| Financial Seminars
ARC provides the finest in accounting, finance, fraud prevention and detection and audit training.
Some of the most popular programs program we provide include:
- Fundamentials of Finance -
Business executives need to understand the financial factors critical to business success. This interactive seminar shows you how finance works in today’s fast-paced business environment. You will understand the critical issues of profitability, liquidity and financial structure. You will understand the accounting process and principles of financial reporting together with how to budget and maximize profitability.
Thsi course is specifically for business owners, corporate managers, sales professionals, technical professionals, project managers, and any business professional that needs to understand how to read financial statements, budget variance reports, supplier and customer financial reports, of any financial report that supports key and critical decisions.
- Financial Modeling and Forecasting Using Excel - The development of effective and realistic financial models and forecasts is a critical tool in today’s value-driven organization. Using Excel®, the Financial Modeling and Forecasting process provides an effective tool with which the you and project the potential outcomes of various strategic and tactical initiatives.
- The Forensic Accounting Course: Developing the Fraud Resistant Company - Latest results show that employees, customers and suppliers, steal over 7% of your company’s revenues. In the past 10 years, external CPA firms were complicit or knew about 50% of the biggest frauds—and did nothing! In this hard hitting program, you will see how crooks have taken advantage of systems that may be in your own organization, and learn how to create the “Fraud Resistant Company®!” While no one can guarantee to “Fraud-Proof” a company, this program will show you haw to make the commission of a crime more difficult, and how to establish an “Early Warning System” for early detection.
- Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting Using Excel -
This program explains the budgeting process from beginning to end. You will explore the budget development process; how decisions affect the "bottom line;" and what budget variances are saying. At the same time, you will learn how to use the leading-edge tools available on Excel®.
- Framework for Performing Effective Internal Audits -
We designed this 3-Day program specifically for new internal auditors as well as financial and operational managers who need to identify the risks and related controls as part of management’s new level of accountability. The program will provide you with a structured Nine-Step Framework®, developed by The ARC Consulting Group, Inc., that ensures compliance with the new financial reporting legislation.
- Financial Analysis - Reading the financials is one thing, finding if they tell the truth is a totally different level! This interactive program goes far beyond the typical financial analysis program; identifying the strategic drivers that can dramatically enhance the profitability of your organization, to a higher level; determining if they are hiding fraud! Using the power of Excel©, you will learn how to master the tools and techniques it provides to master the latest financial analysis techniques, understand what the numbers are saying, and be better able to predict the outcome of strategic and tactical decisions.
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At ARC, booking training is as simple as One, Two, Three.
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We provide you with a "Fixed Price*" for our programs. There is no question of "How much will the expenses be?" Our fees include all instructor fees, travel and living expenses*, and all program materials. All you provide is the training facility, any A/V requirements, and any desired creature comforts.
You can find our Fixed-Price* fee on each Seminar Fact Sheet. Many of our three day programs cost as little as $9,000 for up to 25 participants. That comes to as little as $360 per person, or $15. per CPE hour!. And you pay no travel expenses for your employees. Compare this to the international "Management" organizations where tuition cost of a similar program may cost in excess of $2,000, before you encounter over $1,500 in travel expenses, totaling over $3,500 PER PARTICIPANT!
With ARC, you train up to 25 of your organization's professionals in your own custom-tailored program delivered at a location of your choice for LESS THAN SENDING 4 EMPLOYEES to a generic program offered by other vendors. We guarentee your satisfaction, or you don't pay.
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We never forget that you are the client. We will custom tailor our existing program materials to fit your needs at no additional cost to you. Your organization deserves the skills you require. At ARC, we see custom-tailored programs just a "part of the service" we provide.
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(and this is the best part!)
You are the client. If you wish to invite participants from neighboring organizations to join you in the program to help defray your cost, that is your decision. We place no restrictions on who you can invite, subject to the maximum class size as indicated on each Seminar Fact Sheet. Please see our Cancellation Policy below.
* Prices quoted on our fact sheets are in U.S Dollars, and cover only the contential United States. For International Offerings, please contact us for a very competitive International Fixed Price quote.
Program Content
ARC programs represent the latest in "Best Practices." Our programs are continually reviewed and updated to bring the latest technology into your learning experience. Many of our programs incorporate the use of laptop computers and the latest applicable software as an integral part of the learning experience. You come away from our programs with models and applications that you can use in your every-day professional careers.
Every program we develop incorporate the latest educational design techniques and concepts, helping to ensure that our participants understand and absorb the key concepts, tools and techniques applicable to the learning objectives of the On-site training program. Through the application of Competency-Based Training techniques, we can insure that your employees can apply the concepts presented in the program in their every-day jobs.
Customized Training
At ARC, we never bill for reasonable program customization. Tailoring our programs to exceed the needs of your organization is our specialty. We pride ourselves in the art of customization.
