Finance Essentials

Warwick Business School
Coventry, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' This is a highly participative programme for managers whose responsibilities include elements of finance or who are involved in decisions with a financial consequence, but have had little or no formal experience in the subject.

The programme will enable you to feel more confident when dealing with financial issues both within and outside of the business, to ask the right questions and to be better able to judge the quality of the answers.

Delegate profile
The programme attracts a diverse group of managers, professionals and specialists needing to develop their financial management and business acumen skills for their current position and future career.

Business benefits
The programme will give you a clear understanding of accounting and business finance and up-to-date business practices. You will be better able to make financial decisions and will be better equipped to discuss business issues with your financial colleagues.

Programme content
Financial terminology
What is the meaning and significance of such things as:

ABC, EBITDA, DCF, IFRS
Depreciation, Gearing, Goodwill
Overheads, Options, Profit
Working capital
Return on capital
Shareholder value.
Understanding accounting statements
Balance sheets
Profit and loss accounts
Cash flow statements.
Interpreting financial reports
Ratio analysis
The importance of intangibles
Stock Exchange statistics
International Accounting Standards.
Assessing capital investments and projects
Rate of return
Payback
Net present value
Internal rate of return
Business valuation.
Working Capital Productivity
Inventory management
Days sales outstanding
Credit control
Cash flow forecasting.
Management Accounting
Business forecasting and budgetary control
Cost analysis and pricing
Profit levers
Divisional profit measurement.
Learning approach
The programme is highly participative and includes lectures and case studies. The learning approach is one of understanding how to use and interpret business information rather than how to prepare it. Course materials will include a computer-based company performance analysis model.

Throughout the programme you will be encouraged to pose questions about accounting and finance you have always wanted to ask, but never before had the opportunity.

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Phone:+44 (0)24 7652 4306

School Address:

Warwick Business School
The University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK



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