Introduction:

In today’s business world, every manager is required to make quick and accurate decisions about financial issues. The higher you rise in an organization, the more important such financial skills become. This certificate is designed to provide you with an understanding of financial management principles and equip you with the practical skills to develop informed and effective financial plans. You will learn business critical skills in understanding and analyzing financial statements, applied corporate finance, key financial indicators, the financial planning process, and strategic financial issues in your organization. This certificate will enable you to contribute to discussions about the financial performance of your organization or business unit and will give you the confidence to make decisions based on financial data.

 Unique Selling Propositions:

 This certificate is designed for both new and experienced managers, project managers and administrators who want to strengthen their knowledge of accounting and finance terminology and are motivated to learn and apply practical financial management and decision-making techniques to today’s business environment.

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Interpret the financial statements of a business: cash flow statement, profit and loss account (income statement), and balance sheet
• Efficiency ratios with respect to liquidity, profitability, and working capital management
• Understand and interpret breakeven analysis and leverages
• Employ the technique of discounted cash flow (DCF)
• Evaluate new capital project investments using DCF and other methods
• Budgeting and forecasting basics

 Who should Join:

Functional managers with core decision making responsibilities. This course will be advantageous to business unit managers, unit heads and functional managers in the areas of operations, credit and sales & marketing. Moreover, anyone who does not have any knowledge of finance but is interested to learn finance.