Finance and Accounting for Managers Brochure

Make more effective and profitable management decisions by building your expertise in finance and accounting At Cranfield, we know first-hand the importance for non-financial managers and directors to understand financial fundamentals. Expanding your financial knowledge helps towards building greater confidence when making key business decisions. Our Finance and Accounting for Managers programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to successfully understand the use of accounting and finance in the business context and enable you to communicate effectively and confidently on financial matters. This programme illustrates successful accounting concepts and frameworks to demystify this technical and complex field, helping you to feel more comfortable when communicating financial difficulties, create value throughout your organisation and making better informed and evidence based managerial and strategic decisions.

What you will gain from this programme:

What your organisation will gain: • Enhanced understanding of financial fundamentals that encourages debate on strategies, leading to better managerial decisions. • A better, more effectively managed business area that monitors and drives business performance. • A more knowledgeable and effective executive with a clear understanding of finance and accounting concepts to make managerial decisions, taking into consideration the financial implications to the business.

Who is the programme for?

Senior executives from non-financial backgrounds, with budgetary

• Increased confidence and understanding in financial matters. • Improved skills to analyse and interpret financial and accounting information. • Ability to make better decisions, both on day-to-day matters and investments. • Confidence to communicate effectively with your organisation’s accountants.

responsibilities, who are looking to improve their financial knowledge and build confidence to effectively manage their business areas. • Directors. • Senior Managers. • Partners and Senior Consultants. • Senior Technical experts.

Learn how to: • Use annual financial reports to inform your strategic decisions. • Use accounting information to make managerial decisions. • Evaluate investment proposals whether it is a good one or not. To book contact: Cranfield Executive Development team Tel: +44 (0)1234 754500 Email: execdev@cranfield.ac.uk

For more information visit: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/ fam

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www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/fam +44 (0)1234 754500 execdev@cranfield.ac.uk

www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/fam +44 (0)1234 754500 execdev@cranfield.ac.uk

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