Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

Course Overview

Financial terminology, processes and reports can be difficult to understand if you do not have a financial background. However, if you are accountable for monitoring the financial performance of your department or managing a budget, you must be finance savvy.

This course has therefore been developed to help learners understand the main financial procedures and reports that organisations use.

Key Content

• How funds come into the organisation;
• Why financial transactions and activities must be recorded and reported on;
• The accounting process;
• Source documents;
• Journals;
• The general ledger;
• The chart of accounts;
• Credits and debits in the general ledger;
• The trial balance;
• Financial reports, including the:
•     Balance sheet;
•     Profit and loss statement;
•     Cash flow statement;
• Evaluating financial reports.
   

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Identify why the organisation records and reports on their financial activities;
• Discuss the accounting procedures that are used to record and report on the organisation’s financial transactions and activities;
• Define key financial terms;
• Identify the purpose and key aspects of various financial reports.