Finance for Non-Finance Managers

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Course overview

• Improving business performance requires an understanding the components of profit and value. This practical guide to analysing financial information will provide managers and business owners with effective financial skills to enable them to improve the financial performance of their business.

Key benefits

• Enhanced financial decision making capability.
• Able to speak the language of finance!

Who Should attend

• Managers, senior executives, business owners and public sector employees who wish to have a general understanding of business finance which will enable them to improve the profits and value of their business
• APS3 to EL2 public sector employees.

Qualification Pathway

Learning outcomes

• Identify the key features of financial reports.
• Interpret financial statements to determine where management attention should be directed.
• Determine actions which will improve financial performance.
• Identify the important financial principles of business development.
• Determine from a set options, financial strategies and their impact.
• Identify the important factors in capital investment decisions.

Course content

• Improving business profit and value.
• Understanding financial statements.
• Analysing financial statements to improve business performance.
• Analysing revenue and costs.
• Financial analysis of business decisions.
• Capital investment evaluation and decisions.
• Return on investment.
• Cash management.

Assessment details

• You may achieve a Statement of Attainment if you choose to be assessed for this module. Assessment is by workplace project.
• Assessment is optional.

Australian Qualifications Framework level

• Level 5

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