By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Understanding the goals of financial management
• Defining key accounting concepts
• Recognizing the use and characteristics of a balance sheet
• Recognizing the use and characteristics of an income statement
• Identifying the elements of a cash flow statement and how to use it
• Learning how to read and interpret financial information
• Understanding the financial implications of operational decisions
• Identifying the different types of budgets
• Describing the elements necessary to prepare a basic budget
• Identifying specific tools for analyzing and benchmarking financial information
• Learning how to create value in an organisation

• Managers
• Project officers
• Team leaders
• Human Resources officials
• Those who aspire to be more financially aware

• 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

• What is Financial Management?
• Goals of Financial Management
• How a company is financially structured
• How a company trades
• How a company is funded
• The key financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement)
• Reading and interpreting financial information
• Definitions of Key Accounting Terms

DAY 2

• EBIT, EBITDA & Operational gearing
• Return on Investment
• Financial Gearing
• Working Capital and Liquidity Ratios
• Calculating the Working Capital Requirement
• Cash Flow Ratios
• Shareholder Value Ratios
• Operational implications of financial information

DAY 3

• Cost analysis & cost management
• Absorption costing and decision-making
• Pricing strategies
• Relevant costs and decision-making
• Capital investment decision-making (time value of money)

DAY 4

• Using a budget to set goals, evaluate results and improve decision-making effectiveness, communication and coordination
• Elements of a budget
• Preparing a budget
• Break-even analysis
• Reading, understanding, organizing and using departmental budgets
• Using financial information to improve decision making, budget planning, proposals and communication of information

DAY 5

• Asset valuation techniques
• Operational decisions to create value

• PE Ratios & Yields
• The effect of risk and interest rates on valuations

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