Finance Fundamentals

This hands-on and interactive workshop is your first step to understanding the world of business finance. Unlock new skills and understand what it takes to run a business or a functional area through a financial lens. Learn to forward plan, understand sales, income, profit and loss measures, and gain essential skills to monitor financial performance.? 

Who Is This Course For?

• Those with limited exposure or formal training in finance.
• Employees in non-financial roles wanting to grow their commercial capability.
• Non-financial managers wanting to get a solid foundation in finance fundamentals.
• Business owners wanting to grow their business planning and financial capability, creating a solid platform for business growth.

Benefits To Your Organisation:

• Your organisation will benefit through increased employee confidence and capability in interpreting financial information across a range of contexts.
• The commercial capability will grow as employees apply their newfound skills and knowledge to identify financial challenges in your business, leading to improved decision-making and business planning processes. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the critical steps required in business planning.
• Understand and interpret sales, income, profit and loss measures and ratios.
• Learn to interpret a Profit & Loss statement.
• Develop skills to determine markup and margin (and understand the difference).
• Learn the importance of tracking and analysing business costs.
• Understand the importance of creating a team of experts to support you.