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Education
CFMA’s CCIFP Overview Seminar
Now available for presentation at your chapter!

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This one-day, intensive session provides an overview of the body of knowledge that every CCIFP should know. 

After attending this seminar, you will be able to:

  • Identify the topics areas that comprise the “Body of Knowledge” for Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals (CCIFPs);

  • Identify the most important topics, concepts, calculations, etc., that a CCIFP should know;

  • Benchmark you own level of knowledge against that of a CCIFP;

  • Target your study efforts in critical areas in order to broaden and deepen your mastery of what a CCIFP should know.

Take-aways include the seminar workbook, plus CFMA’s Study Guide for the CCIFP Exam, and 8 CPE credits!

Here’s what’s covered in this comprehensive full-day session:

Accounting & Reporting

  • Accounting standards & guidelines

  • Basic methods of accounting

  • Receivables

  • Costs in excess & billings in excess

  • Construction equipment

  • Subcontractor payables

  • Capitalized interest

  • Financial statements

  • Project management

Budgeting & Planning

  • Capital budgeting

  • Cash management

  • Strategic planning

  • Strategic cost management

Human Resources

  • Compensation

  • Employee benefit plans

  • Accounting/finance department administration

Information Technology

  • Applications for construction management

Taxes

  • Accounting methods unique to the construction industry

  • Tax filing

Income Recognition Methods

  • Financial reporting

  • Percentage-of-completion accounting method

  • Contract revenues

  • Contract costs

  •  Accounting for the effects of change in estimates

  • Completed-contract accounting method

Legal

  • Preparation & review of contracts

  • Subcontracts

  • Warranties

  • Alternatives to litigation

Joint Ventures

  • Forms of joint ventures

  • Accounting & financial reporting for joint ventures

Risk Management

  • Construction-related insurance

  • Surety

Plus:

  • Ways to maximize your study time

  • How to overcome test anxiety

  • What to expect on exam day

  • And MUCH MORE!


This course is at the overview level and provides 8 CPE credits in the field of Management Advisory Services (MAS).

The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.  State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.  Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417.  Web site: www.nasba.org.  For information regarding administrative policies such as complaints and refunds, please contact Nancy Lambertson at 609-452-8000 or e-mail education@cfma.org.

 

 

 

 
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