• How to understand and interpret your organisation’s financial statements
• How to identify and make use of the financial information most relevant to your job role
• The language and terminology to use when communicating with colleagues in financial roles
• The difference between profit and cash flow and how you can manage and improve them both
• The role you can play in setting budgets and developing your organisation's financial strategy

• The basic principles of finance
• Understanding and using financial statements
• Understanding the relationships between the various values in the financial statements
• Understanding what the financial statements don’t tell you
• Recognising the difference between profit and cash flow
• Managing and improving cash flow
• Identifying the key cash flow drivers
• How an organisation adds value
• Managing and improving profit
• Understanding the behaviour of costs
• Applying breakeven analysis
• Strategies to improve margins and contributions
• Increasing shareholder value
• Using non-financial key performance indicators
• How to combine financial and non-financial measures to achieve success
• The non-financial manager’s role in developing financial strategy and setting budget

The course is ideal for anyone in a non-financial managerial role seeking a solid understanding of the key concepts of finance and how they can be applied to their everyday work.

• A course pack containing the information presented on the day
• A certificate of attendance
• Complimentary refreshments and lunch provided

• David Joel

  David is a Chartered Director and an active practicing non-executive director. He has been facilitating, delivering and mentoring at senior management and director level for over ten years in both the public and private sectors. He has also provided training and consultancy services through the Institute of Directors for over 12 years and has broad practical experience of business change management, board evaluation and in mergers and acquisitions.

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• Paul Lower

  Paul is a finance trainer with 25 years sharp end board level experience in world class international companies. For more than 30 years he has trained business managers to help them understand the key financial principles and apply them to improve their business decision making and bottom line results.

  Paul has solid business experience as a CFO and Finance Director, and hands-on experience building great companies and improving profit and shareholder value. He uses his experience to bring his financial training courses to life with real business insights and relevant case studies and exercises.

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