Finance for Non-Finance Managers: Reading the Three Statements
Department heads are asked to own a budget and defend a business case without ever being taught how the numbers connect. This session walks through the profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statement as one linked system, using a single simplified company so you can see how an operational decision lands in each statement.
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By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Read a profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement and explain what each one answers
- Trace how one operational decision (a bulk purchase, a hire, a late-paying customer) flows through all three
- Interpret the six ratios most often used in management reporting
- Distinguish profit from cash and explain why a profitable department can still be a cash problem
- Read a profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement and explain what each one answers
This program is organized by the Academy of Professionals Malaysia (APM).
Features:
- The three statements and the question each one answers (10 min)
- The link between them: how net profit reaches the balance sheet (10 min)
- Worked example: one company, four decisions, tracked through the statements (15 min)
- Six ratios that matter to a non-finance manager (10 min)
- Profit vs cash: the working capital trap + Q&A (15 min)
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- A one-page 'three statements' map showing how the numbers connect
- A six-ratio quick reference card with benchmark ranges
- A simple template for pressure-testing your own departmental budget
- A one-page 'three statements' map showing how the numbers connect