Seminar Offerings
Superior academic preparation is the heart of the DeloitteAcademy experience
DeloitteAcademy seminars help individuals to think clearly, analyse quantitatively, communicate effectively and broaden their understanding of the business world. The “open architecture” of our curriculum allow professionals to find the appropriate level of challenge in their courses. From introductory to advanced, our course offerings are extensive and unique.
List of our core seminars are found below.
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Accounting / Taxation
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Finance
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Soft Skills
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Accounting for New Accountants
Scope: The presentation of basic accounting principles to new professionals who have relevant academic education. The seminar will analyse the basic principles of accounting and taxation and will give to participants, through the use of practical examples, the knowledge needed for professionals occupied as accountants.
Topics:
Terminology
Analysis and Interpretation of Greek Chart of Accounts
Analysis of Code of Books & Records, income taxes, indirect taxes
Accounting of double entry books
Preparation of Financial Statements
Preparation of tax returns
Practical applications and exercises
Written examinations and certification of attendance
The seminar is addressed to:
Businessmen with basic knowledge of financial
Accountants who have basic knowledge of accounting
Consultants - economists who do not have a knowledge of accounting
Changes in Income Tax Legislation
Scope: The purpose of the seminar is to inform participants about the changes in the new law on taxation of individual and legal entities.
The seminar is addressed to:
Accountants
Tax Professionals
Finance Professionals
Lawyers
Consultants and
Entrepreneurs
End of Fiscal Year Practice
Scope: The purpose of the seminar is to provide the participants with the professional knowledge concerning equity asset valuation at the end of every fiscal year.
The seminar is addressed to:
Business executives from financial and non-financial divisions
Finance for Non-Financials
Scope: The purpose of the seminar is to introduce the participants to financial accounting and financial management issues. During the seminar case studies with financial terms are examined and analyzed in a practical way, such as balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, ratio analysis, as well as introductory issues regarding investment evaluation and project finance.
The seminar is addressed to:
Business executives other than financial services, and/or business schools graduates, who are willing to understand and practice their knowledge in their workplace.
The Financial Reporting Cycle
Scope: Partners, directors and managers interpret and utilize financial reports regularly. Financial Reporting can help assess the overall financial performance of the organization, a particular department, or even the competition — providing a basis for sound decision making and action.
In this course, participants will learn how to read and interpret income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements – on actual as well as budget basis. By understanding these three principal financial reports, participants can conduct advanced analysis of their firm's financial performance.
Topics:
Reading the Income Statement
Reading the Balance Sheet
Reading the Cash Flow Statement
Other Elements of Financial Reporting
- The purpose of an annual report
- Budget and Forecast
- The differences between Greek GAAP and IFRS
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
Understand and interpret the information found in the three principle financial statements
Understand how the three reports relate to one another and how they are combined (with additional information) to serve as an annual report.
The seminar is addressed to:
All accountants that want to develop further to the Financial Reporting and Management Accounting
Professionals who regularly work with financial reports
Moreover, it provides non-financial professionals with the core principles of financial reporting.
The Financial Reporting Cycle 2: Best Practices of Financial Modeling
Scope: The program is about financial modeling training, aiming towards business executives who have little experience or are embarking in financial modeling development issues and are willing to have a basic understanding of the above mentioned issue.
The program aims towards Banking, Financial & Commercial Services Executives, Business Strategy & Investment executives in the Private and Public Sector as well as Business Consultants running forecast development, Budgeting & Reporting of financial statements preparation, investment evaluation, company valuation etc.
Only condition is the essential knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Office tools.
IFRS Update I
Scope: Aimed to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the recent IFRS updates specifically with regards to IFRS 13 (Fair Value Measurement) and IAS 19R (Employee Benefits). Taking into account that we have seen an unprecedented level of standard setting with new standards and amendments issued and work on various critical financial reporting topics, this seminar will help participants stay abreast of the latest IFRS developments and understand their potential implications.
Topics:
The IFRS Environment
IFRS 13
IAS 19R
The Presentation will be in Greek but the slides will be in English.
IFRS Update II
Scope: Aimed to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the recent IFRS updates specifically with regards to IFRS 10 (Consolidated Financial Statements) and IFRS 11 (Joint Arrangements). Taking into account that we have seen an unprecedented level of standard setting with new standards and amendments issued and work on various critical financial reporting topics, this seminar will help participants stay abreast of the latest IFRS developments and understand their potential implications.
The Presentation will be in Greek but the slides will be in English.
