Certification PrepIFRS Mastery: International Financial Reporting
Instructor: Mahmoud Chehade
International Financial Reporting Standards taught against real statements, the reporting language UAE business runs on.

Balance Brightness trains finance professionals and corporate teams across Dubai and the UAE through live online cohorts and in-company programmes, covering IFRS, CMA and CPA preparation, financial analysis and modern auditing.

Dubai is a market we serve, not a branch we run. Programmes are delivered live online, or on site at your offices when you are training a team rather than an individual.
Mahmoud Chehade spent 30 years leading finance for multi-million-dollar companies across the UAE, Riyadh and the wider Gulf, including the shipping sector, before moving into training full time. That is the background the Dubai programmes are built on: multinational reporting, real deadlines and the standards a UAE finance function is held to.
There is a second audience here worth naming. A large Lebanese finance community works in the UAE, and many of them want an internationally recognised credential without giving up the practical, Arabic-and-English coaching style they are used to. That is exactly what these cohorts are.
Our office is in Beirut. Dubai is served through live online cohorts and in-company training delivered at your premises.

Balance Brightness is led by Mahmoud Chehade, a certified trainer who spent 30 years leading finance for multi-million-dollar companies across the UAE, Riyadh and the wider Gulf, including the shipping sector, before teaching full time. He has guided hundreds of professionals through the CPA and CMA exams. Dubai cohorts are taught by him personally in Arabic or English, live online around a full-time job or on site for a whole team, so the examples come from multinational reporting rather than a textbook.
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Years of experience
Professionals trained
Certifications covered
Businesses supported
A clear path from where you are in Dubai today to certified, confident and ready for the next role.
We start with where you stand: your goals, your exam timeline, and the gaps in the way, so every session targets what actually moves you forward.
Structured, case-based coaching in accounting, tax, and finance builds real skill and exam readiness, with tools you can use the moment you are back at your desk.
You pass the exam, master the practice, and lead with confidence, backed by a mentor with 30 years in the field.
IFRS, CMA and CPA preparation, financial analysis, modern auditing and accounting foundations: the international programmes, taught for UAE finance teams and for professionals studying alongside a full-time role in Dubai.
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Three decades leading finance for multi-million-dollar companies across the UAE and the wider GCC, including shipping. The examples come from that work.
Sessions are taught in either language, which matters in a market where a finance team is rarely all one or the other.
Live online cohorts are built for people already working. You are not choosing between the credential and the role.
Every session is live and taught personally, so you can bring your own reporting problems instead of working through someone else's examples.






Where We Work
Our only office is in Hamra, Beirut. Dubai and the wider UAE are served through live online cohorts and in-company programmes delivered at your offices, alongside Riyadh and our home market in Lebanon.
Live online cohorts and in-company IFRS, CMA and CPA training for UAE finance teams.
No. Our office is in Beirut. Dubai and the wider UAE are served through live online cohorts and in-company training delivered at your premises, taught by the same instructor.
Yes. In-company programmes are scoped around your team's level and your reporting standards and delivered at your offices. Tell us the team size and what you need them able to do.
IFRS, CMA, CPA, financial analysis, modern auditing and the foundations programme. The Lebanese tax and payroll courses are specific to Lebanon.
Either. Mahmoud teaches in both, so tell us which your team prefers.
Each course page lists its programme fee for individuals in Dubai. In-company programmes for Dubai teams are priced to the team size and scope, so tell us both and we will confirm the cost before anything is agreed.
Yes. The live online cohorts are built for people already working in Dubai, so you can prepare for the CPA, CMA or IFRS without stepping away from your role.

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