Financial Analysis for Non-Financial Managers

Understanding how managerial decisions, policies, and activities affect the bottom line of an organization is an essential part of your success in business. FIU's Financial Analysis for Non-Financial Managers program teaches you how to "speak finance" and understand how numbers are used to describe financial activities and the relative health of a business.

With a firm grasp of financial fundamentals, you'll be able to manage more effectively and see how your department and your decisions fit within the overall financial structure of your company and ultimately contribute to shareholder value. Most important, you'll be more fluent in the language of business, enabling you to present business ideas clearly in financial terms.

Highlights

As a participant, you will learn to read and understand financial statements and critical financial ratios like profit margins, asset turnover, return on assets, debt leverage, and return on equity. More specifically, after completing the seminar, you will know how to:

  • understand and appreciate the financial objectives of your firm
  • read and interpret financial statements
  • interpret key financial ratios that measure the financial performance of your firm and others
  • deal more effectively with budgets—how they're formulated, evaluated, and used, and
  • improve the chances of getting your ideas accepted and implemented by presenting them in a financial context

Unique Features

This seminar emphasizes the relationship between financial activity and the bottom line at the strategic and operational levels of the organization. We have developed the course to give you a working framework of financial metrics so that you will be comfortable using this information in your job.

Unlike programs with a more theoretical slant, ours focuses on the kind of practical knowledge and terminology that is used in day-to-day decision making and strategic planning.

Participants

This program is designed for non-financial managers in human resources, marketing, sales, manufacturing, and engineering. It is also recommended for:

  • managers with departmental budgets to plan and oversee
  • general managers from all types of businesses
  • professionals with non-financial backgrounds, especially HR and IT, and
  • small- to mid-sized business owners

Faculty

John Zdanowicz, Professor 
Department of Finance, Florida International University

Dr. Zdanowicz holds a PhD in finance from Michigan State University and is director of the Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute. Dr. Zdanowicz teaches courses in financial management and international trade analysis. He has more than 12 years of consulting experience in corporate finance, capital budgeting, and mergers and acquisitions.

Schedule

TBA

Available as a Customized Program. For information about customizing an Executive & Professional Education program, please click here or contact us at 305-348-4217 or at epe@fiu.edu.

Tuition

The program fee of $895 includes tuition and instructional materials. The fee is subject to change and is payable in advance.

Location

Classes are held at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, located at 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami. This location is convenient and easily accessible from the Florida Turnpike and the S.W. 8th Street Exit. Directions

Register

TBA

Class size is limited. We encourage you to register early to reserve your place in the class.

By telephone

Please call our office at 305-348-4217, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we will take your registration and payment information. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card.

In person
Come to the Office of Professional and Executive Education, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we can process your application. Our location is College of Business Administration, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, CBC 223, Miami, Florida 33199-0001.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirming your place in the program.

Registration and Withdrawal Policies

Payment Policy: Program fees are due in full upon acceptance into the program.

Substitution Policy: Qualified substitutes for participants can be accommodated with advance written notice.

Withdrawal Policy: Due to costs associated with establishing, holding, and replacing participant slots, the following guidelines will be implemented:

  • 1 week prior the program: the participant will be charged 50% of the program fee.
  • 2 - 4 weeks prior the program: the participant will be charged 25% of the program fee.
  • The remainder of the above mentioned will be transferred to another program upon receipt of written notice.

Note: Florida International University reserves the right to change, without notice, any statement in this bulletin concerning, but not limited to, curricula, courses, faculty, tuition, fees, policies and rules. If course or curriculum changes take place after you begin the program, we will make every effort to implement the changes in your best interest.