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Finance for Non-Financers

Building Financial Fluency for Better Business Decisions

Three days that give managers outside finance the confidence to read financial information, interpret performance and make decisions that improve business results.

  • Dates: 21 Nov – 5 Dec 2026
  • Duration: 3 days · 18 hours
  • Format: Every Saturday · full day
  • Location: On-site · El Maadi
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Saturdays, consecutive weeks
3
Training hours
18 h
Per full day
6 h
Learning outcomes
8

Every Saturday for 3 consecutive weeks, 21 November – 5 December 2026. Full day, 6 training hours per day.

Speak the Language of Business

Building financial fluency for better business decisions

Managers learn to read the numbers before judging them, turn budgets, costs and cash into a performance story, then compare options, decide and explain the impact. A continuous business scenario, the Finance Decision Lab, runs across all three days.

  1. 1Read
  2. 2Interpret
  3. 3Decide
  4. 4Act
Finance for Non-Financers
21 Nov – 5 Dec 2026
Who it is for

Designed for teams outside finance

Department & functional managers

Own budgets, costs and results

Supervisors & team leaders

Control day-to-day spending

Operations & project managers

Manage costs, timelines and resources

Sales, marketing & commercial leaders

Drive revenue, margin and pricing

HR, IT & support function leaders

Justify spend and investment

Business professionals

Preparing for management roles

Learning Outcomes

What participants will be able to do

  1. Explain

    How the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement connect.

  2. Interpret

    Basic financial information and key ratios.

  3. Distinguish

    Profit from cash flow and explain why both matter.

  4. Assess

    The financial impact of everyday business decisions.

  5. Build

    And challenge basic budgets and forecasts.

  6. Apply

    Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis to business scenarios.

  7. Evaluate

    Investment proposals using Payback, ROI, NPV and PI.

  8. Translate

    Financial information into decisions for their own function.

Core Curriculum

Three-day learning journey

Each day ends in the Decision Lab with a practical output participants take back to work.

Day 1 · Read

Financial Foundations

Business question
Learn to read the numbers before judging them
Output
Financial statement reading guide
Saturday 21 November 2026

Key topics

  • Accounting terminology and the accounting cycle
  • Double entry and the trial balance
  • Income statement: revenue, expenses and accruals
  • Balance sheet equation: assets, liabilities, equity
  • Provisions vs. reserves
  • Cash flow statement: profit vs. cash
  • How the three statements connect
  • Basic financial ratios
Decision Lab

Read and interpret

  • Read and interpret the case company's financial statements
Program Schedule

Every Saturday, starting 21 November

Three consecutive Saturdays, 21 November – 5 December 2026. Full day, 6 training hours per day.

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  1. Day 1 · Read · Financial Foundations: statements, the accounting cycle and how the three statements connect

    Full day · 6 h On-site · El Maadi

  2. Day 2 · Interpret · Managing Financial Performance: budgets, cost behaviour, break-even and working capital

    Full day · 6 h On-site · El Maadi

  3. Day 3 · Decide & Act · Finance for Better Decisions: investment appraisal, scenarios and the Personal Finance Action Plan

    Full day · 6 h On-site · El Maadi
Signature Experience

The Finance Decision Lab

A 3-day continuous business scenario. Teams read the numbers, diagnose a financial problem, compare options with the right tools and present a recommendation with its business impact.

  1. Step 1 · Read

    Interpret financial information

  2. Step 2 · Read

    Review costs, revenue and cash

  3. Step 3 · Interpret

    Analyse the financial problem

  4. Step 4 · Interpret

    Compare business options

  5. Step 5 · Decide

    Apply the right finance tools

  6. Step 6 · Decide

    Make a recommendation

  7. Step 7 · Act

    Explain the business impact

Instructional mix

35%Case studies & simulations

Business cases and the Finance Decision Lab, run across all three days

30%Workshops & group application

Teams build budgets, break-even and investment calculations together

20%Discussion & peer learning

Managers compare decisions across functions and challenge assumptions

15%Concepts & frameworks

Short, focused input on the finance tools that matter most

Takeaways & Business Value

What participants take back to work

  1. Financial statement reading guide
  2. Key ratios cheat sheet
  3. Budget and forecast template
  4. Break-even and CVP calculator
  5. Investment appraisal toolkit (PBP, ROI, NPV, PI)
  6. Personal Finance Action Plan

Intended business value

  • Managers who speak the language of finance
  • Stronger budget ownership and cost control
  • Better-quality business cases and proposals
  • Faster, better-informed decisions
  • Clearer conversations with finance teams
Meet Your Trainer

Learn from a Finance Leader

Maged El-Zayat

Maged El-Zayat

CFO-Level Finance Leader & Corporate Finance Trainer

Qualifications

  • Master's in Accounting & Finance, RB College (UK)
  • MBA, Strategic Management
  • B.Com in Accounting, Ain Shams University

Maged El-Zayat brings more than 25 years of finance leadership across Egypt, the Middle East and North America. Most recently Senior Global Finance Manager at Plastic Bank, he led reporting, governance and working-capital improvements across three regions. Before that, he ran FP&A, budgeting and forecasting at Abudawood Group for eight years, after starting his career in audit at Deloitte. In the room, he turns statements, budgets and investment cases into practical decisions for managers.

Years of finance leadership across Egypt, the Middle East & North America
25+
Hours of finance training delivered in Egypt, UAE, KSA & North America
5,000+
Cash unlocked through a working-capital redesign at Plastic Bank
$1.5M

What he brings to this program

  • FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Cash Flow & Working Capital
  • Zero-Based Budgeting
  • Internal Controls & Governance
  • Capital Allocation
  • IFRS & GAAP Reporting
Training Halls
Where you will learn

Orillia training halls, El Maadi

All three Saturdays run face to face in our training halls in El Maadi.

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  • Dates21 Nov – 5 Dec 2026
  • Duration3 days · 18 hours
  • FormatEvery Saturday · full day
  • LocationOn-site · El Maadi

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