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Finance for Directors Course

  • Duration:2 Days
  • Cost:£970 + VAT
  • Ref:FFD

Mastery of complex financial accounts and forecasts for senior executives

Cost £970.00 Duration 2 days Code FFD

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Who is it for

This course is aimed at senior managers who need to understand the strategic impact of financial decision making. It covers content, challenges and financial insight with a specific focus on high-level strategic and commercial application.

What is it about

Finance is at the heart of any business. Senior managers and stakeholders need the ability to understand the terminology used, interpret financial statements and assess the health of their business through important key performance indicators.

This course is designed specifically for the knowledge senior managers need for effective high-level commercial and strategic decision making. It provides detailed, practical discussion of analytical tools and key financial performance indicators. It also offers a forum for discussion and advice on each delegate's individual business from our expert facilitators.


Course Overview

  • Distinguish between statutory and management accounts
  • How to put your ideas across in a manner and language that the chief executive and finance director will understand 
  • Calculating and interpreting financial data 
  • Financing versus operating leases
  • Off-balance sheet reporting
  • The profit and loss account and the balance sheet
  • Asset Management 
  • Cash flow forecasting and project profitability analysis
  • Budgeting with accuracy 
  • Business unit contribution 
  • Break-even analysis 
  • Assessing the financial health of the business
  • Financial terminology 
  • Calculate and interpret key performance ratios and learn how to apply them to your business

What will I get out of it?

  • Understanding of the financial terminology to enable a better contribution to board-level financial decisions
  • Improved productivity and profitability by a better ability to manage your company’s assets, income and expenditure
  • Better-informed strategic business decisions through the ability to interpret and analyse key financial documents like the Profit-and-Loss Account and the Balance Sheet
  • Know-how to control fixed and variable operating expenses to maximise your bottom line
  • The ability to understand and use financial ratios to assess the health of your business 
  • An understanding of the difference between Management Accounts and Statutory Accounts and how they apply to your organisation
  • The opportunity to discuss your specific financial challenges with a qualified specialist facilitator

Accredited by

This course is accredited for CPD

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