Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers helps business leaders from non-financial backgrounds build a practical understanding of the financial markets and gain critical insights into finance and accounting practices. In this professional development course, you’ll learn how to apply financial principles to solve your organization’s challenges, regardless of your industry.
CONTINUING EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OWN THE NUMBERS
Professional Development Goals
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Gain a Finance Foundation
Build your knowledge of finance and accounting management, while learning to address business challenges with applied financial principles. -
Understand the Numbers
Go deeper into financial statements to understand what the numbers mean and how to use them to drive organizational success. -
Drive Decisions
Develop techniques for using financial analysis to drive fiscally solid individual and organizational decisions.
Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
Participant Insights
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Partner, CCO at Signature FDHeather Fortner shares why she enrolled in Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers: she wanted to learn how to tell a story with financial data.Heather Fortner
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Principal, Esther Fraser CommunicationsEsther Fraser, principal at Esther Fraser Communications, discusses how numbers have always been a struggle to understand, and decided to enroll in Finance & Accounting to better understand which questions to ask when creating a budget.Esther Fraser
Emory Executive Education
Faculty Spotlight
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Tom Smith
Associate Professor in the Practice of FinanceTom Smith is an expert in the areas of labor economics, pricing, film finance, sports economics and finance, and the economics of the entertainment and health care industries. He’s regularly featured on television and radio – CNN, NPR, and The Huffington Post to name a few. An energetic and enthusiastic instructor, Tom helps participants develop a more holistic approach to leadership that enhances their approach to business and results in greater success.Jack of all trades – master of them all
How It Works
Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers will help you decipher the language of financial statements, examine sources of data, and explore analysis techniques to help you see beyond the numbers and uncover key measures of organizational performance. This course applies to the Certificate of Excellence in Business.
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Number of Sessions
On-campus: Fall 2025 -
Number of Hours
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. each day -
Course Investment*
Group Discounts Available
Pricing Details
The course fee covers program materials, parking, and includes breakfast, lunch, mid-morning/mid-afternoon break snacks, and all-day hot/cold beverage service.
*We offer discounts for select constituents:
- Emory University Faculty/Staff
- Goizueta Business School Alumni
- Emory University Alumni
- Government and Nonprofit
- Veterans
- Groups 3-9
- Groups 10+
- Custom Clients
Please contact our Learning Advisor, Tammie Long, for more information about our special pricing or to receive your code before you register. Discounts cannot be combined.
*We offer discounts for select constituents:
- Emory University Faculty/Staff
- Goizueta Business School Alumni
- Emory University Alumni
- Government and Nonprofit
- Veterans
- Groups 3-9
- Groups 10+
- Custom Clients
Please contact our Learning Advisor, Tammie Long, for more information about our special pricing or to receive your code before you register. Discounts cannot be combined.
Emory Executive Education Credentials
Upon successful completion of a course or a certificate you will earn a digital badge that will be emailed to you directly. You can showcase your Emory Executive Education credentials by adding your digital badge to your email signature, resume, personal website, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. These digital badges represent a visual certification that is embedded with data and will allow future employers to gain a better understanding of what you have learned.