This training workshop will show operational staff the financial consequences of their activities.

Agenda

• The elements of financial management
• Key accounting terms and terminology
• How cash and profit differ
• The two main financial reporting statements: the income statement and the balance sheet

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who wish to improve their understanding of how accounting and finance can help in their decision-making and how this impacts on the organization’s financial position.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• The language of financial management.
• The difference between making money and managing money.
• The components of the key financial statements.

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This training workshop is for anyone needing a basic understanding of business finance and insights into operational decision-making.

Agenda

Importance of Financial Management

• The elements of financial management
• Key accounting terms and terminology
• How cash and profit differ
• The two main financial reporting statements: the income statement and the balance sheet

Measuring Financial Success

• Measuring management success
• Measuring risk and return
• The importance of cash flow and working capital
• Budgeting and budgetary control

Managing Financial Resources

• The importance of cost behaviour
• Cost management
• Opex and Capex
• Break-even analysis

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who wish to improve their understanding of how accounting and finance can help in their decision-making and how this impacts on the organization’s financial position.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• The relevance of finance to operational decision-making.
• The relationship between operational and financial measures.
• Why a deeper understanding of cost and cost behaviour can help operational staff.

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By attending this course, non-finance staff who need to extend their understanding of finance will learn how this could make a difference to their organization’s financial management.

The course will also include a site visit to an organization relevant to the course so delegates can develop an understanding of how their contemporaries function in the real-world.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

Agenda

Investment and Financial Management of Long-term Projects

• Project Appraisal
• Project Estimation
• Budgeting
• Financial management

Financial Management – Stakeholder Expectations

• Identifying stakeholders
• Accountability to stakeholders
• Triple bottom line
• Levels of investor control

Pricing Decisions

• Strategic pricing
• Price structure
• Pricing policy
• Analysing costs and profits

Site Visit

• Industrial visit to a relevant organization.
• An insight into the internal working of companies.
• An opportunity to learn through interaction with practising professionals.

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning

Target Audience

This course is suitable for staff who need to extend their understanding of finance to more specific operational activities.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will:

• Analyse the role of finance in project delivery.
• Appreciate the role of stakeholders and their impact on an organization’s financial performance.
• Understand the processes involved in deciding prices.
• Develop a practical perspective into contemporary work practices in your field.
• Implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.

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By attending this training workshop, you will understand the role of finance in implementing projects.

Agenda

• Project Appraisal
• Project Estimation
• Budgeting
• Financial management

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who need to extend their understanding of finance to more specific operational activities.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• How to assess the viability of a project or proposal before committing resources to it.
• How to assess the resource needs for a project.
• Project budget management which estimates the financial resources required for a project and their subsequent control.

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By attending this training workshop, you will understand how an organization’s stakeholders affect its financial performance and growth.

Agenda

• Identifying stakeholders
• Accountability to stakeholders
• Triple bottom line
• Levels of investor control

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who need to extend their understanding of finance to more specific operational activities.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• The need to identify stakeholder relationships and the organization’s accountability.
• Why profit, people and planet are important.
• The varying levels of control by shareholders.

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This training workshop will demonstrate the combination of KPIs and regular management information is vital to an organization’s operational success.

Agenda

• Measuring management success
• Measuring risk and return
• The importance of cash flow and working capital
• Budgeting and budgetary control

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who wish to improve their understanding of how accounting and finance can help in their decision-making and how this impacts on the organization’s financial position.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• The importance of measuring what matters.
• Why cash management and reporting are so vital.
• The role of budgeting in achieving financial success.

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This training workshop explains how the finance function contributes to the effective use of resources.

Agenda

• The importance of cost behaviour
• Cost management
• Opex and Capex
• Break-even analysis

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for staff who wish to improve their understanding of how accounting and finance can help in their decision-making and how this impacts on the organization’s financial position.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• Why cost behaviour is vital to cost management.
• The roles of and differences between operating expenditure and capital expenditure.
• How break-even analysis can be used as a decision-making tool.

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Managers must have an understanding of accounting information to effectively perform their role.

Agenda

• Key characteristics of accounting information
• The role of information technology
• Commercial objectives
• Capex and opex

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for:

• Staff responsible for budget preparation and reporting.
• Managers who are budget holders or have budget responsibility.
• Staff with planning responsibility who need a deeper understanding of costs and budgets.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• The qualitative characteristics of accounting information.
• How to relate financial information to commercial objectives.
• How and why you should distinguish between operational and capital expenditure.

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