Finance for Non Finance People

An introductory course to the world of Accounts and Financial Statements for Non Finance People

Created by: Steve Carlyle
Making Finance simple for Non Finance People

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the basics of Financial Statements and Accounts. Learn the difference between Profit & Loss Accounts, Balance Sheets & Cash Flow Statements
• Learn the language of Finance. Understand what your Finance team mean when they use words like 'accruals', 'variances', budgets and 'depreciation'
• For business managers and owners, understand what your Profit and Loss account or Management Accounts are telling you and engage effectively with Accountants
• For Accounting & Finance students, cut through the jargon and academic language and really understand the basic accounting ideas at simple level

Requirements

• We assume no pre existing knowledge on our course

Target audience

• Business Managers who have to deal with financial information
• Budget Holders who receive Management Accounts from the Finance Team to review
• Business Owners who want to understand what their Financial Statements mean
• Finance & Accounting students who want to have a clear and simple understanding of what Financial Statements are all about
• Anyone who is interested in understanding Profit & Loss Accounts, Balance Sheets and other accounting jargon