Accounting Skills for Non-Accountants
You don’t need to be an accountant to manage your finances! This workshop teaches you the basics for small business owners.
Description
Course Description
Core accounting skills are important for a successful business people. How to read a spreadsheet, understanding essential accounting terms, knowing what’s important and what’s not so important.
The good news is, you don’t need to be an accountant to do any of this. A basic understanding is all it takes.
In this full day workshop, you’ll gain the tools to hold your own around the boardroom table whenever financials are discussed, and make a meaningful contribution to financial decisions.
Topics
Topics
- Getting the facts straight
- The accounting cycle
- The key reports
- Keeping score
- A review of financial terms
- Understanding debits and credits
- Your financial analysis toolbox
- Identifying high and low risk companies
- The basics of budgeting
- Working smarter
- People and numbers
Outcomes
What you’ll be able to do with this training
By the end of this training you’ll have the tools to not only make good financial decisions, but also to explain your thinking to others. You’ll be able to read accounting reports with confidence, understand your organisation’s financial position, and be more confident in discussions about financial matters.
Who is it for?
What you'll learn
You’ll learn the key things that accountants learn early in their training, so you’ll be able to talk their language. That includes the essentials of budgeting, the most important reports, financial terms and their meanings, understanding debits and credits, and how to identify high- vs low-risk companies and scenarios.
Prerequisites
Registration Details
Bring your own personal device, such as iPad, phone, laptop. Other materials will be provided, such as a resource pack with a pen, paper, presentation folder and a course workbook.
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