Finance for Non-Finance Managers 2026

8:30AM: REGISTRATION | 9:00AM: START

MORNING SESSIONS

Understanding Financial Statements

• Accounting terminology within Financial Statements

• The role and content of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement

• The Income Statement: Understanding the layers of profit and key terminology

• The Balance Sheet: Assets, liabilities and equity explained; the differences between current and noncurrent items

• The Cash Flow Statement: The differences between operating cash flow, investing cash flow and financing cash flow

Analysing and Interpreting Financial Statements

• Understanding vertical analysis

• The power of ratio analysis using:

  • Performance ratios

  • Liquidity ratios

  • Leverage ratios

• Case study analysis of ratios and implications of ratios

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Planning and Budgeting Frameworks

• Understanding planning processes

• Where does budgeting fit in

• Understanding revenue cost behaviour

• Budgeting for operational revenues and costs

• Forecasting

• Monitoring and control processes

Capital Budgeting And Investment Analysis

• Treatment of capital expenditure

• Capital expenditure budgeting analysis tools

• Payback periods

• Discounted Cash Flows, Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Hurdle rates, cost of capital and required rates of return

5:30PM: CLOSE OF TRAINING COURSE