Finance For Non-Finance Managers

1 Day
Edinburgh 6th Nov 2024
7th Nov 2024
5.5 hours

Course Overview

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Many business decisions are made which are based on, or have a major impact on, the finances. The aim of this one-day course is to provide managers with awareness and basic understanding of the way finance affects their business objectives.

The content is delivered in an easy-to-understand way, speaking your language and enabling you to understand the financial way of seeing things as well as giving you practical opportunities.

During the day you will learn to read the accounts, understand the terminology, be able to influence and control your key financial measurements, targets and budgets - all from an operational management perspective. The programme enables to you gain confidence in developing financial negotiations, participate in meetings where the finances are being discussed, build your own budgets, monitor your budgets and take a more active role in the financial aspects of the organisation.

This Finance For Non-Finance Managers course is available throughout the UK.

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

Course Locations

Finance For Non-Finance Managers London
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Manchester
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Nottingham
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Birmingham
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Bristol
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Edinburgh
Finance For Non-Finance Managers Leeds

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This course qualifies for Continuous Professional Development hours. Learn more about CPD

Timetable

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives

10:00 - 10:30 Understanding The Role of ‘Finance’ (The roles of the Finance Department and the non-finance manager; basic financial implications)

10:30 - 11:00 Financial Terminology De-mystified (Translating into plain English - what do they mean?)

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 - 12:30 Understanding the Financial Reports (Assets, liabilities, income and expenditure; The Profit & Loss account; the Balance Sheet; the Cash Flow Statement; cash and profit)

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:15 Key Financial Ratios (Profitability; Return on Capital; Capital Turnover; Working Capital; Current Ratios; Debtors Ratio; Business Trends)

14:15 - 14:45 Finance in the Business (The business cycle, planning, target setting, measurements. The     importance of the year-end activities: accruals and reserves. The importance of Expense Control)

14.45 – 15.00 Tea

15.00 – 15.45 Budgeting, Costing & Planning (Planning a budget. Monitoring and controlling a budget. Plans against actual. Variance analysis)

15.45 – 16.15 Costing and Pricing (Methodologies, break-even points)

16:15 - 16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

Testimonials

Fantastically presented, great venue.

Daniel Henderson, Sea Sure Ltd

Very informative and the course were delivered to meet our needs

During the session we could ask questions bespoke to our needs and this were handled very well – Overall great training – Thank you.

Amanda Thompson, Varlink Limited

Attended virtual session:

Really good course and found it very helpful. Energy kept high throughout and lots of chances to do breakout sessions and apply our knowledge 

Katherine Davies, QinetiQ

Attended virtual training session.

Very well delivered, good content and break out room exercises allowed for application of the course content. Very impressed. 

Jason Brown, Alkegen

Vicky Taylor was a very good trainer, one of the best I have ever had.

Rebecca Bloor, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Attended virtual session:

Elizabeth delivered the training perfectly and pitched it to suit the needs of our experience and industry. I was surprised at how much I already knew but found the course reassuring and informative in filling in some of the blanks.

Thanks to Elizabeth for putting up with some of my random questions!

Nick Ashfield, Dandara Northern Homes Counties Ltd

An enjoyable course that was well delivered in a relaxed manner. Good class participation and inter-action throughout.

Michael Owens

Attended virtual course.

Well structured course – it was pitched at just the right level for me.

Joanna Paton, Ecovyst

Attended virtual course:

The tutor made everything easy to understand and broke all elements down so it was easy to understand. 10/10

Mathew Heywood, Wessex Water Services Ltd

Trainer was excellent, extremely knowledgeable.

Diane Quirk, James Walker Moorflex Ltd

Well presented with excellent training material.

David Gibson, The Insolvency Service

The course far exceeded my expectations. Geoff really interacted with group and allowed the group space to talk to each other.

Stephanie Ingham, Group HR Manager, Coral Products plc

Great venue and food. Really engaging course - kept my interest for the whole course - good mix of different learning techniques.

Nichola Starr, The University of Nottingham

Excellent, really helped me.

Jessica Blankson, Queen Elizabeth II Centre

Great engaging course presented in an easy understandable manner.

Syed Shah, Design Corse Ltd

Excellent course, well delivered and easy to follow.

Samantha Kendall, The Abbeyfield Society

Many thanks for an excellent days training.

Richard Lenthall, The Abbeyfield Society

Intersting delivery and content, really practical examples and application.

Emily Cummin, Kingfisher plc

I found the instructor very helpful, informative, knowledgeable and engaging.

Dominic Burns, Andrew Wommack Ministries Europe

Fantastic course - easy to understand!

Kelly Bell, Paragon Interiors

Good course. Did what it said on the tin!

Liz Shuttleworth, Health & Safety Technology & Management Ltd

Elizabeth was excellent, knowledgeable and explained topics clearly and succinctly.

Peter Vokes, HEFCW

Peter was fantastic. Thank-you!

Jennifer Taylor, The Lowry Theatre

Enjoyed the course and found it very useful.

Mark Marrable, Wenzel UK Ltd

Very informative and interesting course. Geoff was enthusiastic and knowledgeable.

Michael Owens, The Coal Authority

Very good - thank-you!

Leah-Marie Mills, Hartford Care

A very enjoyable course, well presented.

Simon Morris, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Excellent training. Top Class.

Massimiliano Deiana, D & D London

Excellent - Richard went through at the right pace and tailored to our needs.

