Financial Management for Managers
A practical professional programme focused on financial management for managers, designed to strengthen financial capability, analytical judgement and organisational performance.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Financial Management for Managers gives non-financial and general managers the financial understanding required to participate confidently in planning, budgeting and business decision-making.
The programme explains financial statements, profitability, cash flow, working capital, budgeting, investment decisions and key financial indicators in management-oriented language.
Participants develop the ability to ask better financial questions, evaluate the financial implications of operational decisions and communicate more effectively with finance teams.
Objectives
Build practical financial literacy for management roles.
Understand the principal financial statements and their relationships.
Evaluate profitability, cash flow and working capital.
Use budgets and financial indicators to support management decisions.
Assess the financial implications of operational and investment choices.
Learning outcomes
Interpret basic financial statements from a managerial perspective.
Distinguish profit from cash flow.
Analyse key financial ratios and performance indicators.
Evaluate budgets and financial variances.
Apply basic financial reasoning to business decisions.
Who it is for
Non-financial managers.
Department heads.
Project and programme managers.
Operational managers.
Professionals moving into broader management responsibilities.
Programme modules
1. Finance for Management
Role of finance
Financial terminology
Management and financial responsibility
Understanding financial information
2. Reading Financial Statements
Income statement
Statement of financial position
Cash flow information
Connections between statements
3. Profitability and Financial Performance
Revenue and costs
Margins
Profitability indicators
Financial ratios
4. Cash and Working Capital
Cash flow
Receivables
Inventory
Payables and working capital
5. Budgets and Management Control
Budget principles
Planning assumptions
Variance analysis
Corrective management action
6. Financial Decision-Making
Cost-benefit thinking
Investment considerations
Financial risk
Communicating with finance teams
Methodology
The programme translates financial concepts into practical management language using financial examples, short calculations, business scenarios and management decision exercises.
Assessment
Assessment includes financial-interpretation exercises and a final management scenario requiring participants to evaluate financial information and recommend an appropriate course of action.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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