Accounting and Finance Excellence for Managers

By attending this course, non-finance staff who need to extend their understanding of finance will learn how this could make a difference to their organization’s financial management. You will understand:

• The role of finance in implementing projects.
• How an organization’s stakeholders affect its financial performance and growth.
• The activities in determining pricing objectives, policies and strategies.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

Investment and Financial Management of Long-term Projects

• Project Appraisal
• Project Estimation
• Budgeting
• Financial management

Financial Management – Stakeholder Expectations

• Identifying stakeholders
• Accountability to stakeholders
• Triple bottom line
• Levels of investor control

Pricing Decisions

• Strategic pricing
• Price structure
• Pricing policy
• Analysing costs and profits

Financial Management Decision-making

• Defining the decisions that you make
• Deciding on what support you need to define the relevant financial information required to make those decisions
• Examples and case studies

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning

This course is suitable for staff who need to extend their understanding of finance to more specific operational activities.

Upon completion of this course, you will:

• Analyse the role of finance in project delivery.
• Appreciate the role of stakeholders and their impact on an organization’s financial performance.
• Understand the processes involved in deciding prices.
• Implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.