International Taxation – Basic Concepts – Double Tax Conventions
Scope: Presentation of the OECD Model on Double Tax Conventions and the basic points of the EU Directives on dividend distributions (Parent/Subsidiary) and payments of interest & royalties (Interest/Royalty). The seminar will discuss the basic principles of international taxation, the avoidance of double taxation as well as the most frequent practical aspects of the application of Double Tax Conventions and EU Directives in day-to-day business.
Topics:
OECD Model Convention presentation
Double Tax Conventions signed by Greece
Interpretation of the Convention
Notion of “double taxation”, “permanent establishment”, “tax residence” etc.
Business Profits
Dividends, Interest, Royalties & capital gains
Real property income
Transfer Pricing
Practical examples
The seminar is addressed to: Accountants, CFOs and Attorneys at law
Leadership & Management Skills
Scope: To help participants develop the skills that a leader is characterized by. The seminar, through lots of role plays and presentations that offer food for review and recommendations, provides the necessary knowledge and skills in order for the participants to identify and develop these leadership skills that differentiate a leader by his managerial role from a leader by his vision.
Topics:
Leadership: i) Leadership Skills Identification, ii) Leadership Styles, iii) The Role of Vision, and iv) The Role of Justice
Team Management: i) Goal Setting, ii) Decision Making, iii) Performance Management / People Development, iv) Motivation, v) Organization Skills, vi) Prioritization, vii) Communication Skills, viii) Effective Time Management, and ix) Novelty / Creativity
Development of Personal Skills: i) Emotional Intelligence (EQ), ii) Conflict Management, and iii) Negotiation Skills.
The seminar includes a variety of practical examples and group exercises as well best paradigms/practices for better understanding its theoretical concepts.
The seminar is addressed to manager, head of a department and/or company, who is willing to develop or foster his/her leadership skills via identifying his/her pros and/or cons towards the management of his/her subordinates. They is also welcomed everyone who, despite of not possessing a leading role within a firm, is eager to get familiarized with these characteristics that make a leader manage his/her team through a clear and measurable vision.
Personnel Cost & Compensation
Scope: The purpose of the seminar is to present, through practical examples, important business sights upon labor legislation, tax and insurance issues according to the latest modifications, as well as to cover issues regarding employee rights in the workplace.
The seminar is addressed to:
Financial and Accounting Executives
Payroll Officers
HR executives
Compensation & Benefits Officers
Presentation Skills
Scope: To help participants to develop the skills needed for a high-level and sophisticated corporate presentation. The seminar, through lots of role plays and presentations that offer food for review and recommendations, provides the necessary knowledge and skills in order for the participants to gain confidence to both stand before an audience and prepare successful presentations.
The seminar includes a variety of practical examples and group exercises as well best paradigms/practices for better understanding its theoretical concepts.
The seminar is addressed to: everyone who is assigned to make a professional presentation. The seminar aims to train participants to the practical and applied techniques for developing a presentation.
Project Management
Scope: To engage participants in the methodological and systematic efficient project management. During the seminar, the participants will have the opportunity to thoroughly analyze the essential aspects of project management in the most practical way, such as the identification of the targets and organizational structure of a given project, the management of the phases of a project as well as the tools that maybe come in handy in order to achieve the smooth management of a project.
The seminar includes a variety of practical examples and group exercises as well best paradigms/practices for better understanding its theoretical concepts.
The seminar is addressed to: any professional who is willing to understand and use the principals of the efficient project management within his/her department or interdepartmental teams and in his/her company’s corporate functions in general.
Time Management
Scope: To help participants in better managing their professional and personal time. At the beginning of the seminar, the participants will have the opportunity to analyze and understand the way they organize their daily tasks and the reason behind their inability to efficiently manage their time. Afterwards, they will learn how to differentiate their tasks into important and non-important according to their link with their personal targets and how to identify and control the factors that prevent them from doing their jobs well and therefore filling their precious time with aimless tasks. They also learn how to organize their daily program in order to become more efficient so as to accomplish the balance between their work and personal lives.
The seminar includes a variety of practical examples and group exercises as well best paradigms/practices for better understanding its theoretical concepts.
The seminar is addressed to everyone that is willing to understand and use various techniques of efficient time management in his/her daily professional life.
Transfer Pricing
Scope: The purpose of the seminar is to present to executives from foreign and Greek groups of companies the practical and theoretical issues related to the pricing and documentation of intra-group transactions, while at the same time to update the participants regarding the latest changes in the regulatory framework as well as any expected developments relating to the field of Transfer Pricing in the Greek tax environment.
The seminar is addressed to:
Executives from financial and accounting departments
Executives working in public administration authorities
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