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Financial Intelligence for Non-Financial Managers

Financial Intelligence for Non-Financial Managers is the Business Literacy Institute’s most popular course. In two days it covers financial statements and ratios, capital budgeting/return on investment, time value of money, cash vs. profit, and budgeting and variance analysis. Stories and examples are used throughout the program to illustrate concepts. Attendees will also gain the valuable “watch-out’s” to be learned from the financial fraud that has occurred in corporate America.

Getting Past the Finance Basics

All programs are customized with the client’s financials, key measures, and strategic principles. Additional content customization is also available.

Finance for Non-Financial Managers - Finance Basics - Basics of Finance

“The Business Literacy Institute truly partners with their clients. They focused on our needs and worked with us every step of the way.”

The learning objectives of our standard 2-day Financial Intelligence for Non-Financial Managers program are as follows:

After the course is complete, the participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the strategy, financial goals, and results of the organization
  • Describe the foundational concept of the time value of money
  • Explain the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement purpose, terms, and formulas
  • Discuss the meaning of their own company’s income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
  • Explain the difference between profit and cash and why both are important
  • Define the profitability, leverage, liquidity, efficiency, and DuPont ratios
  • Calculate and explain the meaning of their own company’s ratios
  • Discuss the changing role of finance in a company
  • Discuss “what happened” at companies such as Enron, Worldcomm, and Sunbeam
  • Describe the three methods used to determine return on investment (internal rate of return, payback, and net present value) and the pros and cons of each
  • Explain his or her impact on the financial statements, ratios, and key measures in the company


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