Finance for Non-Finance Managers - Advanced

Course level

Intermediate

Delegates

This course will be of benefit to non finance staff, at all levels, who need to extend their understanding of finance. It will develop skills gained through attending either BPP’s Finance for Non-Finance Managers – Essentials course, or other Finance for Non-Finance Manager courses.

Course Content

This course aims to give delegates an understanding of profit, assets and liabilities and cash flow. Its designed to help you read and draw conclusions from a balance sheet and profit and loss account; identify the sources of accounting disclosures and how to use a variety of analytical techniques to assess the accounts of a business in terms of profitability, solvency and risk.

• The basic information to be found on profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and accompanying notes
• The use of key accounting ratios in analysing the solvency and profitability of a business
• Revenue recognition and profit manipulation
• Recognition and measurement of assets and liabilities
• Margins
• Asset return ratios
• Interest cover
• Gearing
• Current ratios and working capital management
• ROE and ROCE
• Quality of asset backing
• Intangibles v tangibles, with or excluding market revaluations
• Cash flow analysis and conversion of profit to cash.

Learning outcomes include a greater understanding of:

• How to read and draw conclusions from a balance sheet and a profit and loss account
• How to assess the accounts of a business in terms of profitability, solvency and risk

"A CPD certificate of completion will be provided by BPP Professional Education Limited upon request, following attendance."

Course Dates

Location	Dates	Time	Availability
Manchester	02 - 03 Sep 2020	9:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Spaces	Book Now
London	02 - 03 Oct 2020	9:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Spaces	Book Now
London	05 - 06 Nov 2020	9:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Spaces	Book Now