Finance for Nonfinancial Managers

This course explores corporate finance from the lens of a non-financial manager, helping students gain an applied understanding of financial and accounting concepts and the role finance plays in the economic viability of a business.

Students will learn how to:

• construct financial statements and use these tools to strategically determine the overall business financial health.
• forecast possibilities for future growth in relation to costs associated with operational expenses and the cost of capital. 
• review basic economic frameworks
• complete case studies focusing on the connection of global economic influences to company and industry financial indicators.

Specific topics include financial analysis; planning, forecasting, and budgeting; cash flow; and strategic financing.