course | Finance for non-finance Managers
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FNBN-1929 | Finance for non-finance Managers
Course Sector : Finance, Accounting and Banking
| Duration | Date from | Date to | Course Venue | Course fees | Book a course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Days | 2025-05-05 | 2025-05-09 | Dubai | $4,250 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 2025-08-25 | 2025-08-29 | Vienna | $4,950 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 2025-11-23 | 2025-11-27 | Jeddah | $4,250 | Book now |
Course Introduction
To succeed at any employment level and position, knowledge of basic financial principles is critical. 'Finance for non-Finance Professionals' transforms financial and accounting concepts into decision-making tools you can use successfully every day. You learn to apply the fundamentals of finance to improve budget management, increase potential profits, and assess the financial performance of business activities.
You will understand the terminology used by accounting and finance staff and will feel more confident when being involved with them or using them. This course will help you do a better job and prepare you for senior management positions where financial awareness is crucial.
Course objective
- Define the four key financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, and changes in owner equity as well as key financial terms such as profit, margins, and leverage used in organizations.
- Interpret the financial health and condition of a company, division, or responsibility center and use financial information for management and evaluation.
- Distinguish between accounting and finance and explain the finance role in running businesses.
- Prepare a company's operating budget and relate it to the organization's strategic objectives.
- Apply capital budgeting techniques and cost-volume-profit analysis to enhance decision-making.
Course Outline | Day 01
The key financial statements
- Understanding the accounting cycle
- The five main accounts in financial statements
- Income statement
- Accrual basis versus cash basis
- Balance sheet
- The balanced status
- Statement of owners’ equity
- Statement of cash flows
- Wrapping-up: the cycle of financial statements
- External and internal auditors’ responsibilities
Course Outline | Day 02
Analysis of financial statements
- Why are ratios useful?
- Horizontal and trend analysis
- Vertical analysis: common-size statement
- Common size financial statements
- Building blocks analysis and reading through the numbers:
- Liquidity ratios: ability to settle short-term dues
- Solvency ratios: ability to settle long-term dues
- Activity ratios: ability to manage assets efficiently
- Profitability ratios
- Limitations of financial ratio analysis
Course Outline | Day 03
Working capital management
- Definition of working capital and working capital management
- Working capital management strategies for current assets
- Balancing profitability and liquidity
- Working capital management strategies for current liabilities
- Trade-off between profitability and certainty
Recap: Concept of financial management
- Accounting versus finance: rules and responsibilities
- Three pillars of finance
- Financing decisions
- Investing decisions
- Operating decisions
Course Outline | Day 04
Breakeven analysis and decision making
- Defining fixed costs
- Defining variable costs
- Contribution margin formula
- Computing breakeven point
- Sensitivity analysis: changing assumptions
Operating budget process and techniques
- What is an operating budget?
- Steps to budget development
- Master budget components
- Sales forecasting
- Approaches to budgeting
- Incremental budgeting
- Zero-based budgeting
- Budgetary control and correction
Course Outline | Day 05
Capital budgeting: the investing decisions
- Examples of exercises involving capital budgeting exercise
- Time value of money: a prerequisite for investing decisions
- Required rate of return for investments
- Examples of cash outflows for capital projects
- Examples of cash inflows for projects
- Net present value calculation
- Internal rate of return
BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”
BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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