Delivered face-to-face over four days at Alliance Manchester Business School’s Executive Education centre, this hands-on and interactive course will heighten your understanding of finance for better decision-making and leadership capabilities.

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Each day of the course will involve a blend of learning-styles including theory-based sessions, practical and collaborative group discussions, case studies and short presentations by relevant industry leading guest speakers to deliver an all-encompassing overview of the role of finance within organisations.

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Throughout the programme you also work on a team assignment, combining your learnings from each module, which you present to the group during the final afternoon.

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We aim for several stand-out learning experiences, including:

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Applied Learning A learning environment created by the course facilitator that draws on the experience and input of your course peers.

Knowledge Transfer A steady stream of feedback from participating peers with diverse business backgrounds.

Reflection A rare time-out to contemplate your own skills and development while engaging with our world-class faculty.

Network Expansion An expanding professional network drawn from your peers.

Personal Growth An expanding self-awareness of your own competencies and how they can be honed.

Behavioural Change An adoption of new rationales and mindsets that improve strategic decision making in regards to corporate finance.

• Increase your understanding of finance and key financial metrics
• Learn fundamental finance terms and language
• Gain practical skills for interpreting and evaluating financial data
• Develop the confidence to have insightful financial conversations, identifying the right questions to ask
• Understand the crucial and ever-increasing role of ESG performance in corporate finance decisions and their outcome
• Become a member of the AMBS Executive Education Network and benefit from top-class speaker events, regular updates and networking opportunities with like-minded professionals
• Demonstrate your commitment to continued professional development and gain expert insights through real-world case studies and industry speakers

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• Assess the financial performance of your organisation and identify routes for its success
• Strengthen relationships across internal teams by improving communication channels and creating more efficient ways of working within the workplace
• Reinforce your organisation’s competitive edge by developing employee skills in effective negotiation
• Make organisationally sound investment decisions, taking into account expected cash flows and risk
• Within your organisation, increase confidence and effectiveness in making appropriate decisions on how to finance its activities

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Whether you are from a public, private or not-for-profit organisation, finance is at the core of all businesses, so anyone with a position of responsibility should understand the fundamentals of how to spend money wisely.

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Finance for Non-Financial Leaders has been designed for business executives from a broad range of disciplines, sizes and industries, this course has been built for professionals who want to strengthen their financial knowledge, establish better communication channels across teams and master the language of finance to understand how financial decisions impact everyone within a business.

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Professor Marie Dutordoir holds a Chair in Corporate Finance at Alliance Manchester Business School with key research interests in corporate securities issuance mergers and acquisitions, and corporate social responsibility.

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She has published her work in a range of top journals and presented her research at high profile international conferences and for well-known companies and organisations. She also has extensive experience with developing and teaching courses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and research methodologies, as well as teaching an award-winning course on time and energy management.

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Marie also has a keen interest in the relationship between finance and other business disciplines such as supply chain management and marketing. She is a specialist on the impact of ESG on corporate finance decisions and their shareholder value. She has done research on the role of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the relation between environmental pressure and board gender diversity, and the economic impact of adopting a four-day work week, among other topics.

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