Essential Finance For Managers

What you'll learn
Be more comfortable with the financial aspects and departments in your organisation.
Understand how and why financial records are kept and the requirements for reporting.
Analyze financial statements to assess an organization's financial health.
Distinguish between financial accounting and managerial accounting.
Interpret budgeting, control and variance analysis.
Evaluate a project based on the financial merits of its forecast.
Manage your team and projects with a better understanding of budgets and finance.
Requirements
Have a laptop or desktop computer with internet access
Headphones or speakers
Basic familiarity with concepts and vocabulary in finance and management
Thirst for knowledge and self-development
Ability to relate concepts in finance to the business management context
Patience and diligence for reading extra material and completing review assignments
Description
Are you a manager (or a would-be manager) who is baffled by balance sheets or confused by cash flow statements? We're not all financial wizards, but it's not just accountants that have to deal with numbers in their everyday business. As a manager, whether you like it or not, you're going to have to spend some time on spreadsheets and have some sort of financial reconciliation as part of your job duties. Understanding those numbers, and using them to make key changes, is often vital to an organisation's success. You don't need a degree in accounting to learn the in's and out's of your company's finances. You only need a foundation and understanding of the essentials. Understand the ins and outs of financial...

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