How to Talk Finance

Financial Fluency for Non-Financial Managers in Business

Created by: Ted Wainman MBA ACA
Finance & Business Trainer

What Will I Learn?

• Become fluent in the language of business finance
• Learn how companies are structured, trade and are financed
• Understand what is in the key financial statements and how they fit together
• Learn to read and interpret financial information - improving your fluency in finance
• Learn about ROCE, ROI, EBITDA, Leverage, Liquidity, Working Capital etc
• Examine the costs in a business: the various types, how they behave and how they are treated
• Understand the difference between Opex and Capex
• Gain confidence in how to use budgets and forecasts to control a business department
• Learn how to prepare a business case using discounted cash flow techniques, calculating the NPV and IRR of an investment
• Understand how assets are valued - and how you can create value in your business
• Gain financial confidence to boost your career development

Requirements

• This workshop is for all levels. No prior knowledge of finance is required

Target audience

• Newly appointed managers in a business
• Anyone involved in budgeting and forecasting
• Executives who want a refresher of the essentials
• Professionals who are looking to develop their own careers
• Anyone wanting to improve their 'financial fluency'