Introduction & Background:

A complete introduction for managers, director and administrators. Over 3000 business leaders with increased financial responsibilities have attended.

Transforming non-financial managers by providing clear examples of the content, concepts and terminology of financial systems. Featuring Schulich Executive Education Centre's highest-rated instructor to help make your financial learning practical and enjoyable.

The financial concepts are easy to understand and apply immediately to your workplace. An ideal course for leaders who must frequently apply financial tools to analyze their own problems and projects.

Who Should Attend?

This course will be of particular benefit to those business managers who frequently use financial and accounting information in their decision-making processes, and who wish to gain a better fundamental understanding of financial systems.

No previous accounting or financial background is required to benefit from this course, however, a basic knowledge would be useful.

Regularly attended by:

• Business owners and general managers
• Corporate and administrative managers
• Sales and marketing managers
• Public sector officers
• Association and non-profit managers
• Plan and operations managers
• Purchasing managers
• Divisional and business unit managers

Key Learning Objectives:

• What to look for in a corporate report and who to analyze that information to put it to your advantage
• How to talk to financial people in your language - and their language
• How to evaluate both short and long term operating decisions using financial data
• How control systems should work and how they actually do work
• How to make capital budgeting and investment decisions
• How to clarify who is responsible for what parts of an organization's financial strategy
• When to be skeptical of product/service costing methods so you can better evaluate results
• How to support your business decisions with financial back-up
• How to prepare operating budgets, cost budgets and capital budgets

Instructor Profiles:

Beppino Pasquali, CA 

Beppino is a chartered accountant and top-rated instructor with The Institute of Canadian Bankers and Schulich School of Business. He instructs and facilitates at management seminars in the areas of corporate finance and accounting, taxation and estate planning.

Beppino's instructional style makes difficult concepts easy to understand, adding greatly to your overall learning experience.

Partnership Programming: Edwards School of Business is proud to partner with one of the leading business school's in Canada, Schulich School of Business to provide this 3-Day Course.