A course for professionals without a finance background. Covers accounting basics, analysis, budgeting, cash flows, ratios and fundamental valuation approaches.
Language of course:
Ukrainian
Format of the event:
Video lectures
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Course overview
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This material is designed for managers and non‑financial professionals who work with performance metrics across teams and projects. It covers finance and accounting fundamentals, financial analysis, planning and forecasting, budgeting, cash flows, costing, financial ratios, and introductory valuation methods.
Who Finance for Non‑Financial Professionals suits, and who it does not
Suitable for non‑finance roles
- Team leads, product/project managers, and department heads.
- Marketing, HR, operations, and engineering specialists.
- Analysts with limited exposure to financial statements.
- Early‑stage entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Not the best fit
- Those seeking deep MBA/CFA‑level training or audit specialization.
- Experienced accountants and CFOs who require advanced topics.
- Those expecting trading or speculative investing content.
Common non‑finance challenges → practical outcomes in finance
- Limited grasp of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow → baseline interpretation of core financial statements.
- Unstructured planning and budgets → a clear approach to budgeting and forecasting.
- Uncertain costing and margins → break‑even, margin analysis, and unit economics.
- Fragmented KPIs → aligning metrics with financial goals of a unit or project.
- Ratio confusion → reading liquidity, efficiency, and profitability indicators.
- Evaluating initiatives → simple use of DCF and multiples to inform decisions.
Alternatives for non‑financial professionals: comparison
Self‑study
- Flexible, but uneven depth and risk of missing essentials.
MBA/certifications
- Structured and deep, yet time‑intensive and beyond most non‑finance needs.
In‑house training
- Company‑specific context, but limited transferability and methodology dependence.
Outcomes after covering finance for non‑financial professionals
- Familiarity with the logic of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
- Understanding of budgeting, forecasts, variance control, and scenario planning.
- Basic costing, margin, break‑even, ROI, and payback calculations.
- Interpretation of core financial ratios to assess unit/project performance.
- Introduction to valuation: DCF, comparable multiples, and value drivers.
- Clearer collaboration with finance teams through shared terminology.
Course Description
After completing this course, you will gain a general knowledge of finance and a deep understanding of the impact of your decisions outside the scope of your functional responsibilities. Course content includes selected aspects of finance from the perspective of non-financial professionals. This course will be interactive and will require active participation of students in activities related to finance.
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