Financial Analysis and Planning for Non Finance Professionals is a course designed for business owners, executives, managers, investors and professionals who do not have a finance background but need to understand and use financial data to make informed decisions.

By the end of this course, students should be able to confidently understand basic accounting concepts, read and analyze financial statements, manage cash flow, understand budgeting and forecasting methods, cost analysis to make effective business decisions.

Over the course of the next 6 videos, you will learn how to:

• Identify financial literacy and how it impacts decision making in business

• Understand the concept and purpose of financial intelligence, financial planning & financial analysis in business.

• Understand financial terms and their applications

• Identify and understand basic accounting principles and conventions

• Learn how to analyze revenue, expenses, profits, assets, liabilities, equity and more in financial statements.

• Understand how statements connect together as a viable tool for analyzing the financial position of the business

• Understand and properly analyze a cash flow statement.

• Understand the purpose and importance of budgeting and forecasting.

• Identify and apply different types of budgets and forecasting methods.

• Create a simple budget and forecast for your business or project.

• Get a good understanding of basic costing, Break-even Analysis and how it impacts decision making.