Every successful person in the workplace utilizes financial information to aid effective decision making. The Certificate in Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers explains the financial concepts and accounting processes used in most businesses and will provide practical techniques that will increase your effectiveness and career.

First, get a foundation to understand the seven steps in the accounting cycle and use financial information in decision making. Come away with the knowledge to analyze resource allocation and evaluate financial performance.  

Then find out what you need to know about cash.  Cash is the non-financial manager who really makes a difference in the day-to-day cash activities. Discover how to maximize cash flow, learn the importance of cash and find out your role in cash flow success.  

Finally, acquire advanced knowledge on the financial information that drives your organization. See how business reports are assessed and analyzed.  An understanding of this information will help you make smart decisions when it comes to budgeting, setting goals, and assessing performance within your own area of influence.

• Accounting and Finance for Non Financial Managers

• Cash is King   

• Financial Analysis and Planning for Non Financial Managers

Take your Excel skills to the next level. Go beyond what others know, equipping you with advanced functions to efficiently analyze and manipulate data. Explore the advantages of these functions in various contexts, enhancing your productivity and data insights.

How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business, or just looking to advance your career and add to your skill set, this Bookkeeping Certificate will provide you with the knowledge needed to measure, and manage, the financial health of your business. This program focuses on cash basis accounting.

No one will care more about the financial health of your business than you! It’s imperative that you understand how the process works and are able to complete the accounting cycle accurately and in a timely fashion. Even if you plan to outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still understand how the process works. No one should be clueless when it comes to the finances of their business.

The Bookkeeping Certificate courses must be taken in the below order (the classes build off each other): 

• Understanding Debits and Credits
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• General Ledger and Month End Procedures
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May. 6 - 31

• Closing Procedures and Financial Statements
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28 

Nonprofit bookkeeping fundamentally differs from business bookkeeping. Delve into fund accounting. Learn how to record transactions with a focus on how money filters in to a nonprofit organization and how you track the spending of those funds. Become proficient in how to prepare financial statements for nonprofits as well as a cash flow statement. Nonprofits make up America’s third largest workforce. It’s important to understand how to handle bookkeeping procedures for this unique type of organization.

Classes included in this program include:

• Introduction to Nonprofits

• Accounting for Nonprofits

• Financial Statements

Boost your chances of success for your new or small business and reduce your risks. Get the latest on planning your business, brainstorming business ideas and a checklist for going into business.

Then learn how to create a business plan, including assessing business feasibility and prepare the management and financial plans. 

Then take home a step by step approach to attract and keep customers, with an emphasis on customer-driven marketing decisions and building a strong brand.

At the end of this certificate, you will be able to identify the abilities required of successful entrepreneurs and how to acquire them, develop goals to help establish your business, develop an outline for your plan, and take home techniques to successfully manage and market your new business.

The classes offered in this certificate are:

• Entrepreneur Boot Camp

• The Business Plan

• Entrepreneurial Marketing

Throughout history, from the earliest carvings in stone to today’s digital designs, graphic design has been the foundation of effective visual communication. Whether you're designing a logo, building a website, or crafting a magazine layout, the right graphic design can transform your work from ordinary to exceptional.

Build the skills to confidently choose the perfect graphic design for any project, creating work that is not only visually stunning but also functionally effective.

Graphic Design Foundations Certificate classes include:

• Typography Essentials 

• Mastering Layout and Grids

• Mastering Color: Theory, Harmony, and Practical Application

Uncover Tableau's benefits, including its intuitive, drag-and-drop interface for fast, interactive data visualization and dashboard creation, even for non-technical users. It provides powerful self-service analytics, enabling users to explore data and gain insights independently to improve decision-making across an organization. 

Come away with the fundamental skills for analyzing your data in Tableau.

Even if you outsource your payroll needs, you still need to know the rules and regulations. Know how to calculate payroll as well as state and federal payroll tax requirements. In this program we cover payroll concepts, payroll calculations, payroll and tax withholdings, tax filings and payroll journal entries. Learn the payroll cycle from start to finish!

Mastering Payroll Certificate classes include:

• Payroll Concepts 

• Payroll Calculations and Tax Withholdings 

• Payroll and Tax Fillings