Finance for Non-Financial Professionals          Download Brochure

By the end of this course you will be able to:

.Accounting principles and how to apply them in recording financial transactions and preparing financial statements.

.The integrated relationship between different branches of accounting, such as financial accounting and cost accounting.

.The basic financial statements and the importance of linking financial events to the components of these statements.

.How to use financial analysis tools to analyze financial statements, evaluate organizational performance, and make professional decisions.

.The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and its use in measuring the relationship between return and risk.

.The time value of money and its impact on project evaluation methods.

.Capital markets and their role in financing projects, with clarification of the characteristics of stocks and bonds

Course Outline:

.1- Preparation of Financial Statements:

.1.1- Components of the accounting system

.1.2- Accounting principles and how they are applied to record financial events

.1.3- The relationship between financial events and activities and the components of financial statements

.1.4- The accounting equation and its use in understanding the accounting recording process

.1.5- Understanding the components of the income statement

.1.6- Understanding the components of the statement of financial position (balance sheet)

.1.7- Understanding the components of the cash flow statement, with emphasis on the difference between profit and cash flow.

.2- Financial Statement Analysis:

.2.1- Vertical analysis (structural analysis)

.2.2- Horizontal analysis (trend analysis)

.2.3- Working capital analysis

.2.4- Liquidity analysis

.2.5- Profitability analysis

.2.6- Operating efficiency analysis

.2.7- Financial leverage analysis

.2.8- Cost–Volume–Profit (CVP) analysis

.3- Capital Budgeting and Investment Evaluation Methods:

.3.1- Time value of money

.3.2- Risk and return relationship

.3.3- Analysis of the components of the Required Rate of Return (RRR

.3.4- Investment project evaluation methods, including:

.3.4.1- Payback Period Method

.3.4.2- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)

.3.4.3- Net Present Value (NPV)

.3.4.4- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

.3.5- Characteristics of stocks and bonds and their impact on the financing structure and financial statements

Target Audience:

.All managers who do not have an accounting or financial background

. Professionals working in business environments (industrial, commercial, financial, and service sectors) without an accounting or financial background

. Anyone wishing to develop their accounting and financial knowledge and enhance their ability to make professional operational, financing, and investment decisions

Prerequisites:

This course entitles you to attend:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will obtain:

.Training attendance certificate