Accounting & Financial Management Demystified!

Accountants and ‘finance people’ use their own mysterious jargon.

Have you ever wondered about terms such as balance sheet, profit or loss statement, cash flow, solvency, turnover, liquidity, amortisation?

Have you ever wondered how to easily assess your organisation’s financial health?

If the answer is ‘yes’, then this program is for you!

No accounting knowledge is expected or assumed.

9.30am til 3.30pm

Here’s what we will cover:

Why financial literacy is so important …for your organisation and career
A tour of your organisation’s audited financial accounts
The 3 major statements and what they can tell us
The balance sheet
The income (or profit or loss) statement
The cash flow statement
Understanding the jargon
The role of auditors
Ways to assess your organisation’s financial health and position
What accounting software to use (and why you shouldn’t trust it 100%)
The 5 key indicators of a financially robust organisation
How fraud happens and how to prevent it
Identifying and managing organisational risk before you get hit!
Why most budgeting systems are wasteful and ineffective
5 Types of budgets and how to develop them