Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive

Learn how to make better financial management decisions to increase the value of your company in the marketplace.

Balance sheets and income statements. Cash flow and financial management. Many executives rise to positions of great responsibility with less knowledge of these finance and accounting basics than they’d like to have. Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive will demystify the data, clarify key concepts, and teach you important frameworks and fundamentals.

This highly focused curriculum taught by Stanford GSB faculty will help you identify trends, make performance comparisons with competitors, and practice financial forecasting.

You’ll explore how much debt a company should accept, the appropriate analysis for better investment decisions, the measurement of the cost of capital, and the payment of cash dividends to investors. You will also take part in sessions designed to collaboratively review and reinforce these concepts to apply to your organization’s unique challenges.

Key Benefits

Become a well-informed strategic user of fundamental accounting and financial principles, and engage effectively with financial stakeholders.

Understand the core concepts, terms, and techniques of finance and accounting.
Utilize financial concepts to make better-informed decisions and become a greater asset to your company.
Communicate more effectively with the key sources of financing: bankers, other lenders, and investors.
Gain a broad overview of the financial marketplace and the role a company plays within it.

Who Should Attend?

Mid- to senior-level executives in general management, corporate planning, marketing and sales, or other functional areas — from any size company, any industry, and any country
Anyone in a top-level position who isn’t completely comfortable with reading financial statements and other financial information, and making financially based decisions