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Finance for Non-Finance Executives

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Programme Introduction:

This programme is about financial prudence, about knowing what the number really means in business. It is specially designed for the business executives who need to understand what is happening in their respective organizations from a financial and decision-making perspective. It provides the financial knowledge that is required for functional managers in running the business efficiently and effectively.

Programme Objectives:

To provide an insight into the fundamentals of accounting and finance

To facilitate the participants in grasping the finance jargon and understand the meaning and relevance, and its application in their day to day working.

To enable the participants to have a thorough understanding and analysis of the important financial statements of a company, such as the profit and loss account, balance sheet, and cash flow statements

To help participants in identifying value implications of decision alternatives and help them in making decisions

Programme Content:

Relevance of financial prudence for functional managers 

Basic concepts of financial and management accounting

Understanding the basics of financial statements in general and through the latest annual report of a listed company in   particular:   Balance sheet basics, Income statement, and Cash flow statement basics 

Financial ratio analysis

Role of the company’s cash flows and profitability

Fundamentals of capital budgeting, from decision making perspective.

Programme Methodology:

The course uses participative discussion, cases, and practical assignments to achieve the learning objective.  Participants are encouraged to share their experience which they have faced within the finance domain.

Target organizations/Target Participants

This is a “fundamental” programme specially designed for:

Junior and Middle Level Managers of any functional area.

Heads of Divisions / Functions and Owner Managers/ any Executives.

Managers who wish to update their knowledge on basics of Finance and Accounts.

Faculty Profile:

Prof. Gaurav Gupta: PhD, IIT Kharagpur; CFA, ICFAI University, Tripura.

Brief description of Experience: Dr. Gaurav Gupta is working as an associate professor of finance and accounting area at FORE School of Management, New Delhi. He has completed his PhD in finance from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at VIT, Vellore. He has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) and was rewarded a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from UGC. He is actively exploring the area of Finance and Accounting and has published research papers in national and international journals. 

Corporate Group Discount:

One complimentary nomination for every group of three nominations from the same organization, i.e., 3+1 participants for the fee of 3 participants.

Registration Link: https://www.fsm.ac.in/register-new

 

 

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