Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

Course objectives:

After completion of this course, participants are expected to have the required knowledge, skills, and/or business applications of the following:

1. Differentiation between Accounting and Finance.
2. Interest rate and cost of money calculations.
3. Appraising Financial Statements.
4. The concept of risk and returns in investments.
5. Stock valuations methods.
6. Capital Appraisal Techniques.

Target Audience:

This course is intended for:

1. Managers or supervisors in which their decisions have financial impact.
2. Entrepreneurs planning for new business venture.
3. Those who require improving their knowledge in Finance.
4. Investors especially who deals directly with stock market.

Course outlines:

The course outlines for Finance for Non-Finance Professionals will involve:

1. The differences Accounting and Finance.
2. Introduction of Finance.
3. Different Business Setups.
4. Corporate Objectives.
5. Types of Financial Markets.
6. Determination of Cost of Money and Interest rate.
7. Financial Statements:
1. Balance sheet
2. Income Statement
3. Statement of Cash Flow
4. Statement of Retained Earnings
8. Net Cash Flow Calculation.
9. Management versus Company Performance.
10. Market Value added and Economic Value added.
11. Analysis of Financial Statements using ratios:
1. Liquidity Ratios
2. Asset Management Ratios.
3. Debt Management Ratios.
4. Profitability Ratios.
5. Market value Ratios.
12. Financial tools to determine return on investments.
13. Stand-Alone Risk.
14. Portfolio Risk.
15. Standard Deviation Calculation and utilization.
16. Coefficient of Variation Calculation and Applications.
17. The value of Correlation in Investment.
18. The concept of Beta.
19. Types of common stocks and their rights.
20. Common stock valuations methods.
21. Efficient Market Hypothesis.
22. Determination of Cost of Capital.
23. Capital Appraisal Techniques.
1. Payback.
2. Discounted Payback.
3. Net Present value.
4. Internal Rate of Return.
5. Modified Internal Rate of Return.
6. Profitability Index.
24. Conclusions and closing.

Teaching method:

The course will be delivered in interaction format between instructor(s) and trainee. The course will use the following materials:

1. PowerPoint presentations.
2. Video Clips.
3. Case Studies.
4. Demonstration of some concepts and calculation questions using video recorded material.