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Understanding Financial Accounting for Non-Accountants

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$199.00

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MODE

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DURATION

 4 hrs

COMMITMENT

 4 hrs

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This short course offers you solid financial accounting knowledge vital to any manager or business owner, without the need for an accounting background. You will learn to understand the financial health of your company, enabling you to take advantage of opportunities, manage risk and make strategic and effective business decisions.

About this course

This course is currently available for delivery to organisations only and may be customised for your organisation's needs. To learn more, please email business.futures@uts.edu.au or visit PLUS UTS Business Futures. You will explore the fundamentals of accounting and how to read and interpret financial statements. By the end of this course, you will have developed the skills to make informed financial decisions, analyse risks and rewards, assess current financial positions and plan for future growth.

This course is suitable for anyone without a finance or accounting background interested in exploring or needing a working understanding of the fundamentals of effective financial decision making and literacy. Specifically, this course is suitable for, but not limited to, anyone with newly acquired responsibility over developing, managing, and meeting formal budgets and management targets.

Key benefits of this course

The value of this course is clear. By completing it, you can:

  • Develop financial literacy by understanding key terms used in accounting
  • Understand how business decisions impact profit and loss statements
  • Build the skills needed to develop, manage, and meet budgets and management targets
  • Acquire the knowledge to work in a wide range of roles and industries
  • Enhance your leadership and management capabilities within small-to-medium enterprise
  • Prepare for a career as an entrepreneur.

This course provides the perfect foundation to succeed in many industries, giving participants the edge, they need to thrive in the business world.

Digital badge and certificate

A digital badge and certificate will be awarded following the successful completion of any necessary tasks or assessments to demonstrate acquired learning of the short course or for meeting attendance and/or participation requirements.

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Price

Full price: $199 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.

COVID-19 response 

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

During this course you will explore the fundamentals of accounting and how to read and interpret financial statements. By the end of the course, you will have developed the skills to make informed financial decisions, analyse risks and rewards, assess current financial positions and plan for future growth.

This course is 100% online and is designed to allow you to work at your own time and pace. The course resources are downloadable and you will have access to the course content for 6 months. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a UTS short course certificate.

The topics and key themes covered in this course include:

  • The four financial statements - identifying their purposes and key features 
  • Financial statement analysis - investigating and analysing financial statements
  • Ratio analysis - analysing business position and performance using financial ratios.

Course learning objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to

  • Identify the purposes and key features of the four main financial statements
  • Investigate and analyse financial statements
  • Analyse business position and performance using financial ratios.

Requirements

To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing. You will also require an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Contact us

For information on delivery to your organisation including customisation for your organisation's needs, please email business.futures@uts.edu.au or visit PLUS UTS Business Futures. 

Individual enrolment in this course is not currently available. 

Who is this course for?

This course is currently available for delivery to organisations only and may be customised for your organisation's needs. This course is ideal for individuals without a financial background interested in taking their management skills to the next level, as well as those who want to gain a better understanding of the financial world. This includes, but is not limited to, the following roles:

  • Anyone with newly acquired responsibility over developing, managing, and meeting formal budgets and management targets
  • Professionals working in a wide array of roles or industries, including marketing, engineering and fashion
  • Leaders and managers working within small-to-medium enterprise
  • Aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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