Olin Offers Finance for Non-financial Pros Program

F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business is offering the Executive Education course “Finance for Today’s Nonfinancial Professionals.” The course will be held Nov. 13-14, 2014. The program will be held at the Babson Executive Conference Center, in Wellesley, MA. The program is led by Virginia Soybel, senior lecturer in accounting in Babson’s Accounting and Law Division and Victoria Sassine, adjunct lecturer in Babson’s Finance Division.

This program is designed for nonfinancial mid- and senior-level professionals in any industry or organization, and attracts a varied mix of participants. Whether you are a Vice President of Operations, Sales Representative, Product Manager, Director of Marketing, Systems Engineer, or anything in between.

The course is designed to bridge the gap between functional business knowledge and practical financial information. Participants will learn how to connect their company strategy to its financial implications in order to increase the value of their organization and become a more effective business leader.

This is a hands-on program that presents and explains data in practical, real-world terms, giving participants the functional financial knowledge that is needed to create better solutions to company challenges, improve interdepartmental communication, take on more strategic responsibility and create new opportunities for their organization.

In an interactive setting made up of peers from a variety of industries, particpants will learn to read and leverage financial reports and data, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, assess the profitability and costs of projects, products, innovations, and initiatives to make better investment decisions, use financial knowledge to improve planning, budgeting and valuation and to understand financial language and communicate with financial colleagues to gain insight into their organization’s performance.

The curriculum focuses on universal business problems that are specific to your needs, teaching you to read actual financial statements and immediately apply that information in ways that are relevant to your job.

The cost of the program is $2,900. This cost includes course materials, lunch and light refreshments participants should make their own arrangements for over-night accommodations.

regions: Boston

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