks that you could potentially score
- Structure answers clearly
- Use keywords effectively
- Plan responses under pressure
- Explain calculations, not just do them
- Exam Practice: Every session feels like a practice exam with coaching. You’ll cover large parts of the syllabus in a single day through intensive, interactive, and skills-based learning.
- Reduce the hours needed for Self-Study: Our approach is highly focused, motivating, and efficient. You’ll stay engaged and build confidence fast.
- On Exam Day, You’ll Feel at Home: Our objective is that the exam feels like just another session with us — no surprises, no panic, just performance.
- ACCA/Equivalent Qualified Instructors: Highly experienced professionals with the technical expertise necessary to address the required knowledge requirements of the ACCA syllabus.
- Course Materials: These include practical questions and in-class notes designed to support your exam preparation.
A. Fundamental ethical and professional principles
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Professional and ethical behaviour in corporate reporting
B. The financial reporting framework
- The applications, strengths and weaknesses of the accounting framework
C. Reporting the financial performance of a range of entities
- Revenue
- Non-current assets
- Financial instruments
- Leases
- Employee benefits
- Income taxes
- Provisions, contingencies and events after the reporting date
- Share-based payment
- Fair Value Measurement
- Presentation and disclosure in financial statements
- Other reporting issues
D. Financial statements of groups of entities
- Group accounting including statements of cash flows
- Associates and joint arrangements
- Foreign transactions and entities
E. Interpret financial and non-financial information for different stakeholders
- Analysis and interpretation of financial and non-financial information and measurement of performance
F. The impact of changes and potential changes in accounting regulation
- Discussion of solutions to current issues in financial reporting
- Sustainability reporting
G. Employability and technology skills
- Use computer technology to efficiently access and manipulate relevant information.
- Work on relevant response options, using available functions and technology, as would be required in the workplace.
- Navigate windows and computer screens to create and amend responses to exam requirements, using the appropriate tools.
- Present data and information effectively, using the appropriate tools.
Brian Connolly - Brian has been providing ACCA exam preparation training courses since 1996. He is also the author of many training programmes, including a 12-day programme on IFRS. Since 2001, he has been a trainer of courses on US GAAP.
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