Critical Financial Tools For Nonfinancial Managers And Executive

C O VI D-1 9 p and em ic i s an unprecedented event that no one saw coming. Moreover, no single businesses were ready to handle or absorb the shocks presented by this unforeseen tragedy.

Right now, the best thing businesses, especially SMEs can do is to learn from the outcome of their past efforts, improve on their business and financial strategies, build resilience, and gain the support from the stakeholders to embrace change. 

Today’s business owners or departmental heads are required to make day-to-day decisions at the operational and project levels. Making right decisions will maximize the value of organization and improve the performance of their operations.

As a result, it is important for managers to understand the financial aspects of business performance besides dealing with technical information. In addition, they will learn the financial tools in analysis of financial statements and making appropriate decisions. 

Objectives:

• Read and utilize financial statements in making decisions
• Understand principles of corporate finance
• Understand corporate financial goals
• Analyse and interpret financial statements
• Manage cash, current assets and liabilities effectively
• Source for funds to launch new projects

Course Content:

• Day 1
• Module 1: Read and Understand Financial Statements
• Income Statement
• Balance Sheet
• Statement of Cash Flows
• Statement of Changes in Equity
• Workshop 1
• Module 2: Analyse Key Financial Information
• Inventory Management
• Financial Ratios & Financial Analysis
• Financial Trend and Indicators
• Workshop 2
• Module 3: Manage Working Capital
• Understanding working capital
• Why too much working capital is bad for you and too little may be disastrous
• Optimising working capital for your organisation
• New ideas for managing budgets in a changing and  unpredictable environment
• Cash vs. profit: why profit does not tell the full story and the importance of cash
• How cash flow statements indicate the stability, adaptability and long-term potential of a company
• Workshop 3
• Module 4: Cash Flow Management
• Building blocks for a better cash flow
• Budgeting for better cash flow
• Sources of external funds & current liabilities
• Managing your business creditors and debtors
• Managing your company’s cash flow for survival
• Understand the factors that affect your company’s cash flow
• Be able to identify signals of cash flow crisis
• Be able to restructure your company’s debt equity structure
• Workshop 4
• Day 2
• Module 5: Conduct financial analysis
• Trends in cash flow (positive or negative), revenue and expenses
• Current sales of various products or services
• Level and turnover of stock
• Review of debtor and creditor days
• Debt, and how your business services debt
• Workshop 5
• Module 6 : Capital Investment
• Is the investment worthwhile?
• Return on investment
• Net present values (NPV)
• Internal rate of return (IRR)
• Workshop 6
• Module 7: Using Budgets to Achieve Organisational
• Objectives
• Identify the role of budgets and budgeting in organisations
• Demonstrate the importance of each element of the budgeting process
• Explain the different types of operating budgets and financial budgets

Who Should Attend:

• Business owners, non-finance managers and executives, directors, decision makers, accounts executives, account supervisors, corporate planners, heads of departments.