Nonfinancial managers increasingly need to understand how finance and accounting affect their business decisions. In this one-day intensive workshop, you focus on how to use accounting information to make better decisions as a manager. Gain fundamental understanding of your company's assets, liabilities, capital needs, cash flows and profitability.
Upon successful completion of this intensive workshop, you receive a certificate of participation.
Learner Outcomes
- Identify and interpret key elements of income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements.
- Understand how to use budgeting effectively.
- Grasp basic cost-volume-profit relationships.
- Leverage financial analysis tools to make better forecasts and management decisions
Who Should Attend
- Professionals who need to understand financial reports and control spending to improve financial performance and achieve corporate goals
- Managers in corporate planning, marketing, sales, operations, development, human resources and other functional areas
Schedule*
| Time | Day 1 |
|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9 am | Introduction and Interpreting Financial Statements |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Effective Budgeting |
| 12 pm | Lunch |
| 1 pm | Understanding Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships, Tools to Make Pricing Decisions |
| 3 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm | Tools to Make Operational Decisions |
| 4:30 pm | Conclusions |
| 5 pm | Close |
*Schedule subject to change.
Instructor
Stephen Jacobson, M.B.A., has more than 30 years of experience in finance, accounting and general management. He most recently served as senior VP and CFO for an international electronic test-equipment company in the Silicon Valley, where he raised $850 million of financing and closed 40-plus transactions. Previous positions include controller and treasurer for a group of closely held companies with international operations in the automotive industry, as well as CPA for Deloitte.