Accounting, Finance and Business Comes Alive with this introductory language-focused course for managers who want to get into the financial conversation with sharper business acumen.
Course ID: CA-ACANA
Color Accounting: Accounting Comes Alive for Non-Accountants
Learning Objectives
- Use the Color Accounting BaSIS Framework as a communication and decision-making tool
- Make sense of accounting jargon
- Communicate more clearly and confidently on key financial issues with both finance and non-finance professionals
- Read balance sheets and income statements
- Analyze a business using its financial reports and business performance metrics
- Improve a business’s cash flow
- See business in a new holistic light that shifts the context for your decision-making
- Navigate the differences between for-profit and non-profit accounting and reporting
Major Topics
- A highly experiential workshop experience focusing on the accounting language and developing a one-page holistic model of accounting that can be used as a reference tool:
- Learning context and the balance sheet
- Deducing the income statement
- Mechanics of accounting
- Application of concepts
Who Should Attend
Non-accountants who need to understand and use financial information with the intention of better decision making and improved business outcomes
Fields of Study
AccountingPrerequisites
This workshop is intended for non-accountants