Finance for Non-Financial Directors

October 16, 2024 - 9:00 am

Virtual, Zoom

Three people in the office having a financial team meeting.

When you’re presented with a board pack, do you know where to start?

This masterclass provides essential insights into business finance, covering how to analyse board report financials and assess business performance effectively.

Let’s work together to enhance your board-level finance skills in 2024.

 

Who is this Course For?

The masterclass is suitable for:

  • Non-financial non-executive directors looking to enhance their finance skills

 

What are the Benefits?

Finance plays a crucial role in shaping the strategy and governance of a business, making financial literacy essential for all directors.

This can prove particularly challenging for directors who lack a financial background.

Our course is designed to address these challenges, demystifying complex financial concepts and making them accessible.

We ensure that finance becomes a manageable and integral part of your daily decision-making process. This course will help you:

  • Explain key accounting principles and financial ratios, highlighting their advantages and limitations

  • Analyse financial statements, including Profit & Loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and accompanying notes, to understand their connections and insights

 

About the Course

This course covers the fundamental finance skills you need to understand, analyse and advise on company performance and strategy as a non-financial, non-executive director. It includes:

  • 2 hours of on-demand footage
  • 2 articles
  • 2 downloadable resources
  • 2 group sessions
  • Certificate of completion

 

Course Content

Introduction: What do NEDs need to know about finance?

  • Being a Director: Responsibilities and risks

  • Fundamentals of Financial Accounting: Core concepts for every director

  • The Importance of Working Capital: Case analysis

 

Dissecting financial statements: Hands-on exercises

  • Income Statements: Insights and implications

  • Balance Sheets: Key elements and interpretation

  • Cash Flow Statements: Understanding liquidity

  • Financial Ratios: What they reveal about company performance

  • Internal Management Accounting: How to interpret board reports, budgets, and more

  • Effective Questions: What to ask for informed decision-making

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Meet your Facilitator

Abdulkader Thomas

Abdulkader Thomas

Abdulkader has over 40 years of diversified financial services experience across the world. He has extensive experience with financial start-ups and teaches finance at IE Business School in Madrid. Abdulkader has has acted as a member of the international advisory board of the Securities Commission of Malaysia. He chairs the Advisory Committee of Experts at The Alternative Bank in Nigeria, and London-based FinTech, Algbra. At Alkhabeer, he chaired subsidiaries in Bahrain and the Dubai International Financial Centre, served on the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and Audit Committee. Abdulkader now chairs Alkhabeer’s Board Risk Committee, and was previously a non-executive director of Strategic Ratings in London.