• Getting a firm grasp of the numbers side of your job
• Gaining greater confidence with a working knowledge of business  financials
• Learning how to “think finance” and translate performance into financial terms

Expanding your professional expertise and your career opportunities

• Entrepreneurs 
• Managers and board members
• Owners of private business
• Anyone who needs to know about organizational finance

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

DAY 1

• Key finance terms: assets, liabilities, capital, depreciation, capitalization, current ratio, and others
• Journals and ledgers
• How debits and credits work
• Mastering the mind-set

DAY 2

• Basic accounting principles
• Applying accounting conventions and guidelines
• Developing working rules regarding your corporate financial statements
• Using the balance sheet to examine assets and liabilities

DAY 3

• Analyzing the income statement to assess revenues and expenses
• The statement of cash flow: sources and uses of funds
• Content and format of the annual report
• Understanding the footnotes

DAY 4

• Debt vs. equity financing
• How leveraging can increase return to shareholders
• Keeping your plan on target with budgetary controls
• Using profit-planning tools, break-even analysis, financial forecasting

DAY 5

• Cash flow: where cash comes from and how it's applied
• Elements of cost accounting
• Analyzing payback method, discounted cash flow, present value and present value index in making profitable capital investment decisions
• Criteria for examining the performance of divisions and product lines
• Understanding the cost of capital

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.