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Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers

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Date:	19 - 23 November 2007
Fee:	S$4,800 (exclusive of GST for local participants)
Venue:	NUS Business School
Enquiries:	For more information, please call Lynn at 68611000 or email us at learning@jobsdb.com.sg



	Payment must be made before the commencement of the workshop. No cancellation is allowed 7 days prior to workshop.

Increasingly, managers in every functional area need to understand the basic principles of finance to improve the effectiveness of their operations and strategy.

By empowering non-financial managers with a framework of essential financial terminology, concepts and applications, this programme enables them to analyse and interpret commonly used financial information in making business decisions and working more effectively with the financial managers of their organisations. Through the emphasis on the application and understanding of financial information rather than its preparation, the programme will enable you to communicate finance related matters more effectively, understand the performance metrics of the organization, read and use company reports, and grasp other managerial accounting aspects.

Core Focus


Understand and interpret financial statements:
•	Balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
•	Accounting for key financial statement items
•	Ratio analysis
•	Creative accounting

Evaluate performance of managers and employees:
•	Benchmarks
•	Performance measures
•	Types of performance measures

Short-term financing
•	Accruals
•	Trade credit
•	Secured and unsecured loans
•
Appraise corporate investments
•	Payback
•	Net present value
•	Internal rate of return

Equity valuation
•	Balance sheet models
•	Price earning ratios



How Will You Benefit The curriculum is designed to enable you to:rogram, you will:
•	Understand fundemental financial terminology and concepts
•	Understand and use the information contained in balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements
•	Identify and apply relevant costing information
•	Learn how to perform fundamental financial analysis
•	Grasp the essentials of budgeting and performance assessment
•	Acquire the financial acumen for effective decision-making and working with financial managers

Programme Director

Dr Ruth Tan
Associate Professor of Finance
National University of Singapore Business School
Ph.D. (Finance), University of Washington
Certified Public Accountant

Professor Tan teaches business finance, personal finance, corporate finance, and financial markets. She received the Faculty Outstanding Educator Award in 2003, and Recognition for Excellence as Outstanding Educator in 2004. She was also listed as an excellent teacher in the “The NUS Undergraduate Student Feedback 2002/2003”.

She is currently serving on the Board of Management of the NUS Academic Staff Provident Fund. In 2002, she held the post of Vice Dean of Finance and Administration in the School.

Her research articles have been published in numerous international academic and professional journals. She frequently serves as a reviewer for international journals and was the associate editor of the Asian Case Research Journal from 1997 to 2003. She also does consulting and conducts in-house training programmes for various multinational organisations.

Who Should Attend?

Executives who make or contribute to decisions with significant financial implications, including:

•	managers with profit-and-loss responsibility
•	managers in marketing, operations, human resources, and engineering
•	No background in finance is required


	For more information, please call Lynn at 68611000 or email us at learning@jobsdb.com.sg

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