Finance Essentials For Public Sector Leaders

This course is a practical introduction to financial and accounting concepts that will equip you to make decisions based on financial information as a leader of organization. 

The course will teach you to interpret and apply financial information for short, medium and long-term decisions. The course is practical, using case studies to explore the financial information of different types of real organizations. 

Assessments throughout the course allow you the opportunity to apply what you learn to decisions you face in your organization.

Course Outline:

• Using Financial Information for Decision-Making
• Introduction to Financial Statements
• What Financial Statements Tell You About an Organization
• Introduction to Budgeting
• Building a Useful and User-Friendly Budget
• Using a Budget for Daily Decision-Making
• Ratios for Financial Decision-Making
• Developing Analytical Tools for Financial Decision-Making
   

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn to NOT be afraid of financial information and financial processes.
• You will learn to understand the story that financial information tells about an organization.
• You will learn how to use key financial information to guide your decision-making as an organizational leader.