Certified Corporate Governance Professional

 Corporate Governance professional may be called as Company Secretary, General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Governance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, or another title. To add on, they advise the government on various projects and help them formulating various policies. Furthermore, they handle the flow of information. They work on updating policies. It requires a lot of skills and knowledge to become a successful Corporate Governance Professional. The Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional is designed to help you gain all the relevant skills and knowledge. 

Roles and Responsibilities

As a Corporate Governance Professional, you will be working on maintaining and monitoring government operations. You will be responsible for analyzing monthly reports. To add on, you will responsible for analyzing projects and reports and help to formulate policies. Further,  you will be advising directors and officers on director duties, the Corporations Act, the organization’s constitution, stock exchange, and other regulatory and statutory requirements.

Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional

With the Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional, you will be learning and developing all the skills required. To add on, this Course is intended for professionals and graduates wanting to excel in their chosen areas. It is also well suited for those who are already working and would like to take certification for further career progression. Also, Corporate Governance Professionals are in great demand. Companies specializing in corporate governance consultancy are constantly hiring skilled corporate governance professionals. Various public and private companies also need corporate governance professionals for their finance and corporate governance departments.

Benefits of the Certification

• Earning Vskills Corporate Governance Professional Certification can help candidate differentiate in today’s competitive job market, broaden their employment opportunities by displaying their advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential.
• Job seekers looking to find employment in the Finance and Corporate Governance departments of various companies, students generally wanting to improve their skill set and make their CV stronger, and existing employees looking for a better role can prove to their employers the value of their skills through this certification.

Vskills being India’s largest certification provider gives candidates access to top exams as well as provides after exam benefits. This includes:

• Becomes a Government Certified Professional.
• The Certification is valid for life.
• Candidates will get lifelong e-learning access.
• Access to free Practice Tests.

Career in Corporate Governance

 

Corporate governance analysts ensure that firms follow all applicable requirements and manage risk effectively. Gap analysis, compliance testing, policy development, and process studies are among the areas in which these analysts specialize. Analysts in corporate governance operate in a range of businesses, including consulting firms that offer information solutions, engineering, and analytical services. In most cases, these analysts work full-time in an office setting. Let us know about Career in Corporate Governance!

 

Test Details

• Exam Duration: 60 minutes
• Number  of questions: 50
• Maximum marks: 50
• Passing marks: 25 (50%).
• There is NO negative marking in this module
• It is an online examination

Course Outline

The Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional course covers the following topics –

Corporate Governance

• Other Definitions
• Principles of Corporate Governance
• Corporate Governance Models Around The World
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Stock Exchange Listing Standards 

Shareholders Agreement

• Common Characteristics
• Other Guidelines
• Stakeholder Interests
• Control and Ownership Structures
• Internal Corporate Governance Controls
• External Corporate Governance Controls

Economic efficiency

• Old Theory
• Allocative and Productive Efficiency
• Competing Goals
• Systemic Problems Of Corporate Governance
• Debates In Corporate Governance
• Separation Of Chief Executive Officer And Chairman Of The Board Roles

Philosophy of business

• Development of Management Theory and Philosophy
• Modern Philosophers of Business
• Some Important Philosophical Topics
• Business as Property
• A Mini-Republic Or Modern Village
• The Ontology of the Business Enterprise
• The Epistemology and Logic of Business

Board of Directors

• Typical Duties Of Boards Of Directors
• Typical Inside Directors
• Two-Tier System
• Election and Removal
• Exercise of Powers

Corporate Social Responsibly

• CSR Approaches
• Cost-Benefit Analysis with a Resource-Based View
• Social Accounting, Auditing and Reporting
• Potential Business Benefits
• Developing an Engagement Plan
• Common Types of Corporate Social Responsibility Actions
• Criticisms and Concerns
• Public Policies
• Crises and Their Consequences
• Industries Considered Void of CSR

Cross Ownership

• Cross Ownership Of Stock
• Media Cross Ownership
• Transactions With The Company
• Use Of Corporate Property, Opportunity, Or Information
• Competing With The Company
• The Future
• United States

Adverse Selection

• Common Law Duties of Care And Skill
• The Future
• United States 

Corporate Group

• Crises and Their Consequences
• Stakeholder Priorities
• Industries Considered Void of CSR

Knowledge Economy

• Concepts
• Evolution           
• Driving Forces
• Technology
• Challenges for Developing Countries

Executive Compensation

• Stock Options
• Restricted Stock
• Levels Of Compensation

Corporate Governance Norms In India

• Corporate Governance
• Evolution of Corporate Governance
• Clause 49
• OECD Principles
• Policy Steps by SEBI
• Companies Bill, 2012
• Overarching Principles

MCA Voluntary Guidelines

• BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• Responsibilities Of The Board
• Audit Committee Of Board
• Auditors
• Secretarial Audit
• Institution Of Mechanism For Whistle Blowing

Risk Governance

• Basics
• Risk Management
• Corporate Governance Perspectives
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Risk Aversion, Risk Policy, Risk Tolerance and Risk Appetite
• Emerging Market Example

Preparatory Guide for Certified Corporate Governance Professional

All set for your exam now. It’s time to start your preparation. Here, we have provided an exam guide specially designed by our experts. We are going to illustrate a detailed description to help you prepare for the exam with expert learning resources and a study guide.

Exam Objectives

The course domains and modules act as a blueprint for the exam. This will help candidates to easily start preparing for the exam. Also, for the Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional, the exam topics to refer to are:

• Corporate Governance
• Shareholders Agreement
• Economic Efficiency
• Philosophy of business
• Board of Directors
• Corporate Social Responsibly
• Cross Ownership
• Adverse Selection
• Corporate Group
• Knowledge-Economy
• Executive Compensation
•  Corporate Governance Norms In India
• MCA Voluntary Guidelines
• Risk Governance

Refer: Certified Corporate Governance Professional Brochure

Vskills E-Learning

For the Vskills Certified Corporate Governance Professional examination, our team has provided online study material. Also, this online material is regularly updated. Furthermore, e-learning is bundled with hard copy material which helps candidates to improve and update the learning curve for superior and better opportunities.

Refer: Certified Corporate Governance Professional Sample Chapter

Books are you Best Friend

It is important to prepare with the right set of books. To ease out your hunt for books we have provided a list of books which you can refer to:

• Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice by Anil Kumar
• ICSA Study Text in Corporate Governance by Coyle Brian

Evaluate yourself with Practice Test

It is very important to practice what you have learned so that you are in a position to analyze your practice, by practicing you will be able to improve your answering skills that will result in saving a lot of time. Moreover, the best way to start doing practice tests is after completing one full topic as this will work as a revision part for you.