Finance for Non-Finance Managers
Gain the confidence and understanding of the most important “foreign” language in business with this informal and practical workshop bespokely designed for you and your organisation
Bespoke Designed Programme
This Programme is ideally suited for
anyone that requires practical awareness of financial terminology, reporting
and planning. It’s perfect for individuals that want or need the knowledge and
skills to read and interpret financial statements and reports, prepare and
monitor budgets, understand financial decision making and measure return on
investments, or organisations that want a group of employees to grow these
skills.
The emphasis is on recognising and deciphering financial
terminology so you have the ability and confidence to work to financial goals
and objectives.
Prior to Covid-19, Your Excellency Founder and Co-Director Malcolm
Taylor delivered bespoke Finance Programmes all over the globe. Malcolm now
delivers these Programmes virtually to organisations and individuals.
Gain the confidence and understanding of the most important
“foreign” language in business.
These training sessions or Programmes are interactive and can be
delivered individually, or to groups of learners in your organisation. We create
a relaxed, practical and fun environment with a blend of discussion and
exercises using real data to bring the learning to life in a meaningful and
instantly useable way.
At the end of this Programme you / your employees will be able to:
- Understand the business flow of money
- Recognise the difference between internal v’s external financial reporting
- Read and interpret the main financial statements - Profit and Loss/Income Statement, Balance Sheet/Position Statement and Cashflow
- Use and interpret financial KPIs from the financial statements
- Establish sound financial planning and analysis
- Understand costs by knowing the difference between Opex & Capex and the fundamentals of Depreciation
- Prepare and use budgets and forecasts
- Understand and use cost control and variance analysis techniques
- Use decision making tools including break-even analysis and return on investment
How you will learn:
The learning is instructor led through our Virtual Academy.
We have experience delivering Programmes and sessions through various learning platforms including but not limited to
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Adobe Connect
We create a relaxed, practical and fun environment with a blend of discussion and exercises using real data to bring the learning to life in a meaningful and instantly useable way. Please get in contact if you’d like Finance For Non Finance Managers delivered in-house & in-person for your organisation.

About Your Trainer - Malcolm Taylor
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Malcolm is a leading business performance coach, trainer and facilitator with the ability to translate theory into practical solutions. Malcolm was a highly successful Senior Finance and Operations Executive working in the technology sector across the globe for over 20 years.
Since founding Your Excellency Limited in 2007, Malcolm has dedicated his knowledge and experience to developing others. He specialises in sharing commercial, finance and leadership skills required to be exceptional leaders. Many of the challenges and issues he will help you overcome he has faced himself.
Malcolm has delivered Finance for Non Finance Managers Programmes in over 20 countries across the globe
Malcolm is a qualified Trainer, Master Coach and NLP Practitioner renowned for creating learning in a relaxed, practical and instantly useable style.














