This powerful course will provide operational managers and business owners with insight into the key financial concepts, terminology and reports used to judge performance of their organisation and make critical decisions.
It will provide delegates with confidence to ask the right questions, knowledge to interpret reports and ability to use information to manage day-to-day business activity and support better decision making.
This one day course delivered by Louise Rayner draws on more than 20 years experience in recruitment finance both for SME businesses and large corporates. It is split over two 4-hour sessions when delivered virtually using zoom video conferencing.
Agenda highlights
- Understanding the Profit & Loss statement, and Balance Sheet
- Interpreting and reviewing cashflow forecasts and a company's financial health
- Identifying and assessing financial risk
- Managing business activity by utilising budgets
- Utilising Margin reporting for real-time operational analysis
- Understanding the language used by accountants and those in finance
Learning outcomes
- Understanding basic financial statements utilised within business
- Improve effectiveness within management role
- Interpret and review the financial health and position of the organisation
- Review and manage financial risk
- Improve communication between Senior management and finance staff on financial issues
- Confidently interrogate key financial data and challenge financial proposals, business plans, projections and reports
This course is available as an in-company course or for non-members.
Please contact us to enquire about pricing or to discuss any of your training needs.
This course is part of the APSCo Specialist Skills courses.
Course Trainer:
Louise Rayner
Louise is an ACCA qualified accountant of 25 years, with an MBA, her thesis was “Six Sigma Pricing in the MSP and RPO environment”.
She has held board level finance and operational positions at JD Wetherspoon, RSM Tenon Accountants, Adecco and Randstad
In 2015 she sold her own recruitment business to Staffline Group and since then has been involved in buying and selling a number of recruitment business,’ handling due diligence.
Eight years ago she established NumberMill Consulting, an ACCA practice that specialises in back office financial outsourcing and has over 150 recruitment clients. Additionally they payroll circa 3000 contractors, either on PAYE bureau or FCSA accredited umbrella. The business has a team of 24 accountants and payroll specialists.
This unusual insight, in to both the provider and customer of financial information in the recruitment sector, makes Louise excited to share her insights in to how to work successfully with a “Finance Partner”, be them internal book-keepers and or external accountants.
