ACCA Financial Management (FM)
FM exam at a glance
- Exam length
- 3 hours
- Exam type
- Session CBE
- Sittings in March, June, September, December
- Pass mark
- 50%
- Our course access
- 6 months' access · extended free until you pass, on request
About this Paper
Financial Management is centred on the practical application of finance techniques to manage, fund, and value a business. This paper equips students with the skills to make critical financial decisions, including investment appraisal (capital budgeting), business valuations, and working capital management. It is about maximizing shareholder wealth through sound financial policy, understanding sources of finance, and managing financial risk.
What You'll Learn (Curriculum)
- The role and purpose of the financial management function and the financial environment.
- Techniques for working capital management, including inventory, receivables, and payables.
- Investment appraisal techniques (NPV, IRR, etc.) to evaluate capital expenditure projects.
- Different sources of finance and the computation of the cost of capital.
- Principles and methods for business valuation and managing financial risks (e.g., foreign exchange).
- 01. Faculty Intro00:15:49
- 0. Introduction to FM00:17:10
- 1.1 Functions of FM00:17:27
- 1.2 Functions of Financial Management00:38:34
- 1.3 Functions of FM00:34:55
- 2.1 Basic Inv Appraisal and ROCE00:50:54
- 2.2 Payback Period00:43:14
- 3.1 Time value of Money00:51:57
- 3.2 Various periods of Cash flows00:42:02
- 3.3 NPV and IRR00:49:30
- 3.4 Master Question00:10:43
- 4.1 Money Real and Inflation Rates00:47:56
- 4.2 Tax in NPV00:39:32
- 4.3 WC in NPV00:34:05
- 5.1 Lease vs Buy00:26:11
- 5.2 EAC and Replacement00:21:41
- 5.3 Capital Rationing00:23:16
- 6. Risk and Uncertainity00:58:50
- 7.1 Intro to Working Cap00:16:50
- 7.2 Working Cap Ratios00:28:35
- 8.1 Inv Mgt - EOQ00:47:36
- 8.1.2 Recap of 8.100:10:30
- 8.2 Inv Mgt - Vol Disc00:15:20
- 8.3 Reorder Level and JIT00:20:31
- 9.1 Credit Policy and Discount Policy00:40:59
- 9.2 Factoring and Bills Discounting00:31:11
- 9.3 Payables Management00:16:23
- 10.1 Cash Management - Models00:49:54
- 10.2 Cash Budgets - R and P Model00:57:47
- 10.3 Forecasts from SOFP00:12:43
- 10.4 Forecasts from working capital00:24:46
- 10.5 Short term Borrowings and Investments00:34:41
- 10.6 Short term vs Long Term funds00:26:16
- 11.1 Economic Environment - Intro00:41:06
- 11.2.1 Monetary Policy - Part 100:26:49
- 11.2.2 Monetary Policy - Part 200:04:17
- 11.3 Fiscal Policy00:18:10
- 12.1 Financial System and Markets00:29:00
- 12.2. Money Market00:33:30
- 12.3 Derivatives00:45:21
- 12.3.2 Futures Trading00:06:33
- 12.4 Secondary Market Characteristics00:20:20
- 12.5 Capital Markets00:24:05
- 12.6 Fianancial Institutions00:24:08
- 12.7 Treasury Function00:16:48
- 13.1 Forex - Intro_Quotes_Risks00:58:59
- 13.2 PPPT and IRPT00:27:15
- 13.3 Fisher Effect00:20:04
- 13.4 Forex Hedging Forwards Futures00:50:42
- 13.5 Forex Options00:27:12
- 13.6 Money Market Hedging00:49:33
- 14.1 Interest Risk and Yield Curve00:34:33
- 14.2 Interest Risk and Hedging00:46:28
- 15.1 Intro and Short term Funds00:25:46
- 15.2 Long term Sources Equity01:00:51
- 15.3 Long term debt leasing and venture capital00:38:21
- 15.4 SME Financing00:20:41
- 15.5 Islamic Finance00:15:42
- 16.1 Dividend Theories00:34:09
- 16.2 Dividend Policy Questions00:04:59
- 17.1 Cost of Capital and DVM00:37:47
- 17.2 Gordons Growth00:22:19
- 17.3 CAPM00:33:49
- 17.4 Cost of Debt00:33:59
- 17.5 WACC00:24:11
- 18.1 Capital Structure and Leverage00:27:54
- 18.2 Theories of Capital Structure00:22:28
- 18.3 WACC and CAPM00:29:53
- 18.4 Degearing and Regearing Problem00:08:28
- 1. Ratio Analysis - Operating Ratios00:35:07
- 2. Ratio Analysis - Liquidity Ratios00:25:33
- 3. Levarage Rations00:12:29
- 4. Issues with Ratios and Exam Tips00:13:57
- 5. Non Financial Perf Measures and Not for Profit00:24:10
- 20.1 Business valuations00:34:56
- 20.2 Earnings based and Cash flow based00:33:48
- 20.3 Value of Debt and Preference Shares00:42:42
- 20.4 Market Efficiencies00:26:04
- 13. HGR�CO00:26:47
- 16. PNP�PLC00:32:34
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Exam structure
Section A: 15 objective test questions. Section B: 3 objective test cases. Section C: 2 twenty-mark constructed-response questions.
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Four sittings a year, with entry deadlines weeks before each one.
See exam dates and deadlines →ACCA 2027 changes
June 2027 is the last sitting of FM under the current syllabus. From September 2027 the successor is E4 Finance and Investment.
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