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Finance Essentials for Professionals

May 18, 8:30 am-3:30 pm

$695

Integrate an understanding of financial concepts into your decision-making process to enable yourself to make well-informed choices in both your professional and personal life.

Description

This one-day training program is designed to demystify finance for professionals across all industries. The program provides broad practical financial insights that apply to professional decision-making. Participants will gain a clear understanding of financial statements, learn how businesses use finance to support strategy, and apply tools like budgeting, ROI analysis, and risk evaluation to their daily lives and workplaces. The course presents information in approachable, non-technical ways using examples drawn from diverse industries, including healthcare, retail, manufacturing, nonprofits, and services. By the end of the day, attendees will walk away with the confidence to interpret financial information, ask the right questions, and use finance as a toolkit for better decisions.

Audience

Any professional interested in developing their understanding of business finances will benefit from this program.

Outcome

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Interpreting basic financial statements to understand how money flows through a business.
  • Applying key financial ratios to see how well a company is performing.
  • Identify the difference between fixed and variable costs to understand how business expenses change with activity levels.
  • Analyzing how investment and borrowing decisions affect future financial outcomes.
  • Developing practical ways to use financial information when making day-to-day work decisions.