An intensive professional development training course on
Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication
Financial Information for Effective Business Management
Why Choose Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Training Course?
The Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Course provides a practical and comprehensive understanding of how financial information is gathered, recorded, analyzed, and communicated across an organisation. Accounting remains the core language of business, and this course strengthens the financial awareness required for accurate decision making and effective control. Participants learn how financial data supports operational planning, organisational growth, and strategic communication across all levels of management.
This Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Training Course also offers a structured introduction to both financial and management accounting systems. These systems provide a foundation for evaluating performance, understanding cost behaviour, and improving financial clarity across the organisation. Through guided instruction, case-based discussions, and practical team exercises, delegates gain an “MBA-level” experience designed to enhance their professional capability.
Participants will learn how financial statements are prepared, how internal reporting supports decision making, and how budgets act as essential tools for performance management. The course ensures that every delegate gains confidence in interpreting financial information, applying analytical techniques, and communicating financial insights clearly and accurately.
What are the Goals?
The Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Course will enable participants to:
- Prepare the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
- Distinguish clearly between profit and cash flow
- Analyse cost behaviour and assess its impact on product or service costing
- Apply accounting techniques to improve performance and profitability
- Develop functional and departmental budgets aligned with organisational plans
Who is this Training Course for?
This Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Training Course is ideal for professionals seeking a stronger grasp of financial information to support their management responsibilities. It is highly beneficial for individuals involved in operational oversight, decision-making processes, or organisational planning.
This training course will greatly benefit:
- Operational management team members
- Managers responsible for divisional or departmental performance
- Leaders managing support functions
- Consultants working on systems, operations, or organisational improvements
- Senior staff members from any department seeking greater financial insight
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication Course applies a combination of structured instruction, real-world examples, and practical team-based activities. The training introduces core accounting principles, gradually building a working framework that allows participants to understand and communicate financial information with clarity.
Interactive exercises are used to reinforce learning, enabling delegates to analyse financial data, evaluate operational performance, and support sound decision making. Practical scenarios demonstrate how financial communication strengthens management oversight and organisational effectiveness.
The Course Content
- The importance of accounting information
- The role of the Finance Function
- The accounting equation and financial accounting systems
- Recording facts and applying judgement
- Preparing the Income Statement and Balance Sheet
- Accounting principles and accounting standards
- The format and contents of the Income Statement
- The format and contents of the Balance Sheet
- The effect of depreciation and impairment on profit
- Identifying and valuing inventory
- Preparing the Cash flow Statement
- The importance of cash flow in business
- Collecting and analyzing costs
- The structure of direct and indirect costs
- Dealing with overheads – absorption costing or ABC?
- Cost-Volume-Profit and break even analysis
- Decision making – make or buy
- Decision making – the effect of limiting factors
- Corporate planning and corporate objectives implemented through budgeting
- The budgeting process and timescale
- Sales budget forecasting techniques
- Cascading the budgets across the whole business
- Preparing functional budgets and the cash budget
- Budgeting principles, methodologies and applications
- Monthly management reporting
- Setting and using standards
- Identifying and calculating variances
- Operating and planning variances – who is responsible?
- Measuring responsibility centre performance, ROI, RI, and EVA
- Non-financial performance – the Balanced Scorecard
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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