
The Most Popular Finance for Non-Finance Program
Business Acumen with Colour Accounting
Our approach to business acumen is simple: We make learning finance fun and easy.
Making better decisions requires every manager – and everyone else they manage – to understand and make sense of financial information and relate it to their decisions and actions.
Business Acumen with Colour Accounting is a breakthrough finance workshop delivering unprecedented financial literacy to underpin business acumen. It uses a different and fresh approach called the Colour Accounting Learning System. It shows how accounting, finance and business work, and importantly, how they interrelate.
Participants leave able to read a balance sheet and income statement, telling a meaningful financial story that informs decision-making.

BEST FOR
HODs, Decision Makers, Senior & Mid Managers, Executives
FORMAT
In-person or Virtual
LEARNING MATERIAL
Colour Accounting Workbook, 3D pop-up BaSIS Board Pack
DURATION
1 or 2 days
Financial Literacy Workshop for Non-Financial Professionals
Using a Breakthrough Graphical System
Used worldwide by 25,000+ professionals in over 500 organisations
Start with accounting literacy - the language of business.
Colour Accounting is a teaching system that uses diagrams and logical colours to show graphically how accounting and business work, so everyone can make better decisions.
This program helps participants to
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Use a common financial language
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Confidently make great decisions more quickly
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Understand the importance of meeting financial goals
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See clearly how your role impacts the organisation
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Create budgets based on latest financial information
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Fluently read and understand financial statements

Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to:
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Gain a solid foundation in finance and accounting and its implication on the business
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Analyse the balance sheet and income statement with the BaSIS Framework to give a business story
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Understand and manage a Profit & Loss statement
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Construct a budget and business plan to address key issues in a company
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Align your teams around well-understood financial goals
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Apply concepts to common business scenarios – save costs, expand profit margins, and increase shareholder returns
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Get departments talking with each other effectively on overall business goals and making sound collective decision
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Discuss financial performance metrics confidently with management and stakeholders, investors, regulators and partners.
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Understand your clients’ buying motives and finance implications in their buying decision
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