What every manager ought to know!

How to read financial statements quickly,
manage cash flow, enhance profitability
and make better business decisions.

Specially designed for non-numerate managers,
artistic entrepreneurs, educators, sales managers,
and managers who deal with people not numbers.

Course leader James Leong Chan Foo Chartered Accountant (Australia) Internationally acclaimed expert on helping managers make sense of the financial aspects of their business.

Adjunct Associate Professor, National University of Singapore - Fellow Certified Public Accountant Singapore - Chartered Accountant (Australia) - Certified Financial Planner - Distinguished Toastmaster & Gold Medallist (Distinction) in Public Speaking

Thousands now read financial statements quickly,
who never thought they could so easily
"James' training has indeed demystified accounting for me, so accounting is not fearful anymore." Susan Sek, Senior Academic Staff, Republic Polytechnic.

Learning Objectives

• Manage cash flow and working capital
• Understand what drives budgets
• Manage financial risk
• Use financial measurements properly
• Speed read financial statements with ease
• Size up a company instantly with financial ratios analysis
• Ask the right questions about a company's financials
• Uncover profitability drivers in a business
• Make better business decisions

These principles can be much more effectively applied if several people in your organization understand the underlying reasons for making finance-based business decisions.

Testimonials:
"I didn't think I could understand this, but it's so easy!" Sean Panton, Phuket International Academy

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Course Content

Balance Sheet	How to read a Balance Sheet and use this to interpret the financial strength of a company.
Profit & Loss Statement	Understanding the Profit and Loss Statement: how to analyse financial performance
Cash Flow	Cash Flow Statement: how to interpret financial health
Equity	Statement of Changes in Equity: how to use it
Bankruptcy	Why can a profitable company still go bust and how to prevent it
Working Capital	What is working capital and why is it important Working capital management strategies
Financial Jargon	Demystify confusing accounting jargon once and for all Don't allow financial advisors pull the wool over your eyes again How to ask the right questions about a company's financials
Annual Report	How to use an annual report
Accounting Policies	How does accounting policies affect company's profit or loss
Group Accounts	Group accounts: subsidiaries, associates and investments Group accounts: goodwill, amortisation and minority interests
Investing & Due Dilligence	How to size up a company instantly How to read in-between the lines of financial reports