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Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Micro-Credential Pathway
Finance for Non-Financial Managers is available as a micro-credential, a bite-sized and accredited programme that is the first step towards progressing to a Professional Diploma in Management, awarded by UCC. When you embark on the micro-credential journey, you take control of your own development as you update your knowledge in a flexible and customisable way. The fee for micro-accreditation is €150.
Why choose this programme?
To move from manager to leader, you need to build a solid foundation in financial knowledge to interpret figures and understand what lies behind them.
In this programme, you will achieve a greater understanding of how finances influence your organisation’s strategy, structure, people and systems.
Understanding
Develop a firm grasp of the fundamentals of finance.
Decisions
Enhance your decision making using finance as a key part of your thinking.
Risks
Learn how to spot and manage financial risks.
Programme 1 (Virtual)
05, 06 & 07 September 2022
Programme 2 (IMI Campus)
12, 13 & 14 April 2023
Programmes themes
Explore these themes over three days: accounting principles and financial objectives, understanding annual and management accounts, interpreting the balance sheet, simplifying the operating statement, using ratios, evaluating companies’ performance, managing cash-flow, appraising capital investment, recovering overheads, planning through break-even analysis, costing for decision making, and budgeting for the future.
Key takeaways
Understand and Influence
Be able to communicate on financial matters at all levels. Gain a firm grasp of the fundamentals of finance and a new financial vocabulary.
Strategic Decisions
Inform your thinking from a new angle and better influence your organisation’s strategy, structure, people and systems.
Analyse And Control
Better understand and control your organisation’s performance. Spot warning signs and opportunities quicker.
