Finance For Non-Finance

Impact your financial decisions and learn how to affect the performance of your unit’s profitability and of your organization.In this course gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization’s growth.

Upon completion of this course, you will have gained general financial knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the impact of your decisions outside your functional area.

Content of the course includes selected aspects of finance from a non-financial specialist perspective. Specific topics include: financial analysis; financial statements, cash flow, and strategic financial ratios.

This class will be interactive and will require the active involvement of the participants in finance related activities.

Learning Objectives

• Understanding the Income Statement
• Understanding the Balance Sheet
• Understanding the Cash Flow Statement
• Classifying Items into Financial Statements
• How all Statements Are Connected
• Horizontal and Vertical Analysis
• Common-size Financial Statements
• Common Financial Ratios:
• Activity, Liquidity and Solvency Ratios
• Profitability Ratios and DuPont Analysis