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Overview
Accounting and Finance for Non-Accountants provides essential skills for professionals who regularly work with financial reports but lack formal accounting training. Through hands-on work with case study examples, you'll develop confidence in navigating your organization's financial reporting gaining the skills to interpret, analyze, and utilize key financial information.
Learn the fundamentals of creating and understanding balance sheets and income statements, building comprehensive budgets from the ground up, effective cash flow management, measuring financial performance, and conducting meaningful financial statement analysis to evaluate business profitability.
Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- recall key accounting concepts
- prepare a balance sheet
- prepare an income statement
- develop a budget
- evaluate financial results
- analyze financial statements.
If you're certified by a professional association, this course may qualify for continuing professional development (CPD) hours to help maintain your certifications/designations. Please check with your association to confirm eligibility.
Upcoming dates
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Registration closes seven days before the start date for on-campus, online scheduled, and blended courses, and one day before the start date for online self-paced courses.
After you've completed this course
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account.
Costs
Textbook and supplies
Included in the purchase of this course, you’ll receive:
- Course curriculum accessible online in Brightspace (D2L)
- Learning materials/hand-outs distributed in class (for classroom-based delivery)
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements
- Internet access
Note: Please bring your laptop to class (for classroom-based delivery).
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
- Certification type
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Certificate of Achievement
Train your team
Interested in group training opportunities for this course? Tell us about your organization's needs, and one of our training consultants will contact you within one business day.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.