Finance Demystified: Finance and Financial Management

Empower your team by equipping them with a basic understanding of corporate finance and allowing them to have an entrepreneurial and business management mindset! This one-day program will enable the participants to understand the basic financial statements as well as analyze financial information and use them as the basis for decision-making regarding the business.

Course Objectives

At the end of the 8 hour program, the participants will be able to:

• Achieve a clear understanding and importance of Finance and Financial Management
• Understand the role of the Financial Manager within the firm
• Analyze a Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and Income Statement of a Corporation
• Perform Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of Financial Statements
• Compute basic Financial Ratios and use them for Decision Making

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Financial Management
2. The Role of the Finance Manager / The Finance Unit
3. The Basic Accounting Equation
4. The Income Statement & What it Shows
5. The Cash Flow Statement & What it Shows
6. The Balance Sheet & What it Shows
7. Common Size Balance Sheet
8. Common Size Income Statement
9. Fundamental Types of Financial Ratios
10. Financial Ratio Calculation & Interpretation
11. Financial Diagnosis, Problem Causes & Solutions
12. Limitations of Financial Ratio Analysis