eLearning

Essential Finance Concepts for Non-Finance Professionals

Offered by PMI

Learn how to unleash the full financial power of your company by playing an active role in its financial well-being.

PDUs

Course Duration

9 hours

Languages

Overview

Understanding your company’s financial well-being is imperative, whether you work in a finance position or not. After all, finance is at the heart of every business and having the knowledge to be effective in activities that involve financial implications is crucial.

Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to positively contribute to your company’s financial well-being. This comprehensive class takes you on an educational journey based on real-time market research from Burning Glass Technologies with a focus on the role of finance for non-finance professionals in organizations.

What you'll learn

Learn accounting, budgeting, and finance basics, including key financial statements and balance sheets. Gain skills to solve finance issues, manage costs, and combine computational thinking with human intelligence for informed decision-making in finance.

Module 1

Basic Accounting Concepts and Budgeting for Non-financial Professionals

Module 2

Recording, Posting, and Balancing the Books

Module 3

Preparing Financial Statements and Closing Accounts

Module 4

Accounting for Stock Transactions

Module 5

Financial Statement Analysis for Non-financial Professionals

Module 6

Managing with a Cost-control Mindset and Focusing on the Bottom Line as an Employee

Module 7

Reaching Efficient Solutions with Computational Thinking

Module 8

Solve Problems Using Systems Thinking in the Workplace

Module 9

Defining Alternative Solutions to a Problem and Choosing the Best Solution

Module 10

Working with Data for Effective Decision Making

Module 11

Making Data-driven Decisions

PDU breakdown

If you’re not looking for a certification, this online course also helps you earn professional development units (PDUs) and includes new content on agile and hybrid approaches.

Total PDUs

Business acumen

Ways of working

Power skills