Finance for Managers Without a Finance Background: P&L Lines, Department Budgets, Headcount Costs, Cash vs Profit & Simple Business Cases
Speak finance as a team lead: read the P&L lines you own, build and track a department budget, cost a new hire, see why profit is not cash and judge a small investment case, with every cell checked as you go.
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About this course
In this course you learn finance from a manager's seat, with every cell checked. You read a business unit's P&L with SUMIFS: revenue, gross margin, EBIT and the costs you really control. You phase an annual budget, compare it with the actuals, flag unfavourable lines and flex the budget to the real volume. You cost a team with employer load, benefits and part-year hires, and see next year's run-rate. Then you separate profit from cash with payment days, DSO and DPO, judge a small investment with payback, NPV and IRR, price a discount and a target margin, and build a monthly pack with a year-end forecast, traffic lights and a chart.
Lessons
- The P&L Your Team Touches: Revenue, Gross Margin, Operating Costs & EBIT Pro
- Department Budget: Phasing, Budget vs Actual & Favourable or Unfavourable Pro
- Flexing the Budget: Variable vs Fixed Costs and a Fair Variance Pro
- Fully Loaded Headcount Cost: Salary, Employer Load, Benefits & Part-Year Hires Pro
- Cash vs Profit: Invoice Dates, Payment Days, DSO & DPO Pro
- A Small Business Case: Payback, NPV and IRR Pro
- Pricing & Margin Conversations: Discounts, Volume to Break Even, Markup vs Margin Pro
- The Manager's Monthly Pack: Year-End Forecast, KPIs, Traffic Lights & a Chart Pro