CBACS NIGERIA holds 2nd annual conference,  induction ceremony for new members

 By Imaobong Koffi-Bassey 

The College of Business Analysis and Compliance Studies (CBACS), over the weekend  held their second annual conference and induction ceremony for new members in the Raffia city, Ikot Ekpene with the theme: 'Business Regulatory Compliance and the Growth of the Nigerian Economy'.
 The event held at Methodist Civic Centre, Plot 11 Smith Close, off Abak road, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State drew participants from different parts of the country. The College of Business Analysis and Compliance studies is a professional institute that is globally certified with ISO 21001:2018, and a member of the West African Academy of Decision Science.
 The College is on a mission to produce world class compliance professionals, corporate analysts, enterprise managers and to develop human capacity, career competence in the practice of statutory compliance and other core areas of the college faculty programmes.  
The president of the College, Mr U. J. Ekanem said that the faculty training programmes of the college seeks to equip its members with detailed knowledge of the regulatory compliance expectations and global best practices from all corporate citizens as well as analytic performance evaluation and strategic management techniques.
 Ekanem disclosed that the college programme is designed into three faculties to enhance specialization and research. The college faculty certification programmes are grouped into; Certified Compliance Professionals (CCP), Certified Enterprise Managers (CEM), Certified Corporate Analysts (CCA) courses.
 In his speech, he  congratulated the inductees for the zeal and determination to rigorously pursue their faculty courses and today qualified to be admitted into the community of professionals of the College of Business Analysis and Compliance studies, Nigeria.  

Certified Enterprise Managers course is designed to equip candidates with the modern skills and techniques to cope with the multifaceted enterprise challenges and to enhance global business opportunities for economic growth. Successful candidates in this course are admitted into membership of the College based on the experience and course performance. The course is designed into thirteen (13) skills and competence areas.

• Introduction to Enterprise Management
• Enterprise legal framework and structure
• Enterprise Competence Analysis
• Enterprise Environmental Analysis and Decision Models
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Governance and ethics
• Fundamentals of Accounting and Financial statement analysis
• Financing and Appraisal
• Enterprise Evaluation and change management
• Enterprise communication, elicitation and Business Reporting
• Enterprise marketing strategies
• Enterprise automation and information system
• Contemporary issues on Enterprise management
• Business Proposal, Feasibility study and Business Plan
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Certified Compliance Professional course is a masterclass course designed to equip candidates with practical knowledge and skills on business/corporate regulations, corporate social responsibilities, corporate policies and ethics, corporate decision models, compliance awareness, compliance evaluation and assessment, compliance implementation and reporting. This course provides a comprehensive business/ corporate compliance education in Nigeria economy. The course is designed for candidates whose duties, career, profession require application of Nigeria business regulations. Candidates are trained to suit job descriptions for Compliance Officers/professionals. Also, for candidates in the field of accounting, banking, finance, economics, administration, engineering, business owners and executives, entrepreneurs and professionals in practice. Successful candidates are admitted into membership of the college of Business Analysis and compliance Studies, Nigeria based on experience and course performance. The course is designed into fourteen (14) skills and competence areas as follows:

• Introduction to corporate compliance
• Legal framework of Business structure
• Legal and Regulatory framework of compliance in Nigeria
• Internal compliance measures
• Corporate governance and social responsibilities
• Compliance ethics
• Analysis of CAMA 2020 Enterprise issues
• Tax Analysis and compliance
• Procurement Act analysis and compliance
• Employees’ safety, welfare and compensation
• Other compliance Acts in Nigeria
• Negotiation and mediation fundamentals
• Anti-money laundering and Terrorism Financing
• Contemporary issues on compliance
• International Standard Organization and Independent Quality Assurance

College of Business Analysis and compliance studies offers a faculty base certification programs for skill upgrade and members’ professional development. The courses are designed to provide candidates with a handful practical knowledge, skill and experience to explore business opportunities and proffer solutions on corporate issues. The duration of each course is at most four months including assessment.

The specialty areas are as follows:

1. Certified Corporate Analysts (CCA)
2. Certified Compliance Professionals (CCP)
3. Certified Enterprise Manager (CEM)

Certified Corporate Analysts course is designed to equip candidates with knowledge and skills to assess and evaluate corporate operational policy and productivity through data analytical tools and techniques, decision models and regulatory standards and provisions for corporate growth and stability.  This curriculum is fashioned to suit job description and roles for Corporate Analysts in all sectors of the economy. Successful candidates are admitted into membership of the College of Business Analysis and compliance Studies, Nigeria based on experience and course performance.  The course is designed into thirteen skills and competence areas as follows:

• Introduction to Corporate Analysis
• Legal Framework for Business Structure.
• Corporate Communication and elicitation techniques.
• Corporate Competence Analysis
• Environmental and global business analysis and decision models.
• Corporate strategy and governance structure
• Fundamentals of accounting and financial statement analysis
• Financing and Appraisals
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Corporate performance evaluation and change management
• Enterprise human capacity management
• Business Proposal, Feasibility study and Business Plan
• Strategic marketing techniques
• Contemporary issues in corporate development.