Qualifications and Background
We assist a wide range of organizations on a worldwide basis. We have successfully presented our programs to more than 50,000 business professionals, providing more than 500 programs in 22 countries and 6 languages. WE are truly an international training firm. Our programs consistently receive an "Excellent" rating by the participants. Our training program development experience spans more than 25 years. In many areas, the professional staff of ARC has pioneered professional development theory, bringing world-class, performance-based training to the custom-tailored program.
Our understanding of the adult learning process provides our clients with programs that meet the objectives of both the program and the participant. The professional staff of ARC provides client organizations with the highest caliber of audit experience and expertise available. Our staff consists of internationally known business professionals, consultants and educators.
Our Program Development Process
We write the programs that we offer. The professional staff of ARC has successfully designed and delivered many professional education programs. Specifically, we have designed, developed, and delivered more than 5,000 programs for a wide range of industries and disciplines. At ARC, we develop our programs using a documented, structured, ten-step methodology. We drive this methodology using the question, "What skills will the participant need to do their job after completing this program?"
This methodology ensures that that you reach your specific learning objectives, and that you enhance your competency level through activities and instructional aids that solidify the concepts discussed. From Phase One through Phase Ten, the program development process is documented, program material reviewed, pilot presentations made, and a seminar maintenance program initiated to ensure material is updated as necessary.
We begin the process by meeting with you to ensure a complete understanding of the general and specific learning objectives of the proposed program. Then we select specific examples and cases that build on the strengths of the target audience while introducing them to new skills and techniques. We strive to use the abilities of the participants as a learning tool, while not using the failings of specific projects or job responsibilities that would serve as an embarrassment to the participant. If desired, your organization can play an active part in the development and/or modification of case exercises and course examples.
We take the responsibility of providing continuing professional education very seriously. ARC's constantly revises and updates our educational offerings to ensure that they reflect the latest technology, and that they exceed the expectations of program participants. We believe that the foundation of any educational program is to ensure that the participants fully understand the "WHY" as well as the "HOW." They leave our programs with the ability to apply the skills obtained to their specific job environment.
Your Program Leader
Today's business professional demands professional development programs of the utmost quality. Not only in the participant materials, but also in the program leader's ability to relate the concepts and theories covered in the materials to real life, day-to-day application in their profession. Our professional staff represents the leaders in professional development. Every program leader has over 10 years of "hands-on" experience in the subject matter being presented, and has led professional development programs for over 5 years.
We believe in giving you MORE than you paid for.
Program Cancellation Policy
We require a depost of 50% of the program Fixed Fee to reserve a date. Program cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a cancellation fee of 50% of the deposit. Program cancellations made less than 14 days prior to the program are subject to a cancellation fee of 100% of the deposit. The balance of the Fixed Fee is due on the last day of the program. Program completion certifiactes are provided only after the complete paymet of the Fixed Fee is received. We accept Checks and Credit Cards via PayPal.
Refund Policy
We take great pride in our programs and our program leaders. We will refund the entire deposit, less the cost of the seminar books, if you notify us of your dis-satisfaction during the first day of the program. Refund requests presented after that date are delt with on a case-by-case basis.
Certifications and Affiliations
Project Management Programs
Our project management and continuous process improvement training programs are offered in association with Ally Business Developers, a leader in providing world-class training. These programs are presented exclusevly by Mr. Michael Bender, PMP, who is President of Ally Business Systems.
The National Center for Continuing Education.
Several of our programs are now being offered for individual enrollment through The National Center for Continuing Education . This world-class organization, located in the Tallahassee, Florida, offers programs for the Financial professional. For specific offerings and enrollment information, please click on this "NCCE" hot-link.
Professional Certification and Authorization for Granting CPE Credit Hours
As a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) certified provider of continuing professional education, our program development process is a critical part of our corporate philosophy. We believe that only by a complete and total understanding of both the competencies of the program participants and the desired learning objectives of the program, coupled with a total commitment to excellence, can an organization provide programs of the utmost quality.
ARC is proud to be certified by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). NASBA is a voluntary organization of the 54 state boards of accountancy in the United States. As a certified sponsor, ARC is authorized to offer Continuing Professional Education credits to successful program participants. The professional staff at NASBA reviews our programs annually to ensure that they meet the rigid standards established by the accounting profession. Participants earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours through successful participation in our programs.
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The ARC Training Group is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to: NASBA
150 Fourth Avenue, Suite 700
Nashville, TN, 37219-2417
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All complaints can be addressed to Mr. Richard T. Balog, President & CEO, The ARC Consulting Group, Inc., 4221 Clearwater Lane, Jacksonville, FL 32223, (904) 268-1148, RickBalog@arctraining.com, and/or to NASBA. ARC will work with you to reach a solution that is satisfactory to both ARC and the client. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaints and refund, please contact our offices at 904-168-1148.
The Better Business Bureau
The ARC Consulting Group is a proud member of the Northeast Florida Chapter of the Better Business Bureau. Please click on the BBB Logo below to review our record of business excellence.
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