Who is it for?

This Finance for Directors and Senior Managers course is for anyone with formal responsibility for financial performance including directors, senior managers and proprietors.

Description

Senior non-financial executives need to have an understanding of the role of the finance function and the operation of sound financial controls to ensure the integrity of accounts.

This Finance for Directors and Senior Managers course will give you the understanding of management of cash and profitability and the use of accounting reports and financial data to support the achievement of strategic business objectives and manage day–to-day operations.

It covers organisation, performance measurement, budgeting, investment appraisal and the management of profitability.

Course content

• The role and structure of the finance function

• Methods for measuring financial performance

• Key metrics, definitions and significance

• Planning and budgeting

• Formats and contents

• Evaluating investment decisions and preparing a business case

• Risks – Identify, quantify, manage

• Capital budgets, sources of finance, gearing

• Directors, shareholders and auditors

• Business finance – facilitated discussion on delegates’ own choice of issues

Course duration

1 day, normally between 9:30 and 4:30