Finance for Non-Finance Executives

Everyone in the business world understands that their decisions affect their company's market value. However, they are often puzzled by the numbers they deal with during their decision-making process. This program is designed to enhance the executive's ability to make decisions that create value, including buying new assets, launching new products, restructuring existing operations, acquiring other companies, and financing the firms' investments. Simply put, this program makes you financially fluent, mastering key aspects of accounting and corporate finance, which builds understanding and confidence at all levels of decision-making. Further, this program helps us understand the best practice in real-world business decisions. At the end of the program, one can make better operational decisions with a clear understanding of the factors affecting business performance and shareholder value.

The program emphasizes rigorous analysis but avoids using formulas without direct application to decisionmaking. Also, understanding and recognizing the usage of spreadsheets has become part of most executives' tool kit, which the program uses extensively. In a nutshell, this program provides the opportunity to challenge their knowledge of finance and its importance in using it while making decisions, thereby creating value for the firm.

Become proficient in reading, understanding, and analyzing financial statements.

Gain the best practice in corporate financial management, grounded within the context of everyday decisions.

Use the discounted cash-flow principles and net present value (NPV) techniques to make value- creating investment decisions.

Enhance your financial skills to contribute to board-level discussions with a deeper understanding of financial reports.

The program pedagogy will include various training methods such as lectures, discussions, exercises, assessment instruments, and role plays.

The program is designed with a focus on the executives/managers directly or indirectly involved with financial matters and financial management. By offering this comprehensive program, executives will gain the knowledge and confidence at all levels to contribute to financial decision- making within their organizations and create firm’s value.