Finance training

Finance

All too often, people reach a management position with no formal training in finance. And when they do get any training, as often as not it is a generic programme, rather than one based on their organisation’s financial management processes and procedures. Why leave your managers to bluff their way with accountants talking a different language? We have some outstanding trainers in this field who can make the subject relevant by tailoring their programmes to your organisation’s processes and issues – and who can also make it fast, furious and fun, taking the fear out of finance!

Courses and workshops

Red ArrowBudgeting and control
For all organisations concerned to improve their budgeting process – and delivery against budget.
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Red ArrowCost reduction
Two days of expert advice on overhead cost management and reduction.
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Red ArrowCredit control and debt recovery – the legal issues
A highly practical day of straightforward explanation and advice – from a nationally-recognised expert in the field.
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Red ArrowCredit control and debt recovery – the practical issues
The UK’s leading trainer in the subject uses practical examples and case studies to show how to use debt collection techniques that really work.
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Red Arrow‘DIY’ credit control and debt recovery
Create your own draft training programme from this list of ‘pick and mix’ training modules – and then let us fine-tune it for you.
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Red ArrowFinance for the non-accountant
The definitive two-day programme – ideal for non-financial managers and others who don’t have a financial qualification or background and who need a greater financial awareness and a better understanding of the financial management disciplines essential to your organisation.
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Red ArrowFraud
A practical one-day programme on fraud – why it happens and how to prevent it.
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Red ArrowProject appraisal and risk management
A dual-qualified accountant / engineer  presents this highly practical two-day programme on financial appraisal.
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Red ArrowUnderstanding finance – principles
This one-day programme explains the key concepts, helps develop the core skills and takes the fear out of finance.
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Red ArrowUnderstanding finance – processes
This one-day programme focuses on how your organisation is affected by costs, how it manages budgets and how it uses and produces financial information.
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Also available

Finance is a challenging subject for many people, so to help them absorb the concepts more easily and see the relevance of financial management to their daily work we have put together a portfolio of programmes addressing the particular needs of different functions or sectors:

  • Finance for charities
  • Finance for directors (a one-day refresher)
  • Finance for FM
  • Finance for housing associations
  • Finance for HR
  • Finance for insurance professionals
  • Finance for lawyers
  • Finance for NHS managers
  • Finance for PAs, secretaries and support staff
  • Finance for project managers
  • Finance for public sector managers
  • Finance for purchasing and procurement
  • Finance for retail managers
  • Finance for sales and marketing
  • The senior managers’ guide to GAAP, IFRS and other accounting standards issues

Credit control and debt collection can also be a minefield, particularly for public sector bodies. It’s vital that staff are properly trained – and we have the trainer and the courses for the job:

  • Advanced collection skills for supervisory staff
  • County Court suing and enforcement
  • Credit checking
  • Data protection issues, debt counselling and financial hardship
  • Debt recovery by councils, authorities or government, eg:
    • Education sector
    • Health sector
    • Housing sector (current and former tenant arrears)
  • Face-to-face debt recovery skills
  • Late payment penalties and sanctions
  • Letter writing for collections
  • Liaison with sales regarding debtors
  • Negotiation skills for debt collection
  • Setting up an in-house collection ID
  • Telephone collection skills
  • Tracing elusive, absentee and ‘gone away’ debtors
  • ‘Train the trainer’ for credit control / debt collection
  • Understanding insolvency

Full details of any these programmes are available on request.

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Then please give us a call on 01582 714282, with no obligation whatsoever, to discuss your training requirements. We’re here to help!