Daniel Liptrott, NCC Group PLC

The trainer had very good knowledge of her subject - this gave me total confidence in the course information.

Karen Milburn, NHS Information Centre For Health + Social Care

Great day - feel much more confident about P&Ls

Amy Courtney, Penguin Random House

Excellent trainer, well delivered.

Richard Brooks, Laing O'Rourke plc

Very well presented. Very informative and interesting.

Rachelle McQueen, Avery Weigh-Tronix

Excellent delivery - suprisingly engaging for a finance course.

A J Redman-White, GL Industries

Excellent delivery and time well spent.

Helen Murphy, Arena Group Ltd

Presentation was excellent.

Gemma Hunter, Serco Home Affairs

Exactly what I required as a complete non-finance manager. My understanding is greatly improved.

Phillip Beddon, Royal Navy

My aim was to understand the implications of my actions on the finance of the business and todays course has helped a lot.

Victoria Polzin, Prinova Europe
An excellent course! I have learnt more today than I did in a whole accountancy module.
Laura James, Special Schools & Acadamies Trust
A really enjoyable, stimulating useful day. I learned so much and had a really good time.
Alison Pinder, Booksellers Association
Brilliant trainer - very clear & very entertaining.
Victoria Clarke, Page & Moy Travel Group
Well worth coming, really enjoyed & very clear.
Samantha Green, Herbert Brown
The course was truly enjoyable and refreshed my knowledge of finance.
Francis Kyekye, Interserve Project Services Ltd
Really well organised course, well delivered.
Lyn Bowman, PHS Group plc
Excellent course - superb delivery.
Gawain Davies, Artform International Ltd
Very good course - helped me a lot.
Catriona Wilson, Orvis
Great day with lots of learning delivered well.
Elli Dean, Orvis
Well worth attending and helped improve knowledge of this subject.
Stephen Harpham, Parkside
Excellent presenter - informative and kept interest high.
Mervyn Freestone, Centaur Services Ltd
Very good presentation, kept the group focused & involved.
Paul Staples, CAT Logistics
Thoroughly enjoyable course!
Steve Osborne, VT Land
Very good course. Thank-you.
Ian Lee, VT Land
Fantastic trainer. Made a dry subject interesting and fun.
Dee Whitelock, VT Land

Well presented/delivered - made the day very interesting - finance no longer boring

Rose Howes, VT Land
Very good day!
Andrew Atkins, Findel Education
Very good course delivery.
Deborah Clark, Findel Education
I really enjoyed the course and found it very interesting.
Amy Jaram, Findel Education
Excellent well-delivered in a language to understand.
Judy Whitehead, Findel Education
The delivery and content of the course was excellent. Live examples/scenarios brought the subject to life.
Craig Kehoe, Chivas Bros Ltd
Really enjoyed the day instructive & fun! - Thank-you
Marc Puttock, TRX
Very helpful.
Vicki Chislett, Mountway Ltd
Very good course.
Anne Saxby, National Association of Shopfitters
Very good course well presented.
Kevin Kent, Kent Phk Ltd
An excellent trainer, very engaging. One of the most useful courses I have been on.
Priten Mistry, Page & Moy Travel Group
Really enjoyed the course. It was informative of a very heavy subject in a light way.
Samantha Clifford, JJ Churchill Ltd
Very useful.
Lynne Peat, SGL
Excellent course, lively & entertaining trainer.
Jason Field, Ernst & Young
Course was very well presented.
Luqman Balogun, Ernst & Young
The trainer had a very good knowledge of her subject which gave me total confidence in the course info.
Karon Milburn, The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care
Very enjoyable & informative.
Tim McFarland, Bibby International Logistics
An excellent course, excellent training. What could be a boring subject made interesting.
Marie Hill, Eetsa Ltd
Very informative day - thank-you! .
Jo Cleaver, News International
A well presented course which held my attention all day.
M. Winchester, VTAS LGW
Very good course.
Martin Simpson, VT Group
Very good course well delivered.
Alasdair Moores - Conoco Phillips
Excellent course & very informative.
Barry Wilkes, NEBOSH
It was an excellent presentation. Could not be any better.
Goretti Devaney - Book Tokens Ltd, The Booksellers Association
I have really enjoyed the course. Pitched well with great delivery.
Lyndsay Cartwright, Artform
This course explained in simple terms a lot of dark areas of finance and gave me a much better understanding.
Peter Johnston, Artform
Superb course & Peters ability to make me understand/learn was fab - thank you! .
Lorraine Burke, Futura Simulations Ltd.
Great course. Appreciated personal approach with just the two of us.
Daniel Snowdon, ICS Office
A great course. Taking the jargon out of finance and putting it into plain English.
David Webster, Bedfords Ltd
It was easy to understand and very interesting.
Eva Murch, Carnival UK
Excellent course and trainer.
Chris Baker, Artform
I found the course very good and informative, the delivery was excellent.
Charlotte Allen, Parkside Flexibles
Very enjoyable, simple to understand, very good. Best training attended.
Malini Hoezoo, Islington Council
Excellent trainer: relaxed but detailed approach.
Matt Thomas, Smarta

Benefits

  • The ability and confidence to discuss financial matters within the organisation through understanding the terminologies and methods used
  • A working knowledge of profit/loss, balance sheets and cash flow and an ability to read financial statements
  • An increased competence in planning, monitoring and controlling a budget
  • An improved ability with regard to costing and pricing the organisation's products and services
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