Balance sheets and income statements. Cash flow and financial management. Many executives rise to positions of great responsibility with less knowledge of these finance and accounting basics than they’d like to have. Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive will demystify the data, clarify key concepts, and teach you important frameworks and fundamentals.
Key Benefits
Become a well-informed strategic user of fundamental accounting and financial principles, and engage effectively with financial stakeholders.
Understand the core concepts, terms, and techniques of finance and accounting.
Utilize financial concepts to make better-informed decisions and become a greater asset to your company.
Communicate more effectively with the key sources of financing: bankers, other lenders, and investors.
Gain a broad overview of the financial marketplace and the role a company plays within it.
Mid- to senior-level executives in general management, corporate planning, marketing and sales, or other functional areas — from any size company, any industry, and any country
Anyone in a top-level position who isn’t completely comfortable with reading financial statements and other financial information, and making financially based decisions
The program gave me a greater understanding of financial operations. If I could do it again, I would.
Ingrid Carmey
CEO
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Meet the Faculty Leadership
This program is developed by Anne Beyer and George Parker, and taught by a team of tenured, strategically focused, cross-disciplinary faculty who are experts in their fields. Together, they bring cutting-edge research, thought leadership, and experiential learning to your program experience.
Anne Beyer
The Staehelin Family Professor of Accounting
Co-Director, Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive
George Parker
The Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus
Co-Director, Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive
Earn Your Certificate
Upon successful completion of Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive, you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion in recognition of your achievement and the investment you have made in your education and professional development.
