Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
Certificate Program ​  |   Now Available Virtually

You aspire to stand out from the others. You aim to be better and more valuable than your competition. Reaching this level of dexterity may have seemed out of your grasp. Until now.
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This one-day module covers the basic concepts of financial accounting and management that are essential for the efficient operation of any business. The day is split between morning and afternoon modules. The morning module covers basic financial accounting topics and the afternoon module builds on these to cover financial management skills.

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INSTRUCTOR

Michael Newman,
​Ph.D., CPA, CFE, CIA, CMA
​He was born in Canada and raised in South America (Bolivia, Chile, Peru) and Central America (Trinidad & Tobago) by American parents. His father was a geophysicist. He started his first company at age 18 and took it regional before selling it a year later. He helped with another start-up right after his 20th birthday. He took it National and sold it by the time when he was 30. Shortly after that (1986) He became involved in not-for-profits that worked with youth and later, abused youth.

He embarked on his current career in 2002. He finds that being a professor, teacher and researcher is an extraordinarily rewarding experience! He is looking forward to spending the rest of his life in his new vocation/avocation!

COURSE SCHEDULE

Morning Module (9 a.m. – Noon)
Creation of Financial Statements

• Double-bookkeeping, accrual accounting and general journal entries
• The process of recording journal entries (ledgers, unadjusted trial balance, adjusting entries, adjusted trial balance, closing entries, and the trial balance)
• How to prepare the financial statements
  
  

Using and Interpreting Financial Statements

• Why ratios (horizontal, vertical, common size) are important
• Ratios used (liquidity, profitability, solvency, activity) and what they mean/are used for
  (efficiency evaluation and credit and investment decisions)
• Review of a company on Yahoo!Finance
• Return on Investment, EBITDA, Total Shareholders Return, Residual Income, EVA and the Balanced Scorecard
  
  

Cost Accounting

• Responsibility Centers, Responsibility Accounting, and Decentralized organizations
• Use of Contribution Margins and Variable Costing in evaluating profitability of a sale/sales
• Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and decisions

Afternoon Module (1 – 5 p.m.)
Investments and Discounting

• Time value of money
• Risk and portfolio diversification
• Beta and systematic risk
  
  

Valuation

• Valuation of bonds and yield-to-maturity
• Valuation of common stocks
  
  

Capital Budgeting and Project Evaluation

• Financial statements and cash flows
• Net present value (NPV) rule
• Internal rate of return (IRR)
• Payback period
• Why is NPV superior?

Upcoming Classes

August 17, 2021 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | (0.8 CEUs)
November 3, 2021 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | (0.8 CEUs)

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COURSE COST
$1,420
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INSTRUCTOR
Michael Newman
Ph.D., CPA, CFE, CIA, CMA