Business & Project Skills

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Build confidence with financial language, business numbers and decision-making for non-finance managers.

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Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Course Overview

This course helps non-finance managers understand the financial impact of everyday business decisions. Participants learn how to read common financial statements, interpret cost and margin information, and communicate more confidently with finance teams.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand core financial statements and terminology
  • Interpret cost, margin and working capital impacts
  • Ask better finance questions during decisions
  • Connect daily management actions to financial outcomes

Curriculum Breakdown

Finance language basics is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Profit and loss statement is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Balance sheet and cash flow is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Cost behaviour and margins is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Budgeting and variance is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Working capital basics is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Decision-making with financial data is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Who Should Attend

  • Managers without formal finance training
  • Procurement, operations and project teams
  • Team leads responsible for budgets
  • Professionals who work with finance stakeholders

Course Details

  • Duration1 day
  • FormatPublic / In-House
  • LevelFoundation
  • LanguageEnglish
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KAVAQ Consultant TeamLead Facilitators

Delivered by experienced KAVAQ facilitators with practical procurement, negotiation, and business capability expertise across corporate teams.