Get a grasp on the meaning behind the numbers
You’ve come this far in your career through talent, initiative and a lot of hard work. But you may have missed out on the financial training you need to get to the next level.
This popular program for non-financial managers is your shortcut to financial literacy. Learn to “think finance,” and understand what the numbers are telling you. Read basic financial reports and ask probing questions based on the data they provide. Strengthen your finance and accounting skillset. Increase your financial fluency to make your business decisions pay off—in your career, and on the bottom line.
Note: see Financial Statement Analysis for Non-Financial Managers to take the next step in your financial literacy learning journey.
How you will learn
The course cuts through complexity to deliver the material in a supportive, easy-to-understand way. Emphasizing practical application, it includes examples, case studies and hands-on exercises that will build your confidence when using financial information back at work.
You are encouraged to bring examples drawn from your own experience to share with the class.
Who is this for?
This program is designed for professionals with no formal training or experience in finance and accounting:
- New or middle managers aspiring to career mobility
- Government and non-profit officers
- Sales, marketing, technical or other professional specialists
- Entrepreneurs and owners of small start-up or growing companies
The program will also benefit those with some previous knowledge of financial information who want a refresher on the basics.
The impact
With a focus on comprehensive skill development, this program aims to achieve impactful outcomes, such as:
Adopt a financial perspective:
- Grow confidence in dealing with financial matters
- Question and discuss financial implications with others
Understand the numbers side of your job:
- Read and interpret basic financial statements
- Acquire a toolkit of financial management techniques
Appreciate the uses of financial information:
- Know the guiding principles of good financial reporting
- Discern what financial statements can and cannot tell you
Propel your career:
- Demonstrate your value to your employer
- Expand your professional expertise—and your opportunities
Related programs
Enhance your financial acumen with our Finance Programs (Fundamentals of Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis). Choose to take one or both programs to round out your financial skills.
Program features
- Group work
- Hands-on learning
- Real-life case studies
- Participant experience sharing
- Demystify the language, tools and techniques of accounting and finance
- Better comprehend your business from a financial point of view
- Become familiar with basic financial reports and see how they fit together
- Understand, rather than simply memorize, the presentation of company information
- Get hands-on experience dealing with financial statements
- Work with financial professionals in their own language
- Use critical numbers to build your career and create a high-performance organization
Contact us for registration support
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UBC Sauder Executive Education,
Scott Sinclair
Scott is a full-time lecturer at the Sauder School of Business. He currently teaches in Sauder’s Indigenous, Undergraduate, MBA and Executive Education Programs. Prior to that he was a lecturer in UBC's DAP program and taught accounting at BCIT. At UBC he has been a two-time winner of the DAP Excellence in Teaching Award, a two-time winner of the Commerce Undergraduate Society Teaching Excellence Award, and a recipient of the Killam Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Formerly Scott was the Director of Student Education for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and the principal author of the Chartered Accountants School of Business of Western Canada's program. In 2007, he received The George C. Baxter Award for Excellence in Learning Materials Development from the Chartered Accountants School of Business of Western Canada.
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Why UBC Sauder Executive Education?
Elevate your career and organization with UBC Sauder. Recognized as a global leader in executive education by the Financial Times, our programs deliver a transformative learning experience, resulting in tangible impact.
Elevate your career and organization with UBC Sauder. Recognized as a global leader in executive education by the Financial Times, our programs deliver a transformative learning experience, resulting in tangible impact.
