Finance for Non-Financial Managers

To understand and speak confidently about core financial concepts and contribute effectively to financial decisions.

The program is divided into three parts:

Key Financial Statements

• Profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow
• Terminology, depreciation, working capital
• Analysing performance, key financial drivers and metrics

Long-term decisions

• Payback, net present value, internal rate of return
• Cashflow focus, discounted cash flow, cost of capital
• Capital investment decisions, value creation and delivering returns to investors

Short-term decisions

• Contribution, break-even, limiting factors
• Cost management, variable & fixed costs, operational leverage
• Cost allocation, product profitability and budgeting

Program Impact

Learning Outcomes for Participants & Organization:

At the end of this program participants will gain:

• A better understanding of financial concepts, terminology and metrics
• An increased confidence in analysing and interpreting financial information
• An improved appreciation of the impact of management decisions on their organisation’s financial performance

A greater awareness of the key financial drivers of performance and value in organisations