Finance Essentials

In this one-day course you will learn to use and oversee financial information and processes. Course exercises with practical applications demonstrate how this content is critical for all directors.

By the end of the course you will understand how to ask the right questions to hold an organisation to account on behalf of its stakeholders.

Content Covered:

• Understand the Financial Reporting Act and its implications.
• Learn finance terminology and accounting terms and principles.
• Know your external reporting obligations and solvency requirements.
• Interpret performance with financial analysis tools.
• Assess initiatives and opportunities to build organisational value.
• Recognise red flags.

Who Should Attend:

• New and aspiring directors embarking on a governance career.
• More experienced directors improving their finance skills.
• Senior executives who want to work with their boards more effectively.