Are you ready to elevate your career by mastering the language of business? Join our dynamic 60-minute webinar, Accounting and Finance for Non-Finance Professionals. This engaging session is designed to demystify financial concepts and provide you with essential knowledge to succeed. You'll learn the basics of the accounting equation, decode the four key financial statements, and understand financial forecasting and budgeting.
Even if you’ve never taken an accounting or finance course, this webinar will give you the foundational understanding you need to improve your partnership and support of your internal customers, including operations, sales, marketing, and executives. You’ll discover how your valuable work ties directly to the overall success of your company, empowering you to partner more closely with functional leaders and make informed decisions that drive business success.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
In today's fast-paced business environment, understanding financial fundamentals is crucial for making informed decisions and driving organizational success. This webinar will equip you with the tools and insights to grasp key accounting and finance concepts, even if you've never taken an accounting or finance course before. You'll learn how to interpret the accounting equation, analyze the four essential financial statements, and apply financial forecasting and budgeting techniques. These skills will enable you to support your internal customers more effectively, from operations to executive leadership.
By attending this webinar, you'll gain the knowledge needed to see how your role directly contributes to your company's overall success. You'll be empowered to partner more closely with functional leaders, enhance your decision-making, and drive better business outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your professional expertise and make a lasting impact in your organization.
AREA COVERED
- Understand the importance of financial literacy in today's business environment
- Become familiar with key financial terms to enhance your value as a business partner
- Learn about assets, liabilities, and equity, and how they interact in the accounting equation
- Gain insights into the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and statement of changes in equity, and how they work together
- Discover how to create financial forecasts and budgets that drive business success
- Understand the importance of managing costs and learn effective strategies to control them
- Become conversant with critical financial ratios that help evaluate business performance
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners: Those who are starting or running their own businesses and need to understand financial fundamentals
- Project Managers: Individuals who oversee projects and need to manage project budgets and financial reports
- Sales and Marketing Professionals: Those who need to understand financial metrics to align their strategies with business goals
- HR Professionals: HR staff who want to understand financial impacts on compensation, benefits, and departmental budgets
- Operations Managers: Individuals responsible for the day-to-day management of business operations and need to control costs and improve efficiency
In today's fast-paced business environment, understanding financial fundamentals is crucial for making informed decisions and driving organizational success. This webinar will equip you with the tools and insights to grasp key accounting and finance concepts, even if you've never taken an accounting or finance course before. You'll learn how to interpret the accounting equation, analyze the four essential financial statements, and apply financial forecasting and budgeting techniques. These skills will enable you to support your internal customers more effectively, from operations to executive leadership.
By attending this webinar, you'll gain the knowledge needed to see how your role directly contributes to your company's overall success. You'll be empowered to partner more closely with functional leaders, enhance your decision-making, and drive better business outcomes. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your professional expertise and make a lasting impact in your organization.
- Understand the importance of financial literacy in today's business environment
- Become familiar with key financial terms to enhance your value as a business partner
- Learn about assets, liabilities, and equity, and how they interact in the accounting equation
- Gain insights into the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and statement of changes in equity, and how they work together
- Discover how to create financial forecasts and budgets that drive business success
- Understand the importance of managing costs and learn effective strategies to control them
- Become conversant with critical financial ratios that help evaluate business performance
- Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners: Those who are starting or running their own businesses and need to understand financial fundamentals
- Project Managers: Individuals who oversee projects and need to manage project budgets and financial reports
- Sales and Marketing Professionals: Those who need to understand financial metrics to align their strategies with business goals
- HR Professionals: HR staff who want to understand financial impacts on compensation, benefits, and departmental budgets
- Operations Managers: Individuals responsible for the day-to-day management of business operations and need to control costs and improve efficiency
Speaker Profile
Melveen Stevenson
Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S. Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. In doing so, she empowers companies to strengthen their infrastructure from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and executive coaching.Melveen speaks on key topics to empower companies with the latest research and best practices for increasing engagement, enhancing leadership presence, and optimizing diverse workforce groups.Over the last 20 years, …
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