Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course

Name: Advanced Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course
Availability: InStock

Connect financial statements, costs, budgets, investments, and performance evidence to strategic management decisions.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: London, Dubai, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Bali, Kuala Lumpur and more
Next session: 26 – 30 October 2026, London
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Advanced Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course

Overview

Advanced Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course is a one-week course for non-finance managers, business-unit leaders, operations managers, project leaders, and functional decision-makers who need a Strategic Financial Decision Brief. Participants connect financial statement analysis, working capital, management accounting, budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal, and performance measures to operating choices. The course resolves gaps between accounting reports and managerial action through linked models, documented assumptions, and sector-based scenarios. Agile Leaders Training Center develops strategic finance practice for non-finance managers.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for business-unit results and resource allocation
Teams responsible for operations, capacity, cost, and margin decisions
Teams responsible for projects, investments, and benefit realization
Teams responsible for sales, service, and customer profitability
Teams responsible for functional planning and performance reporting

The course assumes participants already make budget or operating decisions at work; it leaves out bookkeeping, transaction posting, audit procedures, tax computation, and certification preparation.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that convert financial evidence into operating and investment decisions.

Operations, project management, strategy, sales, and service departments
Manufacturing, energy, logistics, and construction organizations
Technology, telecommunications, and professional-service organizations
Healthcare, hospitality, retail, and consumer-service organizations
Finance partnering, planning, procurement, and performance functions

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze linked financial statements and working-capital movements
Apply cost behavior and contribution analysis to operating choices
Build integrated budgets, forecasts, and variance responses
Evaluate investments with cash-flow and scenario models
Compare financial and non-financial performance indicators
Create a documented strategic financial decision brief

Course Agenda

Day 1: Financial Statements and Business Position

Financial Statement Linkage and Transaction Flow Map
Income Statement Margin and Earnings Bridge
Balance Sheet Capital and Funding Structure Grid
Cash Flow Conversion and Profit-to-Cash Reconciliation
Working Capital Cycle and Liquidity Diagnostic

Day 2: Costs, Margins, and Operating Decisions

Fixed, Variable, and Mixed Cost Classification Matrix
Contribution Margin and Break-Even Analysis Model
Product, Service, and Customer Profitability Worksheet
Relevant Cost and Make-or-Buy Decision Tree
Pricing, Capacity, and Margin Scenario Table

Day 3: Budgets, Forecasts, and Control

Strategic Driver-Based Budget Architecture
Operating and Cash Budget Integration Template
Rolling Forecast and Scenario Planning Model
Budget Variance and Root-Cause Analysis Grid
Forecast Assumption and Management Action Register

Day 4: Investment and Performance Decisions

Capital Investment Cash Flow Worksheet
Payback, NPV, and IRR Appraisal Comparison
Risk-Adjusted Scenario and Sensitivity Dashboard
Financial and Non-Financial KPI Scorecard
Business Unit Performance and Accountability Review

Day 5: Integrated Financial Decision Practice

Exercise: Reconcile Profit, Cash, and Working Capital
Exercise: Diagnose Cost and Margin Drivers
Exercise: Build a Budget and Forecast Response
Exercise: Compare Investment and Performance Options
Capstone Exercise: Strategic Financial Decision Brief

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities that connect accounting evidence with decisions in operational and service settings.

Suggested activity: trace how a manufacturing capacity choice changes profit, cash, and working capital
Suggested activity: compare customer and service margins using contribution and relevant-cost evidence
Suggested activity: revise a rolling forecast after demand and cost assumptions change
Suggested activity: present an investment recommendation supported by scenarios, indicators, and decision controls

FAQs

Who suits advanced strategic finance for non-finance managers training?

Non-finance managers, business-unit leaders, operations managers, project leaders, and functional decision-makers suit the training. Participants should already make budget, resource, or operating decisions.

How does strategic finance for non-finance managers differ from basic finance training?

Strategic finance for non-finance managers integrates statement linkage, cost behavior, forecasts, investment appraisal, and performance evidence, while basic finance training usually introduces terminology and individual statements.

How do non-finance managers connect profit and cash flow?

Non-finance managers connect profit and cash flow by reconciling non-cash items, working-capital movements, capital spending, financing flows, and the timing of customer receipts and supplier payments.

Which investment appraisal methods support managerial decisions?

Payback, net present value, internal rate of return, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing support managerial decisions when cash-flow assumptions, risks, constraints, and decision criteria are documented.

How should managers use budgets and forecasts in strategic decisions?

Managers should use budgets to allocate resources and forecasts to update expectations, compare actual performance with drivers, investigate variances, test scenarios, and record corrective actions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Strategic Financial Decision Brief containing statement links, cost and margin models, budget and forecast controls, investment scenarios, and performance indicators. The brief makes operating and investment recommendations traceable to evidence and assumptions. It also gives finance and non-finance teams a shared structure for reviewing choices and accountability.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Baku	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,000
Lisbon	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Toronto	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Vienna	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Bangkok	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Paris	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Montreux	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Dubai	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Berlin	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Prague	Week 11, 2027 15 – 19 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Barcelona	Week 12, 2027 22 – 26 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Amman	Week 12, 2027 28 March – 1 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Abu Dhabi	Week 13, 2027 29 March – 2 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Phuket	Week 14, 2027 11 – 15 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Tokyo	Week 15, 2027 12 – 16 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€10,000
San Diego	Week 16, 2027 19 – 23 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€14,000
Tbilisi	Week 17, 2027 26 – 30 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,000
Seoul	Week 17, 2027 26 – 30 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€10,000
Amsterdam	Week 18, 2027 3 – 7 May 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700

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OverviewAdvanced Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course is a one-week course for non-finance managers, business-unit leaders, operations managers, project leaders, and functional decision-makers who need a Strategic Financial Decision Brief. Participants connect financial statement analysis, working capital, management accounting, budgeting, fo…

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Strategic Finance for Non-Finance Managers Course