Finance for Non Financial Managers E-learning

Content of the training

This accredited Finance for Non Financial Managers E-Learning includes 10 sessions that provide an introduction to the basics of finance and teach you how to read basic financial statements. The course then moves on to teach you how your business decisions affect the financial health of your organization. Proven topics and relevant interactive exercises help you understand the financial concepts that all managers need.

The course also includes a mock exam so students can test themselves under simulated exam conditions. Questions are randomly selected from question banks in our rating database.

Additional features include an audio commentary option, a book highlighting capability, and an interactive glossary that allows you to link directly to the training.

Topics Finance for Non Financial Managers E-learning

The e-learning training uses a series of 10 structured modules to help you:

• Understand fundamental financial terminology and concepts
• Read and interpret financial statements
• Measuring the financial impact of operational decisions
• Understand the basics for evaluating investment decisions

Introduction to the annual accounts

• Importance of financial measures
• Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
• The four types of accounts
• Three annual accounts
• Accounting conventions

Profit and loss account

• The profit and loss account
• Income statement elements
• Costs in the profit and loss account
• Your own numbers

balance

• Definition
• Sources and use of numbers
• Balance sheet format
• Interrelationship with the profit and loss account
• Format Examples
• Your own numbers

Cashflow

• Profit and cash
• Elements of Cash Flow
• Cash and Loan Management
• Practical applications of cash flow
• Your own numbers

Cost decisions

• Introduction
• Variable and fixed costs
• Cost structure and methods
• break even
• Product costs
• Your own numbers

Introduction to Financial Analysis

• What is Financial Analysis
• Financial analysis in practice

Investment Review

• Cash flow and relevant costs
• Refund
• Present value and discount
• Discounted cash flow
• Sensitivity analysis
• case study

Margin of profit

• Profit margin ratio
• Industry comparison
• supermarkets
• Aircraft industry
• Profit Margin Flowcharts
• Your own numbers

Turnover assets

• Understanding asset turnover
• Asset Turnover Flowchart
• Working capital ratios
• Turnover from fixed assets
• Analysis by industry – supermarket
• Analysis by industry – aircraft manufacturing
• Your own numbers

Return on Invested Capital (ROCE)

• What is Return on Capital Employed?
• Elements of ROCE
• ROCE . comparison
• Financial Analysis with ROCE
• Your own numbers

Mock Exam Simulator

• Designed to test your understanding of key grade goals in the curriculum

Accreditation: The purpose of the Change Management Foundation certification is to certify that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of Change Management to work as an informal member of a team working on an organizational change initiative.

Target audience 

The Finance for Non Financial Managers E-learning requires no prior knowledge or experience and is intended for anyone who needs to develop their understanding of finance. It is ideal for:

• Project managers
• IT and service support managers
• Sales executives/consultants and recent graduates

Foreknowledge and level

None

Duration

This Finance for Non Financial Managers E-learning contains 20 hours of learning spread over 10 sessions.

Exam Finance for Non Financial Managers

The exam is not included with this product, but it is available as an optional extra. If you want to take the exam, it is available online through remote proctor or onsite.

To be eligible for a post-training certificate, you must get at least 72% correct on 25 questions that will give you 60 minutes. For more information about the Non Financial Managers certification, see APMG.

Additional information

• You have 12 months access to the course.
• mock exam questions are included
• Fully accredited by APMG
• The exam is not included in the price.