Finance for Non-Finance Managers
Executive Finance Program
Practical finance fluency for managers and specialists. Learn to read financial statements, assess performance, and make better decisions using budgets, working capital, and capital budgeting tools.
Non-finance friendly
Hands-on cases
Certificate
Hands-on cases
Certificate
What you will leave with
- A clear understanding of financial management and how finance supports business performance
- Shared “finance language” to communicate effectively with finance teams and senior management
- The ability to read and connect the four core financial statements and key terms (profit, margin, leverage, etc.)
- A practical toolkit to assess financial health at the company, division, or responsibility-center level
- Decision tools for budgeting, working capital, capital budgeting (NPV/IRR), and CVP/break-even analysis
Who this is for
Managers, supervisors, and staff from any function (including finance) who want to improve their understanding and use of financial information in day-to-day decisions.
Ideal if you want to
- Understand the “story” behind the numbers and ask better questions
- Interpret performance and financial health using statements and ratios
- Use budgets, working capital logic, and investment appraisal in operational decisions
Not for
- Those looking for ERP or software-specific training
- Advanced specialist accounting standards deep-dives
- Purely theoretical overview sessions without application
Program objectives
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Explain the functions of financial management and its role in running businesses
- Communicate effectively with finance professionals using common financial language
- Define the four key financial statements and key organizational financial terms (profit, margins, leverage, etc.)
- Interpret the financial health and condition of a company, division, or responsibility center
- Apply capital budgeting techniques and cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to enhance decision making
- Use financial information to manage and evaluate company or departmental operations
Show full program outline
Concept of Financial Management
- Accounting versus finance: rules and responsibilities
- Three pillars of finance
- Financing decisions
- Investing decisions
- Operating decisions
The Key Financial Statements
- Understanding the accounting cycle
- The six main accounts in financial statements
- The cycle of financial statements
- Income statement
- Owners’ equity (changes in owners’ equity)
- Balance sheet
- Cash flow statement and cash flow rules
- Annual reports, auditors’ opinion, and financial disclosures
- Mapping the three pillars of finance to financial statements
Analysis of Financial Statements
- Judging the health of the business
- Vertical, horizontal, and trend analysis
- Income statement ratios
- Balance sheet ratios
- Different measures of profitability
- Reading through the numbers
- Analyzing and interpreting company annual reports
Working Capital and the Financing Decision
- Why manage working capital?
- Current asset classification
- The trade-off in working capital management strategies
- Sources of short-term financing
- Balancing profitability and liquidity
Budgeting Process and Techniques
- Importance of budgeting
- Main methods in budgeting
- Incremental budgets
- Zero-based budgeting
- Activity-based budgeting
- Participative budgeting
- The budgeting process
- Budgetary cost control
Capital Projects and Investment Appraisal
- Time value of money
- The capital budgeting decision
- Methods in evaluating capital projects
- Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR)
Break-Even Analysis and Decision-Making
- Understanding break-even analysis
- Fixed and variable cost behavior
- Decision-making using contribution margin
- Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis applications
Registration
Request a seat. We confirm availability and send invoice details.
We respond within 1 business day.