An introductory accounting and finance course aimed at stakeholders or individuals who want to understand how to use financial data and indicators to assess a supplier’s position. This course will provide a working knowledge of accounting and finance, specifically aimed at how to evaluate and understand a given supplier at a point in time, as well as providing a basis to manage risk or make key decisions.
This course covers an introduction to accounting and finance including how to understand key statements such as profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow. It will equip you with a methodical approach to review and interrogate these, and assess and compare a supplier’s financial position and health. The course will equip you to apply some key ratios to better understand a supplier and determine where to look more deeply or what questions to ask in order to make key decisions.
Gaining an introduction to accounting and finance is a key skill for anyone working with important suppliers, and provides a sound basis for supplier qualification and risk management.
When taken as an online, instructor-led course, this training is CPD certified, meaning the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks for integrity and quality. It also holds the IFPSM: Programme Accreditation Standard (PAS) and counts as credit towards the Positive Purchasing Master Practitioner in Strategic Procurement programme.
