Finance for Non-Financial Managers APMG certification - eLearning

Finance for Non-Financial Managers APMG certification - eLearning

COURSE OVERVIEW

All managers need to understand finance if they are to play an active role in helping the organization achieve its goals. However, not all managers need the same skills and understanding as specialized financial managers. A good knowledge of the key concepts of prudent financial management and modern financial accounting should give all managers the knowledge they need.

The 'Finance for Non-Financials' course will enable candidates to use the financial information to make better short-term or long-term decisions in managing their business and to use their new financial knowledge to make more effective decisions. This certification will attest to your ability to play a more active role in helping your organization achieve its goals, to understand financial management and accounting processes, and to understand and communicate better with financial specialists.

The 'Economics for Non-Economists' course provides the necessary financial knowledge and the business acumen needed in the modern business world.

The Finance for Non-Financial Managers e-learning course is the only e-learning package accredited by APMG and has been used to train over 100,000 people worldwide. The fastest and most effective way to train non-financial managers in all aspects of basic corporate finance and its practical application.

This accredited course contains 20 hours of learning spread over 10 sessions that include an introduction to the basic financial concepts and teach you how to read basic financial statements. The course then goes on to teach you how your business decisions affect the financial health of your organization. Proven topics and relevant interactive exercises help you understand the financial concepts that all managers need.

The course also includes a simulated curriculum test, allowing students to test themselves under simulated test conditions. The questions are randomly selected from the question banks in our assessment database.

Additional features include an audio commentary option, an option to highlight books, and an interactive glossary that allows you to link back directly to the training.

Objectives of the course

Improve your skills and your overall performance as a manager.

Certification of your ability to:

• To play a more active role in helping the organization achieve its goals.
• Understand financial management and accounting processes.
• Understand and communicate better with financial specialists.

Participants will

• Understand how business decisions affect organizations' finances and key performance indicators.
• Be confident in financial discussions - become fluent in financial language and understand terminology and concepts.
• Understand the drivers of the income statement and the interrelationship between the financial statements.
• Be able to distinguish between profit and cash flow.
• Develop superior cost management skills and understand how to conduct effective investment appraisals.
• Understand the implications for planning and reporting in a listed company.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• Course and material are in English
• Beginner friendly
• 12 months of online access to our accredited Economics for Non-Economists course.
• 10 lessons
• 20 hours total video content
• 20 hours recommended study time
• 1 Official exam simulation included
• APMG Finance for non-finance managers certification of completion
• Exam Not included

Course content 'Economics for non-economists'

What are the most important things you will learn?

• Personal development as a manager and leader.
• Information-based decision-making.
• Performance management.
• Resource management.
• To meet stakeholder needs and quality requirements.
• Implementation of a management project.
• Financial control.
• Market planning.
• Development and control of projects.
• Human resource development.
• Management of recruitment and selection.
• To be a leader.
• Leadership internship.

WHAT IS COVERED?

The course consists of 10 structured modules to help you:

• Understand basic financial terminology and concepts
• Reading and interpreting financial statements
• Assessing the economic impact of operational decisions
• Understand the basics of evaluating investment decisions
• Introduction to financial statements
• Balance sheet
• Cash Flow
• Costing decision
• Introduction to Financial Analysis
• Assessment of investments.
• Profit margin.
• Transfer of assets.
• Return on Capital Employed (ROCE).