Finance for Non-Financial Managers

As a manager, you are responsible for regularly making decisions that affect your company’s financial performance. Understanding the financial implications of those decisions can have a dramatic effect on the bottom line, benefiting not just your team, business unit, and organization, but also your career. This program is designed to help you gain a solid foundation in finance and accounting principles. It will also provide a framework for interpreting and leveraging financial data and information. You wi

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As a manager, you are responsible for regularly making decisions that affect your company’s financial performance. Understanding the financial implications of those decisions can have a dramatic effect on the bottom line, benefiting not just your team, business unit, and organization, but also your career. 

This program is designed to help you gain a solid foundation in finance and accounting principles. It will also provide a framework for interpreting and leveraging financial data and information. You will return to your organization with the skill set and knowledge to analyze and utilize financial data and participate in making key business decisions. 

Learn to use the tools, concepts, and techniques covered during this 2-day program to make informed financial decisions that impact your organization’s results today and in the future. This program will enhance your financial skill set through discussion, supporting materials, and relevant real-world case studies. 

Participants in this program will:

  • Gain a foundation in finance and accounting concepts and principles
  • Increase your understanding of reading and analyzing internal and external financial reports
  • Learn how to utilize financial ratios to understand current business performance and to project future outcomes
  • Understand, analyze, and integrate financial information into everyday business decisions
  • Gain confidence in communicating financial information across the organization and collaborating with financial professionals
  • Learn the key concepts of forecasting and budgeting and how to manage financial resources

Who Should Attend?

  • Current and future company leaders in decision-making roles
  • Leaders who have been identified as high-potentials
  • Individuals who seek to improve their understanding of finance

Faculty:

Gregg Henry has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of financial management roles across a diverse set of industries and organizations. He has worked in higher education and for publicly and privately held manufacturing and distribution companies and has seen the numerous aspects of financial management from different perspectives. Gregg has an undergraduate degree in Business Logistics from Penn State University and an MBA from Lehigh University.

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