Impact your financial decisions and learn how to affect the performance of your unit's profitability and of your organization. In this course gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization's growth. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained general financial knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the impact of your decisions outside your functional area. Content of the course includes selected aspects of finance from a non-financial specialist perspective. Specific topics include: financial analysis; planning, forecasting, and budgeting; cash flow, and strategic financing. This class will be interactive and will require the active involvement of the participants in finance related activities.
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About this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
Apply the concepts of accounting and finance
Understand key accounting and finance terms
Examine financial statements by using key ratios
Explain the importance of budgeting process
Skills you will gain
- Accounting
- Financial Ratio
- Financial Statement
- Finance
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Foundations of Finance and Accounting
Costing
Financial Ratios
Valuation
Reviews
- 5 stars67.05%
- 4 stars25.50%
- 3 stars5.99%
- 2 stars0.94%
- 1 star0.50%
TOP REVIEWS FROM FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS
Excellent Course Covering the core concepts of Financial Accounting for Non-Financial Professional .
David Standen presentation of the course material is very impressive and clear to understand.
Loved the course contents, the explanations and the pace. I would have liked to have a discussion forum and see the correct solutions to the test, and especially the peer assignment.
The course was really good and interesting. I got good hold on the basics of finance. Prof David Standen taught the course really well in a practical way. I enjoyed the learning experience.
An excellent well-rounded course and perfect for anyone who would like to gain some insight into financial practices. I would highly recommend this course, "Finance for Non-Financial Professionals."
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