Online Finance for Non-Finance Professionals Course
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Overview
Managing successfully requires excellence in a diverse range of skills and abilities. Financial management is arguably the most important of them all, especially in terms of meeting the financial objectives of the business.
This course is aimed at those with a limited understanding of financial techniques and vocabulary. It will give you the invaluable skills required to best use resources, and achieve both greater financial success and the wider objectives of the business.
Whether managing a team, department or division in a small or large organisation, a fluent understanding of fundamental financial theory is vital for the success of your business.
Learning outcomes
- How to use financial statements and key performance indicators.
- Budgeting and forecasting techniques to improve planning, control, and decision-making.
- How to develop a business plan and investment-appraisal techniques.
Relevant audiences
- Professionals, team leaders, managers, consultants and analysts.
Pre-requisites
- A business or professional requirement to understand financial information.
- No prior financial or accounting knowledge required.
Description
Finance for Non-Finance Professionals Syllabus:
Section 1: Introduction
Unit 1.1 - Financial Information and Decision-making
Section 2: Using Financial Information for Business Planning and Control
Unit 2.1 - Management Accounts
Unit 2.2 - Costs / Using Costs in Business Decisions
Unit 2.3 - Using Budgets
Unit 2.4 - Control using variance analysis
Unit 2.5 - Section Plenary
Section 3: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Unit 3.1 - The usefulness of Business KPIs
Unit 3.2 - How to choose KPIs
Unit 3.3 - How to use KPIs
Unit 3.4 - KPIs in Practice
Unit 3.5 - Section Plenary
Section 4: Project Investment Appraisal
Unit 4.1 - Project Investment Appraisal
Unit 4.2 - Appraisal Methods and Risk
Unit 4.3 - Appraisal Methods and Inflation
Unit 4.4 - Comparing Appraisal Methods
Unit 4.5 - Section Plenary
Section 5: Building Your Business Case (Portfolio)
Unit 5.1 - Building a Business Case
Unit 5.2 - Identifying your Resources
Unit 5.3 - Sales, Production and Pricing
Unit 5.4 - Financial Planning for Your Business Case
Unit 5.5 - Section & Course Plenary
About The Author, Dr. Janet Cole
Dr. Janet Cole has over 20 years of finance experience, working for firms such as ARRI, Hoechst and Moss Chemists. She worked closely with managers and directors helping them to understand and make decisions based on key financial data.
Dr. Cole has been involved in providing finance and information systems training in her commercial roles and as an Associate Professor at Kingston University where she teaches on Finance, Information Systems and Business Change courses.
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