Finance for Non-Finance Directors
A 2 day module from the Directors Development Programme
Overview
The Finance for Non-Finance Directors course equips all Director's so they can recognise and be confident with key financial concepts, terminology and reports that provide insight in to the financial position of any organisation.
Helping non-finance directors to use and understand the financial numbers in their business, this course will provide candidates with the essential skills and knowledge to interpret key financial statements, models and ratios. Directors will be well placed to ask the right questions, make informed decisions and prioritise where to focus their energy and company resources. This module will give non-finance Directors the confidence to better scrutinise financial reports and challenge finance professionals in a positive and constructive way. Delegates will take away a vital understanding of financial strategy and improve financial planning.
Who is this course for?
This module is for Directors, business leaders and senior professionals who are required to use, interpret or produce financial information but have had little or no formal training within the field of finance. We recommend participants have a minimum 3-5 years of senior management experience.
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Learning objectives
On completion of this module, delegates will be equipped to:
- Understand how a robust financial strategy can help drive value within the organisation and underpin the company’s overall business plans,
- Confidently interrogate key financial data and challenge financial proposals, business plans, projections and reports,
- Review and assess the financial health and position of the organisation,
- Make balanced, informed Board level decisions based on an understanding of financial data,
- Recognise and comply with the statutory and other requirements relating to Company Director roles and responsibilities,
- Identify, evaluate and manage financial risk,
- Communicate more confidently and effectively with Directors and senior leaders on financial issues,
- Confidently challenge and influence Board level decisions and company direction based on a sound grasp of financial concepts,
- Evaluate the practical implications of investment decisions.
Tutors
Stewart McCombe -
Stewart has a career background in corporate banking, and is a highly experienced commercial individual, who commenced a transition into the not for profit sector at the end of 2009. He now has a portfolio of Chair, Board and consultancy roles across not for profits and SMEs.
Throughout his career, Stewart has developed a proven track record in the North West corporate market. In roles covering both relationship management and business development, his key skills of brokering and relationship building ensured the management of multiple stakeholders, at all times undertaken with outstanding levels of integrity. Core to his roles at Bank of Scotland were the management of key entrepreneur relationships for the bank.
In recent years, he has rapidly developed a profile in the not for profit sector, maintaining key board roles across a range of areas, including leisure and social care
Stewart has a range of financial, operational and strategic experience in the private, public and not for profit sectors, including charities, local authorities, banking and venture capital. This has captured a range of areas, including direct roles in leisure, adult care, the arts, environment and recruitment, coupled with a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, service, retail, building products and housebuilding during his corporate banking career. Stewart is at ease in any environment, from start-up to plc boardroom.
Andy Bate -
Andy is a qualified chartered accountant with in excess of 15 years’ experience working in corporate finance and private equity organisations, where he did multiple Merger and Acquisitions and fund raising transactions and has sat on 15+ Boards.
He made the cross-over in wanting to build his own businesses and in the last 10 years, is a founding partner of a fast-growing and successful e-commerce company, and in 2019, co-founded and launched an education software business around capturing and evidencing health and well being in children. Andy is also a founding partner of the consultancy/operating partners arm of Gunner Cooke Operating Partners.
The vast amount of businesses Andy has appraised and worked with in his corporate finance and private equity career, coupled with his own “at the coalface” learning experiences of starting, building and developing his own businesses, gives an invaluable insight into how businesses and Boards should function.
Andy is incredibly energetic, hungry with a strong desire to succeed in any business he supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m looking for a finance training course that will teach me the basics of finance. Is the Finance for Non-Finance course suitable for someone with limited financial knowledge?
Delegates do not require any previous experience or qualifications in finance, but we do recommend that delegates have a minimum of 3-5 years experience in a management role.
As a manager, director, business leader or senior professional you may need to interpret or produce financial information as part of your role. This training course will help you to understand the finances within your business.
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This course is for you if you want to:
- Understand more about financial strategy
- Challenge financial proposals, business plans, projections and reports
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate key financial data, models and reports
- Review and assess the financial health and position of the organisation
- Better understand the financial challenges within the business environment and apply best practice
