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Finance skills for non-financial managers Training
Itec training solutions Ltd

Online classroom with industry expert with theory and practical tools to upskill yourself immediately.

Summary

Price
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£1,175.04 inc VAT (was £1,468.80)
Offer ends 30 June 2026
Study method
Online + live classes
Duration
2 days · Part-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

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Dates

Start date
End date
17/07/2026
17/07/2026
Additional info: First day
22/07/2026
22/07/2026
Additional info: Second day

Overview

Our Finance skills for non-financial managers training is a finance course that uses plain English to demystify financial accounts, providing you with a clear understanding of business finance.

This course teaches finance for non-finance managers and covers a range of tools and concepts to help you understand your organisation's finances and give you the confidence to make financial judgements.

You will leave with a thorough grounding in finance and how it works; enabling you to understand the financial implications of your business decisions. This is finance training at its best - clear, informative, practical and fun!

Want us to deliver this course at your organisation? Contact us for a bespoke quote.

Please note our Standard Private course price is £1468.80 including VAT. Our Not for Profit price is £1309.20 including VAT.

Course Dates:

17/07/26 & 22/07/26

Description

Finance for Non Financial Managers Course.

You will learn:

Financial accounts

  • Profit and loss accounts and how to understand them.
  • Reading an income and expenditure account and analysing the finance flows within your organisation.
  • Cash and accruals accounting showing how each is used.
  • Terminology associated with income and expenditure accounting.
  • Communicating effectively with finance professionals.
  • Analysing trends in financial flows and formulating appropriate questions.
  • Reading a balance sheet and analysing the financial position of the organisation.
  • How an asset register is used.
  • Analysing your accounts.
  • Constructing a cash flow statement from narrative information.
  • The different rules for charity accounting under the Charity SORP and the presentation of company and housing association accounts.

Management accounts

  • The budgeting process.
  • How budgeting relates to strategic objectives and good governance.
  • Constructing a budget.
  • Estimating costs and income accurately for budget purposes.
  • Using management accounts to understand the past and forecast the future.
  • Cost centres - understanding how they are used in your organisation.
  • Nominal, purchase and sales ledgers.
  • Using benchmarking in constructing a budget.
  • Distinguishing between fixed and variable costs.
  • Using the concepts of break-even pricing.
  • A template to forecast the effects of changing costs, sales volume and price.
  • Evaluating opportunity costs.
  • A year of free support.

Who is this course for?

This course is for managers, board members and budget holders across all sectors who need to know about organisational finance to help improve the profitability and performance of their business. Finance for non-financial managers is suitable for people who have little or no knowledge of finance.

"everyday examples as well as business examples which helped me and my colleagues to understand and retain the information we were being given." - GP, Events Officer, British Society for Rheumatology

"thorough & engaging. It helped to learn from someone who was passionate and helped us feel more comfortable with finance." - B.H, Event Manager, ABF The Soldier's Charity

"excellent tutor who communicates very well and makes the subject matter interesting." - M.I, Chief Executive, Dispensing Doctors' Association

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