Course Overview

This course was designed to demystify and clarify finance and accounting jargon and concepts in a manner that allows non-financial professionals to comprehend. These interactive face-to-face sessions will provide delegates with an understanding of how their departmental decisions could drive or negatively impact their organisation’s growth. The active involvement of delegates in training room exercises and activities will help to facilitate learning and success in the workplace.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of the course, delegates will be able to:
 

• Discuss role that accounting information plays in decision making;
• Explain the importance of accounting, finance and being able to interpret financial statements;
• Analyse core financial statements;
• Interpret the results of financial statement analyses and its implications for the organisation;
• Identify the nature and purpose of managerial reports;
• Interpret and apply financial management concepts;
• Describe how managers use managerial reports to monitor and control key expenses and revenues and to evaluate performance;
• Explain the importance of financial and non-financial information in the decision-making processes of managers;
• Utilise strategic management tools to assess the business environment.