Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Overview
This is an intensive but enjoyable programme taking you through the essential knowledge and concepts of the financial management of any organisation. The programme will help you improve financial performance - including managing profits, cash and budgets. It will also help you improve your confidence with the language of finance and enable you to understand and use financial information effectively.

Objectives

• Measuring and delivering financial performance
• Reading and analysing accounts
• Improving margins, managing cash and working capital,
• Managing cost and budgets.
• Making better Investment decisions and business cases

By the end of this class you will have learned

As a result of attending this programme delegates will be able to:

• Understand the financial measurement of the business.
• Contribute to improving working capital and cash management.
• Understand performance measurement and the links between managers' actions and company performance.
• Contribute to the construction and management of budgets, including analysis of variances and forecasting.
• Manage more profitably.
• Cost and present proposals and plans (Business Cases)
• Utilise financial analysis, tools and techniques to improve decision-making and presentation of proposals

Who should attend
All mangers who have responsibility for decisions with a financial impact.


Pre-requisites
The programme assumes no prior knowledge - delegates should be in management positions.

Synopsis
Day 1

• Reading and understanding financial statements.
• Measuring and improving performance.
• Managing cash and working capital.
• Improving profit margins.

Day 2

• Understanding and managing costs.
• Better investment decisions.
• Constructing and managing budgets.