Basics of Accounting & finance for Business Executives

A simple & practical guide to understanding the basics of accounting & finance for non-finance people & business owners

Created by: Funke Susan Medun
Director - Leapworld Limited

What Will I Learn?

• Develop a good understanding of basics of accounting and finance, be able to engage practitioners, as well as use the knowledge for business decisions
• Understand the business stages and lifecycle; and their challenges
• Accounting methods, fundamentals and application
• Basics of booking, methods, tools and application
• Financial statements, structure & interpretation
• Introduction to working capital, cycle and management
• Understand financial ratios and application to business financials measurements for success
• Understand the balance sheet, income statement and cash Flow Statement work and how they relate.
• Learn about budgeting, types and methods

Requirements

• Knowledge of the English language.
• Basic business knowledge.
• No prior knowledge about accounts & finance is required
• Open and curious mind to learn

Target audience

• Entrepreneurs
• Business owners and managers
• Non-finance background executives
• Business managers and supervisors
• Everyone with non finance background interested in understanding accounts and finance for good decision making, personal and professional developemnt