Diary

Financial awareness for non Finance Managers

CIMA Sri Lanka Division will conduct its Mastercourse on Financial Awareness for Non Finance Managers from November 13 -14 at the CIMA auditorium.

The two-day workshop is designed to deliver the knowledge that non-finance staff need to know to understand, use and discuss the financial information so crucial to business success.

The workshop will cover the following areas: Role of finance; Basic rules and elements of accounting; Understanding financial statements (profit and loss account/balance sheet/cash flow statement), cash and profits - Is it the same? Which one do we need most; Adding value with finance (brand profitability, are we breaking even? break-even point, margin of safety); Interpreting financial performance; How to generate more cash; Working capital management; Long term decision making; Time value of money; Corporate planning and Budgeting.

The faculty for the course includes Mallik De Silva, Group Finance Manager, Richard Pieris and Co Limited, Sriyamal Gamage, General Manager, Group Finance, Hayleys Advantis Limited and Dhanan Senathirajah, Assistant Vice President, Finance, NDB Bank

The workshop is targeted at all managers, with previous delegates including project managers, marketing managers, technical managers, general managers, engineers, business development managers and many others including managing directors and CEOs.