Scheller College of BusinessGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA

Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers Certificate Program 2017 - 2018

Fast-track Your Career…Expand your Finance & Accounting skills with a certificate from a World-Class Business SchoolFinancial and accounting information is vital to any business organization and your ability to understand and speak intelligently about financial and accounting concepts can be vital to your career development.

Georgia Tech’s Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers (FANFM) certificate program will give you the tools to do just that, while also helping you make better business decisions and manage more effectively.

The Georgia Tech DifferenceExpertiseWorld-renowned professors from Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business have been selected for their expertise, depth of knowledge, teaching skill, and most importantly, extensive real-world experience.

IntegrationA program designed to blend thought leadership with practical experience, FANFM provides non-financial managers the hands-on experience, knowledge, and skills required to excel in today’s business environment.

Engagement Georgia Tech’s FANFM program is structured to allow for direct interaction with both professors and peers, effectively linking theory and practice in a face-to-face setting.

ReputationFounded in 1913, Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business is distinguished by its global reputation, world-renowned faculty, and depth of quality programs.

Scheller consistently ranks in the top 5% of U.S. business schools in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Businessweek, and other leading business publications. A highly regarded, internationally ranked business school, Scheller is recognized around the world for excellence—now is your opportunity to become part of that excellence!

“ I could relate to the real-world company examples that were used in class and I found the satellite discussions to be invaluable…they made me more confident when talking to other department heads at my company.”

—Ramon G.

Program Overview

• Understanding Financial Statements• Evaluating Financial Performance• Evaluating Corporate Investments• Effective Financing Decisions

• Financial Planning• Financial Forecasting & Managing

Growth• Financial Instruments• Managing Risk

• Business Valuation• Corporate Restructuring• Planning, Controlling, and Decision

Making

This certificate program addresses core Finance and Accounting areas including:

Key Takeaways • Knowledge — Learn to read, understand, and analyze

financial and accounting data• Ability — Improve your overall decision-making capabilities• Practical Application — Effectively evaluate and defend

your capital spending proposals with senior management• Understanding — Develop a broader understanding

of effective financial management techniques in anincreasingly global financial environment

• Relevance — Gain access to best-current-thinking, in animmersive Georgia Tech main-campus experience that isgeared toward today’s executive

• Tools — Obtain significant working knowledge of modernfinance and accounting concepts

• Validation — Receive a Georgia Tech Finance &Accounting Certificate that speaks to the vital knowledgeand skills you have acquired

Week 1, Saturday 8am–5pmFinancial Accounting I & II: Understanding Financial Statements

Week 1, Tuesday 3pm–6pmFinancial Accounting III: Evaluating Financial Performance

Week 2, Tuesday 3pm–6pm Evaluating Corporate Investments I

Week 3, Tuesday 3pm–6pm Evaluating Corporate Investments II

Week 4, Tuesday 3pm–6pmCreating Value through Effective Financing Decisions

Week 5, Tuesday 3pm–6pmShort-term Financial Planning

Week 6, Tuesday 3pm–6pmFinancial Forecasting and Managing Growth

Week 7, Tuesday 3pm–6pmBusiness Valuation and Corporate Restructuring

Week 8, Tuesday 3pm–6pmFinancial Instruments and Managing Risk

Week 9, Tuesday 3pm–6pmManagerial Accounting I: Planning. Controlling, and Decision Making

Week 10, Tuesday 3pm–6pmManagerial Accounting II: Planning. Controlling, and Decision Making

Program ScheduleFor full course descriptions and a list of additional program offerings, please visit scheller.gatech.edu/FANFM

Taught by six preeminent finance and accounting faculty experts from the highly-rated Scheller College of Business, this program connects you with accessible professors who have real-world business experience.

The program’s weekly class format affords you the time to absorb, synthesize, and apply complex course content. And to help keep you current, students who complete the program are welcome to return and repeat FANFM classes as refreshers.

“ The professors explained many highly-used concepts I encounter in my organization every week. They made the complex concepts clear and handled questions extremely well.”

—Nicole S.

Featured Faculty

Who Should Attend

• Non-financial managers in sales, marketing, manufacturing,operations, and other non-financial and accounting roles

• Technical professionals, engineers, project managers, andscientists

• Legal, academic, and other functional leaders making atransition into management positions

• Business leaders looking to refresh skills and accesscurrent thought leadership

• Managers considering an MBA or further graduate studies

This certificate program is specifically designed for:

Marketing Manager, Director of Purchasing, Plant Manager, Vice President of Operations, IT Manager,

Manufacturing Director, Project Manager, Director of HR,Engineering Manager, Regional Sales Manager

Program Fees Fee: $3,950*

RegistrationContact Linda Read for registration information.

LocationHuang Executive Education CenterScheller College of BusinessGeorgia Institute of Technology800 West Peachtree StreetAtlanta, GA 30308

* Program fee includes: all class books and materials, and refreshments during class times.

Discounts available to companies registering 3 or more employees and to GT alumni & staff.

Narayanan JayaramanFaculty Director, Williams-Wells Fargo Professor, Area Coordinator for FinanceProfessor Jayaraman received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Dr. Jayaraman’s research interests are Corporate

Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Bankruptcy, Option and Equity Market Linkages, and Entrepreneurial Finance. He has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of International Business Studies.

Sudheer ChavaProfessor of Finance; Director, Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) Program; PhD Coordinator, FinanceProfessor Chava received his PhD from Cornell University, and his research interests are in Credit Risk, Banking and Corporate

Finance. He has published extensively in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies.

Jonathan ClarkeAssociate Dean, Undergraduate Programs; Associate Professor of FinanceProfessor Clarke received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, and was voted the 2009 MBA Core Professor of the Year. Dr. Clarke was also awarded the 2009 Hesburgh

Award teaching fellow and the 2010 James F. Frazier, Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence. He is a director of the Eastern Finance Association, is on the editorial board of The Financial Review, and edits the Handbook of Modern Finance.

Nishant DassAssociate Professor, FinanceProfessor Dass received his PhD from INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France). His research includes Corporate Governance: Role of CEOs, CEO-Compensation, Boards of Directors Financial Intermediation:

Banks, Mutual Funds, Trade Credit, and International Finance.

Jeffrey HalesAssociate Professor, AccountingProfessor Hales received his PhD in Management from Cornell University. Dr. Hales’ research interests include Financial Accounting and Reporting, Experimental Economics, and Behavioral Finance.

Shankar VenkataramanAssistant Professor, AccountingProfessor Venkataraman received his PhD from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Venkataraman’s research involves the judgment and decision-making processes of participants in the capital markets, both as

preparers and users of accounting information.

Questions?Linda Read, Director of Business Development Office: 404-385-0553Email: linda.read@scheller.gatech.edu

This certificate program is also available as a Custom Program specifically directed to the needs of your organization. Please contact Linda Read for details.All program information and fees subject to change.

Typical job titles of participants include: