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Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

Program Overview

Managers who own budgets, sign contracts or propose projects need to understand financial statements well enough to question them. «Finance for Non-Finance Professionals» covers what managers actually use: the three financial statements and how they link, key ratios for profitability, liquidity and efficiency, costing and break-even analysis, budgeting and variance reporting, working capital and cash, and the basics of evaluating investment proposals. Participants practise with annual reports of GCC listed companies and departmental budget data to build confidence in discussions with finance.

Learning Outcomes

✓Explain how the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement link together.
✓Calculate and interpret profitability, liquidity, efficiency and leverage ratios for a listed company.
✓Perform break-even and contribution margin analysis for a product or service.
✓Prepare and explain a budget variance report for their department.
✓Describe how working capital decisions affect cash flow.
✓Evaluate a simple investment proposal using payback and NPV.

Target Audience

Department heads and middle managers with budget responsibility
Sales, marketing and operations managers
HR, IT and procurement managers
Engineers and specialists moving into management roles

Detailed Program Modules

01Financial Statements Explained

Income statement: revenue, expenses and profit
Balance sheet: assets, liabilities and equity
Cash flow statement and links between statements

02Key Accounting Concepts for Managers

Accruals, depreciation and provisions
Profit versus cash
How IFRS affects reported numbers

03Ratio Analysis

Profitability and return ratios
Liquidity and working capital ratios
Efficiency and leverage ratios

04Costing and Pricing Decisions

Fixed and variable costs
Contribution margin and break-even analysis
Pricing and product profitability

05Budgets and Performance Reporting

The budgeting process and departmental budgets
Variance analysis and corrective action
Forecasting during the year

06Investment and Cash Decisions

Working capital and the cash cycle
Payback, NPV and IRR basics
Presenting a business case to finance

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants analyse the annual report of a GCC listed company, calculate core ratios and write a short performance commentary, then prepare a budget variance analysis and simple investment appraisal for their own department.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by City University Malaysia in Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

International accreditation: International Auditors Group (IAG)