Shoreditch Business School

Finance for Non-Finance Managers (AAT)

Your business depends on having employees who can understand, interpret and communicate key financial information

Qualification type: N/A

Course level: N/A

Cost: £395 per person(VAT N/A)

Group discounts available

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Course details

This training course provides you with a basic grounding in key financial areas, covering fundamental financial ratios and how to use them effectively. It’ll help you understand some of the financial statements and reports commonly used in business. You’ll learn how to interpret this information and use your knowledge to manage day-to-day business activity.

This course is suitable for managers who have financial responsibilities and must understand the content of financial statements.

This course runs for one day.

What skills will you gain?

  • How to interpret financial statements and reports
  • Calculate and analyse ratios
  • Control cash and improve liquidity
  • Review and analyse budget variances

What does the course offer?

  • Understanding the elements of the statement of financial position and the statement of profit or loss
  • Using information from the statement of financial position and the statement of profit or loss
  • The importance of cash vs profit
  • Using budgets to manage business activity

Learning Outcomes

  • Enable managers to use financial information more effectively when managing day-to-day business activity
  • Enable managers to have more informed conversations with finance colleagues to remove the risk of miscommunication/misunderstanding
  • Allow managers to provide more insightful reports based on financials
  • Empower managers to make finance decisions without leaning too heavily on finance staff, allowing them to focus on other business priorities

Business benefits from this course

AAT Essentials deliver practical skills that can be applied in the workplace immediately. Our finance training courses are designed to help you meet your business objectives and are delivered by expert AAT trainers. 

How this course can benefit your career

Demystify financial jargon, improve decision making and build confidence to engage with finance colleagues. Demand for finance skills and literacy is on the increase, advance your career prospects and earning potential with this one day course.

Why Shoreditch Business School

Our professional development courses are available online, in-person or in hybrid format. Small group sizes and focused sessions ensure meaningful learning and direct application to the workplace.

Every programme is led by expert faculty who combine academic depth with hands-on business experience. Their teaching bridges theory and practice, helping learners think strategically, act decisively and deliver results.

Shoreditch Business School is part of the Ofsted Outstanding New City College Group, one of the UK’s most respected further education providers. This means that every course reflects the highest academic standards and a solid understanding of what professionals and businesses need to succeed.

Our campus is strategically located between Hoxton, Shoreditch and the City of London, placing learners at the centre of one of the UK’s most dynamic business hubs.

With purpose-built teaching spaces, breakout areas and meeting rooms, the campus offers a professional environment designed to support learning, networking and connection.

Minimum Requirements

There are no minimum requirements for this one-day training course.