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FAFM
Financial Awareness
Finance
Professional level
10 Modules
40 Topics
Corporate
In-house or live virtual
Certification
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About the FAFM Program
Financial awareness gives managers outside finance the confidence to read reports, question numbers and make decisions that stand up. This program explains the three financial statements in plain language, then moves to budgets, costs, margins and cash. Participants practice on realistic figures rather than theory. Delivered in-house or live virtual for your team, sessions use your own report formats so managers connect what they see on screen to the decisions they take.
What You Will Learn
- Understand the purpose of each financial statement
- Apply simple ratios to assess business health
- Evaluate the cash impact of daily decisions
- Build a basic budget for your own department
- Measure margins and understand what moves them
- Implement cost awareness across your own team
- Design a clear business case for spending requests
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Report interpretation
Ratio analysis
Budget awareness
Cash flow thinking
Core Topics
Who Is This Program For?
Non finance managers
Read and question the reports you get
Team leaders
Understand how your decisions affect cost
Sales managers
See the margin behind every deal
Technical specialists
Link technical choices to financial impact
Human resources professionals
Build credible people cost cases
New supervisors
Start managing a budget with confidence
What's Included?
Delivered in-house at your site or live virtual- Plain language workbook and reference materials
- Sessions using your own management report formats
- Certificate of completion issued by Blue Ocean Academy
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Corporate training terms and scheduling policies apply
Course Outline
- Where the numbers come from
- Who uses financial information
- Finance language in plain terms
- Decisions that carry financial impact
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion
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