The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

About Finance For Non-financial Managers

Recommended for:

Any manager wanting to: 

  • develop their financial understanding
  • understand how their decisions affect their organisation’s financial performance
  • improve their organisation’s financial performance

This workshop helps managers new to finance and those looking for a refresher.

Course overview:

Successful managers must be able to communicate effectively with both those who get things done and those controlling the financial aspects of the organisation.

This workshop introduces you to the world of finance, enabling you to understand your organisation’s financial issues and how your decisions affect your organisation’s financial performance. Working from first principles, it develops your financial understanding and skills, enabling you to fully contribute to your organisation’s success.

Course benefits:

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

  • confidently discuss and use the financial information in your organisation’s monthly management accounts
  • understand financial jargon
  • prepare and manage your budget more effectively
  • explain how your decisions affect your organisation’s financial performance
  • read and analyse a set of published accounts

You’ll also have the opportunity to have a oneto-one discussion with the tutor about your own financial statements outside of the normal course hours.

Additional information:

If you have a group of people who require training, this course is particularly suited to in-house delivery.

For more information call our In-Company Solutions team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202