Training Course in Financial Control and Planning for Banks (Online / Remote)
1Summary
A bank's core job sounds simple – take deposits, extend loans, process payments – but keeping that machine running safely takes constant financial planning and equally constant oversight. Banks are cash-receiving institutions that honour depositors' withdrawal requests, extend credit, and invest any surplus deposits, all while offering financial services to virtually any type of business.
That combination only holds together when planning and control run side by side: planning sets the direction, control makes sure the bank doesn't drift from it – including the interest paid on savings, a practice Islamic finance treats as forbidden when structured as compound interest on loans. The Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course around exactly that planning-and-control partnership.
2Objectives and target group
What you'll be able to do by the end of the course
- Supervise the preparation of registration bonds and verify them before posting to a company's accounting books.
- Review documentation coming from the accounting office with confidence.
- Apply the financial procedures senior departments are responsible for.
- Build expertise in financial planning and control across banking sector operations.
Who the course is for
- Managers of institutions and companies, and business owners developing their bank-management skills.
- Students and graduates of business schools.
- Bank managers, departmental staff, accountants and their assistants in banks.
- Anyone building expertise specifically in the financial markets space.
3Course Content
Module 1: The Economic Role Banks Play – Why It Needs Both Planning and Control
- Why banks matter to economic life, and how that role creates the need for planning and oversight together.
Module 2: Accounting Foundations Behind Bank Planning
- Core accounting principles, terminology and the mechanics of registering financial transactions.
- Double-entry theory and the accounting rules that planning and control rely on.
Module 3: Setting the Plan – Strategies Banks Use
- Planning strategies applied across banking sector operations.
Module 4: Keeping the Plan on Track – Financial Control
- Financial control mechanisms used to keep banking sector operations aligned with the plan.
How the Programme Is Delivered
- Group training sessions at the Academy's training centres.
- One-to-one training built around a complete individual curriculum.
- Field-based, hands-on training inside real banking and financial environments.
- Theoretical sessions held in dedicated halls at the Academy.
Where and When the Course Runs
Sessions are held across a wide network of countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, England, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Denmark, as well as Australia and the United States. Dates and locations can also be arranged to fit your own schedule.
Certificate
Once the programme is complete, each participant receives a certificate accredited by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy confirming their attendance.
A condensed mini-master's track built around this course can also be arranged – get in touch with the Academy's team for details.