Finance For Non-Financials

This customized course provides learners with a foundation in financial principles & techniques relevant to the strategic management process.

• Mastering all financial statements and making adequate financial analysis using ratio analysis
• Linkage between main financial statements

Learning Objectives

The objective of this course is to provide the participants with an overview of the general accounts and financial position of the firm in order to give them a view of how are financial decisions are made.

More importantly the course will give the participants a financial orientation and help them think of the business decisions they make in a financial manner, and finally will give them the discrete information to enlarge business through P&L account. 

Workshop Contents

Introducing Accounting & Main Financial Statements:

• Difference Between Finance And Accounting
• Basic Accounting Concepts
• Accounting Equation
• Purpose Of Financial Statements
• The Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Cash-Flow Statements.
• Statement Of Owner Equity
• Preparing Simple Financial Statements
• Case Study: Preparing Simplified Financial Statements

Frame work for financial reporting:

• The Need For Ratio Analysis of External Financial Statements
• Strengths And Weaknesses of Ratio Analysis
• Major Ratios Commonly Used:
• Liquidity Ratios 
• Profitability Ratios
• Capital Structure Ratios
• Efficiency Ratios
• Basic Stock Market Ratio

Case Study:

 Ratio Analysis: Calculation

Audience Profile

Non-Financial Directors and Managers from Operation, Production, Marketing and HR Departments.