Duration: 1 day

Instructor: Fatih KURAN

Objective

Does knowing more about finance enable you to make better and more accurate decisions? Can you foresee how your personal contributions impact the financial performance of the company? Are you sometimes required to create financial solutions while offering alternatives to your customers? Financial knowledge has become more critical than ever for managers in every department to make decisions, track company performance, monitor their own contributions, and accelerate their career journeys.

This program is designed to equip management-level professionals with the ability to understand essential financial concepts and interpret financial statements accurately. You will learn calculation methods that simplify your daily tasks and gain the foundation to interpret financial matters and make better decisions.

Who Should Attend

All managers and specialists who are not directly responsible for financial management but need to understand and utilize financial information in their decision-making processes.

Content

1. Interest Calculations/Time Value of Money

• Concepts of Interest and Interest Rates

• Future Value

• Present Value

• Present Value of Cash Flows

• Concept of Annuity and Present Value of Annuities

• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Applications of Time Value of Money

2. Financial Statements

• Concepts of Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Objectives of Financial Statements in Finance

• Introduction to Financial Statements:

o Balance Sheet

o Income Statement

o Cash Flow Statement

3. Financial Management

• Financial Analysis:

o Ratio Analysis

o Break-Even Point Analysis

o Operating Leverage

o Financial Leverage

o Working Capital Management and Forecasting Cash Flows

• Financing Sources for Businesses

o Cost of Capital

o Cost of Debt

o Evaluating Investment Projects:

Concept and Calculation of Internal Rate of

Return (IRR)

 Concept and Calculation of Net Present Value

(NPV)

 Concept and Calculation of Payback Period

4. Financing Techniques

• Bank Loans and Their Types

• Leasing

• Factoring

• Forfaiting

* The course involves Excel applications, and participants are required to bring laptops with Excel 2013 or a higher version installed.