Finance Essentials for Non-Financial Professionals: Tools for Better Decision-Making
On-demand recording
90 minutes | INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING
While effective managers strive to make decisions with the bottom line in mind, many aren’t equipped to use the information from financial statements as part of their decision-making process.
In this 90-minute workshop, we’ll show non-finance managers what they need to know to push the business forward. After this training, they will be able to:
- Read financial statements and analyze the significance how of each applies to the business
- Use accounting principles to improve job performance in their team
- Apply a variety of tools and methods to make better business decisions
Program Highlights
De-coding financial statements for managers
- How financial transactions are transformed into 3 key financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
- Clear distinction between the two main types of accounting and when to use each
- Essential ratios that help you make key business decisions and how to calculate them from financial statements
- Instruction with interactive exercises to understand the entire accounting process
How to analyze financial statements to make informed decisions
- Uncover your company’s story told by numbers in financial statements
- The advantages and limitations of each financial statement analysis
- Concepts that give you a deeper understanding of your company’s financials so you can make better business decisions
- Techniques you use in personal accounting that can be applied to business accounting
Question and Answer Session – Your specific questions will be addressed!
About the speaker
Trish Richardson, Think Company, Senior Financial Analyst
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