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Finance and Accounting for Non Financial Managers

To enroll: timothy.giles@unf.edu

Business executives need to understand the financial factors critical to business success. This interactive seminar shows you how finance works in today’s fast-paced business environment. You will understand the critical issues of profitability, liquidity and financial structure. You will understand the accounting process and principles of financial reporting together with how to budget and maximize profitability.

The Forensic Accounting Course - Developing the Fraud Resistant Organization -

To enroll: timothy.giles@unf.edu

Latest results show that employees, customers and suppliers, steal over 7% of your company’s revenues. In the past 10 years, external CPA firms were complicit or knew about 50% of the biggest frauds—and did nothing! In this hard hitting program, you will see how crooks have taken advantage of systems that may be in your own organization, and learn how to create the “Fraud Resistant Company®!” While no one can guarantee to “Fraud-Proof” a company, this program will show you haw to make the commission of a crime more difficult, and how to establish an “Early Warning System” for early detection. Remember, “Pigs get fat, Hogs get slaughtered!”

Financial Analysis: Demystifying the Financial Statements

To enroll: timothy.giles@unf.edu

Reading the financials is one thing, finding if they tell the truth is a totally different level! This interactive program goes far beyond the typical financial analysis program; identifying the strategic drivers that can dramatically enhance the profitability of your organization, to a higher level; determining if they are hiding fraud! Using the power of Excel©, you will learn how to master the tools and techniques it provides to master the latest financial analysis techniques, understand what the numbers are saying, and be better able to predict the outcome of strategic and tactical decisions. You will learn how to use this information to create wealth, find fraud, prevent disastrous acquisitions, and understand what the numbers are really saying. Don’t get blinded by fancy photos, cut through the hype and get to the facts.

Financial Modeling and Forecasting Using Excel

To enroll: timothy.giles@unf.edu

The development of effective and realistic financial models and forecasts is a critical tool in today’s value-driven organization.  As business owners are increasingly concerned with the value of their investments, they continually look to ensure the optimum use of resources. Using Excel®, the Financial Modeling and Forecasting process provides an effective tool with which the you and project the potential outcomes of various strategic and tactical initiatives. The ability to answer the question “What are the potential results?” is key and critical.  Forecasting models empower mangers and process owners to “Walk the Walk” prior to any significant investment of corporate resources.