Finance for Non-Finance Managers

This is Finance 101 with a difference!

This course is a light-hearted take on the subject of finance. I think you'll find it (at least a little bit) entertaining and thought-provoking and it takes the Pareto Principle to the extreme. Almost everything that I've learnt in my 20 years of working as an accountant is summmarised, organised and presented to you on this course in a fraction of the time that it took me to learn it. 

This is a practical course in which you'll learn by partaking in a series of games, activities, group work and discussions that have been carefully curated and devised to make the key learning points stick. 

By the end of this one-day workshop, as someone that is not an accountant, you'll know pretty much everything you need to know about Finance so that you can succeed in your management role. 

• Managers that have never been formally trained on the finance aspects of their role
• Experienced managers that are seeking to refresh and update their knowledge on key finance principles
• Directors that are new to their role
• Directors that could do with going back to basics and are interested in doing the simple things really, really well

• Balance Sheets and P&Ls: what are they all about and how do they work?
• Cash vs Profit: What’s the difference and which is more important?
• How to write brilliant business cases
• The three main Pricing Methodologies
• Budgets and Forecasts: how do they work and the importance of MI
• How much are problem areas and inefficiencies really costing the business?

• Your role and Finance: how do your actions affect the finances?
• The Finance Function: its role and relationship with your department
• 30 ways to improve the business's finances
• Strategies to deal with a recession, inflation and a challenging economic climate
• Things managers could do daily, weekly, monthly and yearly to improve the finances