Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Finance for Non-Financial Managers gives you the power to understand your business finances and hold confident discussions about them, without resorting to accountant speak.  Management decisions rely heavily on a sound understanding of the financial implications to the business.  

This course follows a facilitator led workshop format, with a range of interactive activities, case studies, and models, along with group work, and individual workbook exercises.  The course assumes little or no prior accounting knowledge.

Who should attend:

This course is valuable for non-financial team leaders, supervisors, project managers, small business owners, department heads and others who wish to develop an understanding of finance and financial language. 

Benefits:

The aim of this course is make financial management accessible and useful and to demystify accounting and finance so that attendees can understand basic business accounts.

Topics covered:  

• Understanding basic financial terminology
• Showing how money works in a business and how it is accounted for
• Understanding how businesses raise money
• Understand key accounting concepts
• Explain the difference between profit and cash flow
• Understand the composition and contents of a set of financial statements, in particular the balance sheet and profit & loss account