As a manager, finance and accounting might not be your most immediate concerns, but it’s essential to have a basic understanding of them. Accounting provides the means by which organizations communicate - in facts and figures - how effectively they are fulfilling their strategic missions and operating objectives by providing critical information to key constituencies internal and external to the organization. Finance is all about decision-making. Effective managers (in all parts of the organization) must be well-versed in the finance and accounting lexicon in order to make value-creating decisions and communicate with key constituencies both internal and external to the organization. This session will introduce key finance and accounting metrics, help non-financial managers understand how to understand and interpret financial statements, and how to make optimal investment and capital budgeting decisions