finance

Programme Content

• A clear explanation of financial language, expressions and ‘jargon’ and what they mean to the layman
• How to make sense of and interpret company balance sheets and profit and loss accounts
• An explanation of and opportunity to explore, cash flow, key ratios and those numbers that uncover the underlying strengths and weaknesses of business accounts
• How to ‘read’ published and management accounts

• The purpose and function of budgets. How to prepare and work with an operational budget
• Developing skills in writing basic budgets in a practical, hands-on way
• The fundamental principles of cost accounting and how to apply them to day-to-day operational decisions
• Practice in communicating financial information to colleagues and team members in an interesting, effective and comprehensible form

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