Finance for Non-Financial Managers Short Course
How financially confident are your managers when business decisions are on the table?
Every day managers take steps that affect costs, profitability, productivity and organisational performance. But many have never been taught how to interpret financial information or how to use it to guide better decision-making.
SBI's Finance for Non-Financial Managers short course builds the financial confidence managers need to contribute meaningfully to business discussions and to make commercially sound decisions.
Ideal Participants
SBI's Finance for Non-Financial Managers is designed for managers and professionals whose roles influence budgets, projects or business decisions, despite finance not being their primary discipline. It can be customised for your organisation and delivered in-house for 10+ participants.
What Will Change?
Participants will learn to:
- Understand the purpose and structure of key financial statements
- Interpret the numbers that drive business performance
- Have more confidence in financial conversations
- Evaluate financial implications before making decisions
- Compare options using practical financial analysis
- Use financial evidence in business cases, budgets and project proposals
- Apply financial thinking to everyday management decisions
Stronger financial insight. Smarter organisational decisions.
What's Involved?
Participants take part in a practical, application-focused learning experience that demystifies finance through real business scenarios and hands-on exercises.
The programme includes:
- Clear explanations of core financial concepts without unnecessary jargon
- Practical interpretation of income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
- Exercises that connect financial information to everyday management decisions
- Real-world examples that strengthen commercial thinking
- Opportunities to evaluate projects, budgets and business initiatives using financial data
- Facilitated discussions that build confidence in financial decision-making across different functions
2 days
Available online or in person for intact teams at your organisation or chosen venue
Scheduled around your organisational requirements and SBI educator availability
Why Choose a Short Course?
For organisations needing focused development in a specific area across a broad audience, SBI's short courses offer targeted skill-building that closes critical capability gaps – with minimal time away from work.
The range of courses is impactful, immersive and rooted in neuroscience, to create both SHIFT and IMPACT for your team. You can plug one or more into your business immediately.
Why CHROs value SBI Short Courses:
- Scalability
- Cost-efficiency
- Flexible participation
- Easy integration into existing development plans
Precision learning for specific capability gaps
Need more than a short course?
The SBI team can combine multiple short courses into a customised short learning programme for you.