19-20 JAN
20-21 MAR
10-11 MAY
11-12 JUL
19-20 SEP
21-22 NOV

Public Workshops: Cantonese with English Workbook
In-house Workshops: 社內培訓可選用英語、粵語或普通話授課
Introduction

In this two-day highly interactive and popular workshop, finance and accounts are explained from your or management perspective by a qualified accountant with experience in general management, sales, marketing and customer service.  You will break the barrier to accounts and accounting terms and start to make sustainable long-term decisions as you will now understand the financial implications of your actions. You will learn to read and interpret financial statements and be able to make better bottom-line decisions that optimise results in line with short- and long-term performance goals. You will also understand how others evaluate your financial results and determine the financial well being of your organisation.  You will also learn about analysing break-even and profitability as well as get tips to building an effective budget for management control.



What our Participants say:

"Appreciated!! Great class by a wonderful teacher. Very useful, interesting and easy to understand. Thanks for giving me such a great 2-day lesson. I didn't only learn the basics of accounting and financing terms and how to play around with the numbers, but also some insights into how to run a company more efficiently, which is far more important for me."

... Chris Fung, Wan (Corporate Services) Ltd
Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

"This workshop builds a good foundation in understanding financial data analysis and its impact. Jean's way of teaching is highly appreciated. She is knowledgeable, practical and encouraging. She also teaches with "Heart"! Thanks a lot!"

... Law Shuk-Han, Hannah, Dystar China Ltd
Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

"Informative workshop which can help us improve communication with the Finance people. Now, I'm able to read basic financial statement to help me in my decision making. Interesting teacher!"

... Tsang Cho Fa, Eva,
Schneider Electric Asia Pacific Limited
Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
Target

All non-financial managers and professionals who need to contribute to the financial success of the organisation


What You Will Cover
  1. Breaking The Barrier to Accounts
     · Accounting principles and the impact on you
    · Exercise: Financial terms demystified
  2. Reading the Primary Financial Statements
    · Exercise: Calculating your profit and loss
    · Exercise: Balancing the balance sheet
    · Exercise: Financing your cash flow
  3. Evaluating an Organisation's Financial Statements
    · Exercise: Annual reports & financial analysis
    · Exercise: Is this company financially healthy?
  4. Profitability Analysis
    · Fixed vs Variable Costs
    · Exercise: Break-even for new opportunities
    · Exercise: Should we drop this product?
  5. Budgeting as a Management Control Tool
    · The four methods of budgeting
    · Tips for preparing budgets
    · Case study: Analysing management accounts and making future decisions
About the facilitator

Jean is a certified public accountant and qualified marketer. She has more than 20 years of successful careers with Sime Darby, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Duty Free Shoppers, Hutchison, CompuServe and Motorola in accounting, auditing, business development and general management.  While in Motorola, she started the CompuServe.com business in 1992 and uses her marketing and finance background to turn the business around. She thus holds the record of running the first profitable .com business in Greater China. She has facilitated many workshops for participants from ABN AMRO Bank, Air Macau, Airport Authority, Alfa Laval, Bossini, BP Zhuhai, Caterpillar, Citibank, Citic Ka Wah Bank, CLP Power, Debenhams PLC, Electrical & Mechanical Services Department, HK Arts Development Council, Hong Kong Sports Development Board, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, ING Life Insurance, Jardine Matheson,  Johnson Matthey, Kingfisher Asia, Kodak, Maersk, Marine Department, Maunsell Environmental Management Consultants, McDonald's, Microsoft, New York Life Insurance, Nortel Networks, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Ocean Park, Pepsico Inc, Salomon Smith Barney, Securicor, SGS, Shanghai Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical, Shell, Sime Darby, STAR Group, Swarovski, Swire Beverages, The Dairy Farm Co, The HK Polytechnic University, The Swatch Group, Woolworths Group Asia Limited, Wyeth (HK) Ltd and many others.



WorldBridge Training Centre, 200 Lockhart Road, 13/F Tung Sun Commercial Centre (3 mins walk from Wanchai MTR)
9:00am to 5:00pm Lunch and
two teas included 		HK$3,990
per participant 		Discounted price of HK$3,690 per participant for enrolment one month before date of workshop or for groups of two or more