Finance for Non-Financial Leaders
with Hoskin Hobbs
As a leader, you need to know your numbers, to really understand what your financial reports are telling you so that you know the right course of action to take
As a woman this is a vitally important skillset to demonstrate. There is an assumption that women are not as financially and commercially savvy as our male counterparts. In her viral TED Talk, Susan Colanueno called this “the vital missing 33%” for women’s promotion into senior positions. At Hoskin Hobbs we guarantee straight-forward, practical and interactive learning that will help you to quickly cut through the jargon and see the story beneath the numbers in your financial reports. You can then ask your Finance Team the right questions that demonstrate you know your stuff and be able to challenge your FD if you don’t agree with their point of view. This knowledge and skillset is the difference that makes the difference for female leaders.
We offer various finance workshops that are straight-forward, practical and interactive and will equip you with the skills necessary to read your financial statements and participate in robust financial decision-making at senior levels.
And we make it fun!!
“Excellent and just the right level. Brilliant presentation style”.
NED, Optalis Ltd
Trainer-led Workshops
by Hoskin Hobbs
Finance for Non-Financial Directors
Our flagship one-day workshop for directors which is run both face-to-face and virtually.
Are you expected to make sense of complicated financial reports without any formal financial qualifications or experience? This workshop will give you the understanding necessary to appraise your organisation’s statements and be able to confidently contribute to senior-level financial discussions.
You will gain a thorough understanding of both the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet, and be able to apply key metrics to analyse performance.
“Enlightening, brought financial planning alive! Thank you”.
Managing Partner, Wellington Medical Practice
“A transformational course!! Sarah enabled us to understand so much financial jargon and practices so well in just two days – beautifully and clearly presented, with plenty of practical exercises that helped turn the theory into practical knowledge.”
Sally Forsyth Spark, Managing Director, Point 6 Design
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
This is our very popular 2-day workshop which is also run both face-to-face and virtually.
Managers are also often expected to contribute to decisions around capital expenditures, budgets, as well as the financial statements. You will spend the first day looking at the key financial statements, and the second diving into the “nuts and bolts” of operational finance – costing, break-even analysis, investment appraisal and budgeting.
There will be lots of case studies and exercises to bring your learnings to life.
“A very thorough and entertaining two days – hugely instructive, well-paced and interesting”.
Toby Morrish, Marketing Director, Sony
Hoskin Hobbs Academy
Online Workshops
Well-paced, straight-forward and frankly inspirational online courses designed to have you reading your financial reports like a pro!
Guaranteed to help you see the story beneath the numbers and thus know what action to take next.
All sessions are self-paced so that you can start whenever you want and schedule your learning around your other commitments.
You will have life-time access so that you can come back again and again to refine and polish your understanding.
Powering your Profit and Loss Account
An insightful and highly effective course that will enable you to pick up your organisation’s latest P&L and interpret its performance at a glance.
Developed to give you the tools and understanding necessary to decide which levers to pull to improve your bottom line. Comprehensive, punchy and straight-forward. Guides you through the process of benchmarking your performance against that of your closest competitors to gain valuable insights that can direct future strategy.
Behind your Balance Sheet
An enlightening course that breaks through the often-daunting format of the balance sheet, breaking it down into simple blocks to aid understanding. The Balance Sheet is the engine room of your organisation: it’s where its value and power resides and so it is absolutely essential that all credible leaders are able to read and interpret their own organisation’s balance sheet.
Straightforward and straight-talking in its delivery, and with lots of practical exercises so that you can learn how to assess quickly the organisation’s financial strength and to spot any potential issues. You will learn how to check if it has sufficient liquidity, if its gearing looks too risky and how good a return it is generating for its shareholders.
Fascinating case studies based on well-known financial collapses such as Thomas Cook and Carillion bring the learning to life.
The Cash Flow Statement
The Cash Flow Statement is where you can find out what’s really going on in an organisation – unlike the other two financial statements there are no assumptions or judgments to affect the numbers – you can see exactly how the business is both getting its cash and how it is spending it. It is almost like a window onto the company’s bank account.
Astute investors look here first as they know that there is no potential for “dressing up” the figures. Most businesses fail because they run out of cash, not because they are unprofitable. This workshop will enable you to see the key indicators to watch out for as well as potential red flags. A must for any credible business leader.
Costs and Breakeven Analysis
An empowering course which guides you through the “nuts and bolts” of management accounting. You will learn how to identify different types of costs and how they impact on your business. You’ll understand how to calculate break-even point and the margin of safety, all critical to sound financial decision-making.
Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
An interesting and empowering course that will enable you to pick the best way of budgeting for your organization and ensure that any critical variances are both spotted and investigated. You will also learn the fundamentals of investment appraisal, including payback period, return on investment and net present value.
Both can seem vast and complex topics; here they are simplified to give confidence and understanding of the core fundamentals.
Cash Flow Forecasting
Managing cash well is a clear business imperative, given that it is the means by which companies stay in business! This workshop guides you through the principles of a cash flow forecast, and the importance of monitoring cash tightly.
