SITXFIN008 — Interpret financial information
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What an assessment for SITXFIN008 must cover
20 assessable components: 2 elements (4 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Access and interpret financial information.
- 1.1Identify and interpret the range of financial information and reports required to monitor business performance.
- 1.2Interpret financial information and reports applicable to operational or departmental activities.
2 Use and provide financial information.
- 2.1Review financial information for impacts on operational activities and resolve discrepancies according to own level of responsibility.
- 2.2Routinely provide information on operational or departmental financial activities within required timelines.
Performance evidence
- correctly interpret at least six of the following financial information documents or reports used to monitor overall business performance: account summaries and balances, balance sheets, bank deposit documentation, bank statements, business activity statements (BAS), credit card transaction statements, invoices, journal entries, merchant statements, profit and loss statements
- provide financial information using correct financial terminology on six different operational or departmental financial activities listed in the knowledge evidence.
Knowledge evidence
- financial terminology specific to financial reports
- reporting periods and different financial years observed by different businesses
- key features and functions of accounting software programs used to manage financial operations
- use of financial information and reports in monitoring overall business performance
- operational or departmental financial activities relevant to the sector: average customer spend, daily, weekly and monthly transactions, departmental expenditure reports, departmental income reports, outstanding accounts, quotations realised to sales, sales performance, stock levels, variance from budget
- types of financial reports and their purpose: budgets, cash flow, covers, expenditure, labour and wages, occupancy rates, purchases, receivables, sales, stock, transactions, transactions exempted, units sold, variance, wastage
- key elements of financial record keeping and key terminology
- key elements of accounting and how it provides information for business management: profit and loss statements and balance sheets as key financial statements used to measure business performance: purpose, how these reports are generated, format, features, key information
- reconciliations: purpose, different types of reconciliation, and the impact of unpresented cheques, bank charges, direct debits and credits
- concept of costing, and fixed and variable costs
- accounting for and reporting goods and services tax (GST).
Foundation skills
- Writing skills to:: prepare explanatory notes to accompany financial information.
- Numeracy skills to:: use basic mathematics to calculate and check financial information
- Technology skills to:: use accounting software.
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Questions about assessing SITXFIN008
What does an assessment tool for SITXFIN008 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SITXFIN008 needs to address all 20 unit components: 2 elements with 4 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 11 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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