Having an understanding of finance in today's changing business environment is becoming more important. Many decisions made by staff outside the finance department require some financial appreciation. The key financial performance indicators used by organisations are covered.

This training programme is run as an open course or as an in company course. The open courses are run at selected locations throughout the UK or at our Training Centre in Guildford, Surrey.
 

• Employees from all sections of the organisation.
• Staff or managers involved in costing or setting budgets.
• Staff or managers required to make decisions.

• Improve appreciation of finance.
• Increase awareness of the financial performance of your organisation.
• Better communication with finance people within and outside your organisation.

• Improve the awareness of the organisation’s key financial performance indicators.
• Greater financial appreciation.
• Better decision making.

• To show the importance of Accounting.
• To define the language of the Accountant.
• To illustrate Accounting concepts and principles.
• To show how to read and understand the Profit and Loss Account.
• To show how to read and understand a Balance Sheet.
• To illustrate the importance of the Cashflow Statement.
• To show how to use key financial ratios.
• To demonstrate the meaning of the General Ledger.
• To illustrate how to use Cost Accounting.
• To show how to prepare and use Budgets.

If you have any questions about this course please call the trainer on 01483 243 388.