By attending this course you will gain the knowledge and skills to:

• •Evaluate the director's role and responsibilities in relation to finance, and the relationship between financial and corporate strategies
• •Understand common financial statements and, how they relate to each other and are affected by business decisions
• Explain how to use financial ratios, and interpret accounts in order to assess the financial health of an organisation
• •Outline ways of ensuring that management reporting is effective in enabling the organisation's strategy to be achieved
• •Understand the key factors to consider in relation to funding requirements and possible funding options

This course will be beneficial for all board directors at an early or mid-point in their career (both execs and non-execs), senior leaders or senior managers aspiring to a board role, those based in SMEs or large organisations, in the private, third or public sector, based in the United Kingdom and internationally.