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Finance For Non-Finance

Course Objectives

Understand and analyze Balance Sheets and Income & Expenditure Accounts for key issues and financial strengths and weaknesses
Understand the importance and relevance of financial principles such as Expected Return and Return on Investment (amongst others)
Analyze, understand and manage their own income and expenditure accounts more effectively
Understand the importance of cash flow and cash management
Use internal management accounts to monitor and improve performance against the budget
Recognize areas of concern and recommend ideas for improving financial performance and productivity
Contribute more effectively to budgeting negotiations
Recognize methods of preparing operating budgets, and the strengths and weaknesses of the method
Feel much more confident about their understanding of financial terms and jargon

Target Audience

This program is suitable for managers who want to develop their financial understanding, understand how their decisions affect an organization’s financial performance and improve their organization’s financial performance.

Methodology

This stimulating program will maximize understanding and learning through interactive sessions, case studies, peer learning groups, feedback and discussions.

Course Modules

Module 1: Program Objectives
Module 2: The Balance Sheet
Module 3: The Income And Expenditure Account (Profit And Loss Account)
Module 4: Management Accounts
Module 5: Using Ratios To Benchmark Our Performance
Module 6: Moving From Analysis To Forecasting
Module 7: Understanding The Jargon
Module 8: Action Planning

Get To Know The Trainer

Trainer Hari

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Hari is a Certified Chartered Accountant, with wide experience in private practice and in financial/management/public sector accounting, auditing [internal and external] and taxation educational process, having been in the profession and industry since October 1976. He started his career as an Audit Assistant with Messrs F.H.Eiles & Co., a chartered accountant firm. Subsequently, he continued his career as an Audit Supervisor with Messrs Coopers & Lybrand (now known as Pricewaterhouse (Coopers), Kuantan in 1984. In January 1986 he joined Messrs Senthe & Co (a chartered accountant firm in private practice in Petaling Jaya), as an Audit Manager, till December 2006.

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