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Course AF-071

Corporate Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Managers in operations, engineering, sales, marketing, human resources and technology make decisions every day that affe... The outline covers How Business Creates Value, Understanding Financial Statements, Costs, Budget...

  • 5 daysClassroom or online
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  • 5 days
  • 09:00–14:00
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Introduction

Course overview

Managers in operations, engineering, sales, marketing, human resources and technology make decisions every day that affect cash, profit and shareholder value. Yet many have never been taught how finance works, which makes budget discussions, investment proposals and performance reviews more difficult than they need to be.

This Corporate Finance for Non-Financial Managers training course explains the essential concepts of corporate finance in clear, practical language. Participants learn how value is created, how financial statements fit together, how to read key ratios, how investment and financing decisions are made, and how working capital and cash flow affect the business.

Using everyday business examples rather than complex theory, the course builds the confidence to understand financial information, ask good questions and present business proposals that finance teams and senior leaders will support.

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What you will achieve

Learning objectives

  • Explain how businesses create value and the role of corporate finance
  • Understand the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
  • Interpret key ratios for profitability, liquidity, efficiency and gearing
  • Explain the time value of money and its role in investment decisions
  • Evaluate simple investment proposals using payback, NPV and IRR
  • Understand how organisations finance themselves and the cost of capital
  • Manage working capital decisions that affect cash flow
  • Prepare financially sound business cases and budget requests

Who should attend

Target audience

  • Managers and team leaders without a finance background
  • Engineers and technical specialists moving into management
  • Project managers responsible for budgets
  • Sales, marketing and commercial managers
  • HR and support function managers
  • Entrepreneurs and business owners
  • High-potential employees preparing for leadership roles

Methodology

Learning approach

  • The course avoids jargon and uses simple worked examples, business simulations, group exercises and discussions linked to participants' own roles. Participants analyse real company reports, evaluate investment ideas and build a business case, gaining practical confidence with financial concepts.

Complete course outline

Five focused days of learning and application

The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.

Day 1

How Business Creates Value

  1. The Purpose of Finance: Supporting decisions and measuring performance
  2. Value Creation: Revenue, margins, capital and risk
  3. Key Financial Vocabulary: Common terms explained simply
  4. Financial and Management Accounting: Different purposes and users
  5. Coffee break
  6. Financial and Management Accounting: Different purposes and users (continued)
  7. The Role of the Finance Function: Partner, controller and steward
  8. Business Model Thinking: Linking operations to financial results
  9. Group Exercise: Mapping how participants' roles affect financial results

Day 2

Understanding Financial Statements

  1. The Income Statement: Revenue, costs and profit levels
  2. The Balance Sheet: Assets, liabilities and equity
  3. The Cash Flow Statement: Why profit is not the same as cash
  4. Linking the Three Statements: Following transactions through the accounts
  5. Coffee break
  6. Linking the Three Statements: Following transactions through the accounts (continued)
  7. Ratio Analysis: Profitability, liquidity, efficiency and gearing
  8. Reading an Annual Report: Where to find key information
  9. Practical Exercise: Analysing a company's published financial statements

Day 3

Costs, Budgets and Performance

  1. Cost Behaviour: Fixed, variable and semi-variable costs
  2. Break-Even Analysis: Volume, price and margin decisions
  3. Budgeting Process: Preparing and defending a departmental budget
  4. Variance Analysis: Understanding performance against budget
  5. Coffee break
  6. Variance Analysis: Understanding performance against budget (continued)
  7. Key Performance Indicators: Linking operational and financial measures
  8. Pricing Decisions: Cost-based and value-based approaches
  9. Workshop: Preparing a departmental budget with assumptions

Day 4

Investment and Financing Decisions

  1. Time Value of Money: Why money today is worth more than money tomorrow
  2. Investment Appraisal Methods: Payback, NPV and IRR in practice
  3. Risk in Investment Decisions: Sensitivity and scenario thinking
  4. Coffee break
  5. Sources of Finance: Equity, debt, leases and internal funds
  6. Cost of Capital: What it means for project approval
  7. Shareholder Value and Return on Capital
  8. Practical Exercise: Evaluating competing investment proposals

Day 5

Cash Flow and Business Cases

  1. Working Capital: Receivables, inventory and payables decisions
  2. Cash Flow Forecasting: Simple methods for managers
  3. Building a Business Case: Structure, benefits, costs and risks
  4. Coffee break
  5. Building a Business Case: Structure, benefits, costs and risks (continued)
  6. Presenting Financial Information: Clear and credible communication
  7. Working with Finance Partners: Asking the right questions
  8. Personal Action Plan: Applying financial thinking in daily decisions
  9. Final Presentation: Business case pitch to a simulated approval panel

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Corporate Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Next session: 7 - 11 December 2026, London

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What does Corporate Finance for Non-Financial Managers (AF-071) cover?

This course covers Accounting and Finance through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.

When is the next available session?

The next scheduled session starts on 7 - 11 December 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.

Who should attend this course?

Managers and team leaders without a finance background, Engineers and technical specialists moving into management, Project managers responsible for budgets

Is bilingual course delivery available?

Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.

How can I register for a session?

Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.

Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?

Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.

Where are classroom sessions delivered?

Current classroom venues include London, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala lumpur, Madrid, Munich, Rome, Vienna, Cape Town, Dubai.

How long is the training programme?

The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).