How to Talk Finance
What you'll learn
- Become fluent in the language of business finance
- Learn how companies are structured, trade and are financed
- Understand what is in the key financial statements and how they fit together
- Learn to read and interpret financial information - improving your fluency in finance
- Learn about ROCE, ROI, EBITDA, Leverage, Liquidity, Working Capital etc
- Examine the costs in a business: the various types, how they behave and how they are treated
- Understand the difference between Opex and Capex
- Gain confidence in how to use budgets and forecasts to control a business department
- Learn how to prepare a business case using discounted cash flow techniques, calculating the NPV and IRR of an investment
- Understand how assets are valued - and how you can create value in your business
- Gain financial confidence to boost your career development
Requirements
- This workshop is for all levels. No prior knowledge of finance is required
Description
Starting with the fundamentals of business finance, this workshop will enable you to develop your fluency in the language of business finance. From EBITDA to ROCE, from learning the difference between Operational and Financial Gearing to how Budgets & Forecasts are used to control the business, this workshop will provide you with an understanding of the key financial drivers of your business and will enhance your ability to contribute to the improved financial performance of your organisation. A fundamental understanding of business finance is essential for anyone looking to progress their career. This workshop will give you increased confidence when discussing the financial performance of your organisation.
Who this course is for:
- Newly appointed managers in a business
- Anyone involved in budgeting and forecasting
- Executives who want a refresher of the essentials
- Professionals who are looking to develop their own careers
- Anyone wanting to improve their 'financial fluency'
Instructor
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Ted Wainman trained and qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Ernst & Young before joining JPMorgan on the Investment Management side of the business. Whilst at JPMorgan, he undertook a company sponsored MBA in the International Management of Financial Services, from which he graduated at the top of his class with merit.
Since 2003 Ted has been designing, developing and delivering programmes for the private sector across a range of business needs. Whether focussed on programmes to build awareness and detailed understanding around financial drivers of their business, addressing new operational initiatives or supporting business change, Ted is experienced in working with key stakeholders within the business to construct a training program that delivers sustained change.
With a background in finance, Ted has a focus on financial and commercial training (including finance, strategy & leadership and Global Macro Economics), but is also comfortable in designing, developing and delivering training programmes on a wide variety of softer skills from negotiation, persuading, influencing, written communications and presentation skills.
Ted has worked with over 275 companies – primarily private or listed – from blue chips to financial services, including banks, building societies and insurance companies. Ted has worked in more than 35 countries globally and is experienced in addressing the needs of programmes across varying cultural backgrounds.
Ted is the author of “How to Talk Finance: getting to grips with the numbers in business” – published by Pearson (FT) in April 2015.