An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Finance for Everyone
Building Confidence in Financial Decision-Making
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-14 Nov 2025 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 22-26 Dec 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 23-27 Mar 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 20-24 Apr 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 15-19 Jun 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 13-17 Jul 2026 | Amsterdam - The Netherlands | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 03-07 Aug 2026 | Riyadh - KSA | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 21-25 Sep 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 09-13 Nov 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 21-25 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
Finance is an essential aspect of every business, influencing decisions at every level. For professionals without a finance background, gaining an understanding of financial principles and tools can significantly enhance their ability to contribute to organizational success. This Finance for Everyone training course is designed for individuals with no formal finance education. It simplifies complex financial concepts and provides participants with the skills and confidence to analyze financial information, engage with finance teams, and make informed financial decisions.
Through practical exercises, real-world examples, and interactive discussions, participants will explore topics such as financial statements, performance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial decision-making. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to apply financial insights in their roles and help drive better results for their organizations.
Training Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand key financial concepts and terminology
- Read, interpret, and analyze financial statements
- Evaluate organizational performance using financial ratios
- Develop and manage budgets effectively
- Use financial tools to support strategic decision-making
Designed for
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Managers, team leaders, and department heads from non-financial backgrounds
- Entrepreneurs and small business owners without formal financial training
- Professionals from any function seeking to understand and apply financial concepts in their roles
Learning Methods
This Anderson training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes an interactive mixture of lecture-led learning & group discussions.
The Course Outline
- What is Finance? The role of finance in business
- Key financial terms and definitions
- Understanding the accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Equity
- Differentiating between financial accounting and management accounting
- Interactive Exercise: Matching financial terms to their real-world applications
- Overview of financial statements
- Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement): Understanding revenue, expenses, and profit
- Balance Sheet: Assets, liabilities, and equity
- Cash Flow Statement: Operating, investing, and financing activities
- How to interpret and analyze financial statements
- Case Study: Analyzing a real company’s financial statements to identify strengths and weaknesses
- Group Activity: Creating a simplified version of financial statements from provided data
- Introduction to financial ratios
- Liquidity Ratios: Current ratio, quick ratio
- Profitability Ratios: Gross profit margin, net profit margin, return on equity (ROE)
- Efficiency Ratios: Inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover
- Interpreting financial ratios to assess business health and performance
- Workshop: Calculating ratios using sample data and discussing implications
- Benchmarking: Comparing performance against industry standards
- The importance of budgeting in achieving business goals.
- Setting objectives
- Allocating resources
- Monitoring and controlling expenditures
- Basics of forecasting
- Using historical data to predict future trends.
- Simple techniques for non-finance professionals.
- Hands-On Exercise: Developing a basic budget and forecast for a hypothetical department
- Discussion on variance analysis: Identifying and addressing deviations from the budget
- Understanding cost structures: Fixed vs. variable costs
- Conducting cost-benefit analysis for decision-making
- Breakeven analysis: Identifying the point of profitability
- Basics of investment appraisal
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Payback period
- Aligning financial decisions with strategic business goals
- Final Group Project: Evaluating a business scenario and presenting financial recommendations to a mock leadership team
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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Our training programs are hosted at luxurious five-star hotels in prestigious destinations across the globe. Some of our popular locations include Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Vienna, and many other iconic cities.
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