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
- Introduction to Financial Management
 - The Role of the Finance Manager / The Finance Unit
 - The Basic Accounting Equation
 - The Income Statement & What it Shows
 - The Cash Flow Statement & What it Shows
 - The Balance Sheet & What it Shows
 - Common Size Balance Sheet
 - Common Size Income Statement
 - Fundamental Types of Financial Ratios
 - Financial Ratio Calculation & Interpretation
 - Financial Diagnosis, Problem Causes & Solutions
 - Limitations of Financial Ratio Analysis