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Rutgers University School of Business - Camden
227 Penn Street, Camden, New Jersey 08102-1656, USA | Phone: 856-225-6685

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Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

 

 

Program Overview

Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers provides the fundamental tools to understand and apply accounting and financial information for effective business analysis and decision-making.

This 2-day course develops participant’s insight into how accounting data flows and financial reports interact. It enhances foresight to see the future impact of current decision-making and improve selection of best investment alternatives. It enhances control and oversight by linking strategy to the accounting data and business decisions that follow.

 

Features and Benefits

• Learn the language of business
• Become a more discerning reader of financial information
• Gain a practical understanding of how financial data is used to make business decisions and evaluate performance
• Learn to read and assess financial statements
• Understand how the numbers are generated and manipulated

 

Session Topics

• Fundamental accounting and finance concepts
• Interpreting financial statements
• Using financial performance metrics for business decision-making
• Investment analysis, capital budgeting, and business risk analysis
• Cost/volume/profit relationships; fixed and variables costs, and breakeven levels
• Time value of money, financial ratio analysis, and opportunity costs

 

Program Faculty

David E. Vance, MBA, CPA, JD

Asst. Professor of Accounting,

Rutgers University School of Business-Camden

Professor Vance’s research includes raising capital at all levels from: an entrepreneur’s own resources through angel investors, venture capital, SBICs, initial public offerings, traditional and junk bonds and commercial paper.  This topic includes: work on valuation techniques and the structure of private equity deals and federal and state securities laws.  Professor Vance has held positions in the private sector such as Corporate Controller and Chief  Financial Officer (CFO).

Additional research has focused on corporate restructuring which involves identification of the root causes of poor performance and strategies for improvement.  This interest is integrative bringing together tools and theories from: accounting, finance, economics, management and marketing.  A related interest is bankruptcy and other laws that impact corporate restructuring.

Courses frequently taught at Rutgers University include:  Raising Capital; Corporate Restructuring; Management Accounting; Foundations of Global Business Economics; Financial Accounting; Management of Investment Banking, Business Policy; Finance; and Financial Markets and Institutions.

Professor Vance has authored books including: “Corporate Restructuring”, Springer; “Ratios for Analysis, Control and Profit Planning”, Global Professional Publishing; “Raising Capital”, Springer; “Financial Analysis & Decision Making”, McGraw-Hill; and “Financial Analysis & Decision Making” (Chinese Translation) McGraw-Hill.

 

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