KaleidoSource launches new BPO certification course

KaleidoSource, a BPO enterprise specializing in Finance and Accountancy outsourcing, together with CIMA Sri Lanka introduced a BPO Work Readiness Certification Course called the Finance Accounting Outsourcing Core Competency Development (FAOCCD).

This applied training program is designed to help future talent and job seekers gain ready- to- apply skills in the Finance and Accounting domain of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in Sri Lanka.

A first in Sri Lanka, this program targets the employable student and helps future employers to meet the demand and expectations of the burgeoning industry.

The training program is designed to reduce induction training duration, thus reducing training costs and shortening the learning curves of employees.

The program also focuses on arming the students with knowledge for and an appreciation about the industry with the objective of increasing a ready-to-market sustainable resource pool for the industry.

Additionally, it will help the industry build human capital and capabilities to meet the growing needs for Finance and Accounting Outsourcing services in Sri Lanka.

"Our objective of launching this training is in line with our own vision and compliments the objectives of the Sri Lankan Government to promote Sri Lanka as a center for excellence for Financing and Accounting Outsourcing," KaleidoSource CEO Dinesh Wickremanayake said.

Leveraging the Finance Accounting Outsourcing Core Competency Development (FAOCCD) with the existing curriculum at CIMA, will help arm future Finance and Accountancy students with the go-to-market skills which will enable them to better their chances in this sector.

"With a presence of over 40 years in Sri Lanka, CIMA Sri Lanka is the biggest market outside of the UK," CIMA Regional Director Bradley Emerson said. "We count for over 30 percent of the non-UK market." CIMA is the next generation qualification and is recognized as one of the main contributors to the job market, locally and internationally," he said.