Finance for the Non-Financial Manager

Short course

In Islington

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Islington

This Finance short course is aimed at middle to senior managers from disciplines other than finance who wish to understand financial management principles and concepts and how they are put to use in businesses of all sizes.The course explains the fundamentals of finance with the assumption of basic numeracy skills and provides a good understanding of standard financial statements and operational messages that can be derived from them. It then examines financial and performance ratios, the applications of sales pricing, costing, interest and borrowings, taxation, investment, performance measurements, risk mitigation and hedge fund operations.Emphasis on this Finance short course is placed on getting students to use the knowledge and skills gained in class immediately in their work and personal life. For successful completion of the course, business knowledge and experience are more important than the size of the organisation; owners of SMEs will find it equally suitable as senior managers of very large multinationals or consultants to large businesses.Why Choose a City Short Course?Our Finance for the Non-Financial Manager short course is delivered over 10 weekly evenings and is ideal for anyone looking for maximum flexibility combined with expert tuition. Course Information Start DateStart TimeDurationCostCourse CodeApply Tuesday 4 October 2016 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £430.00 CS1762 Apply Now Thursday 6 October 2016 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £430.00 CS1762 Apply Now Tuesday 17 January 2017 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £430.00 CS1762 Apply Now Thursday 19 January 2017 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £430.00 ...

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Location

Start date

Islington (London)
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Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB

Start date

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Subjects

  • Management
  • Risk
  • Excel
  • Cash Flow
  • Hedge Fund
  • Investment
  • Basic
  • IT
  • Basic IT training
  • Basic IT
  • Performance
  • Sales
  • Finance
  • Financial
  • IT risk
  • Financial Training
  • MS Excel
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training
  • Sales Training
  • Tax

Course programme

What will I learn?
  • Understand the basic principles, terminology and building blocks of financial control;
  • Understand the main financial statements, how they relate to one another and how they can be manipulated as useful management data;
  • Appreciate budgeting as a planning and control too;
  • Recognise different types of cost and how costs can be controlled;
  • Differentiate between cash flow, profit and net worth;
  • Appreciate the financial implications of plans and decisions.
Topics Covered:

CLASS 1

Finance Function:
What, Why and How

Control needs;
Competitive Advantage needs;
Performance & Outlook health check;
Easyjet - (Home work).

CLASS 2 Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow The contents and what, why, how and when;
How they link up (Trace example in classroom). CLASS 3 Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow

Understanding messages from figures;
Influencing operations;
Jeanette's Café (Exercise - Home work);
An Excel Model is given to participants to keep and use.

CLASS 4

Sales
Costs and types
Costing Systems
VAT

Pricing, quantity, margins and mix;
Fixed and variable costs; Break even (Classroom Exercise);
Use of different costing systems ABC/ABM, Kanban/Kaizan/Six Sigma
What, why and how;
Fill in a return (Classroom Exercise).

CLASS 5 Interest - APR / AER
Managing Capital and Gearing
Funding What, why and how;
Use of Excel Model (Classroom Exercise) and a model given to keep and use;
Efficient capital management;
Risk, inflation and reward factors;
Sources of finance and Factors influencing cost of finance (WACC). CLASS 6 Investment Returns and Risk
Errors and Fraud DCF/IRR/Payback/Risk (Classroom Exercise) and an Excel model given to keep and use;
Types, prevention and detection;
Internal control; Internal/external audit. CLASS 7 Budgets and Plans
Personal Tax The processes; Effectiveness;
Perspectives;
Target setting and rewarding;
Calculate tax (Classroom Exercise);
Check your own tax (Home work) CLASS 8 Business Valuation
Project Evaluation Basis of valuation;
Use in buying and selling businesses;
Due diligence
aspects and use of a more complex Excel Model (Home work) and a model to keep and use. CLASS 9 Performance Measurement
Personal Investment Portfolio Financial and non-financial; Balancing scorecard;
Ratios and their relative importance;
Construction and risk balancing;
Hedging and hedge fund operations. CLASS 10 Revision Revise all topics covered before;
How to keep knowledge warm and add to learning in future.
Classroom discussion and feedback.

Additional information

Teaching and Assessment

As the course is gradually built up from foundation knowledge in early sessions to applications in later classes students should ensure that they do not miss a class. At least 70% attendance is needed as a minimum. Classroom exercises and home work should be attempted as it reinforces learning when it is checked against answers provided later.

Finance for the Non-Financial Manager

Price on request