Financial Literacy for Managers
Read a P&L, understand a balance sheet, build a departmental budget and defend it — the financial fluency every non-finance manager needs.
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TAI Labs faculty bench
Lead instructor
6 hours
Built to fit around work
4 modules
12 lessons
5 applied labs
Evidence, not just watching
Interactive course
Online
Built for real work
Leave with work you can show.
Every part of the course moves towards an applied result. You will practise the judgement behind the tools, build with them and finish with evidence of what you can do.
Read a P&L and identify the two or three numbers that matter most for your team
Distinguish gross margin, contribution margin and net margin, and why the difference matters
Build a departmental budget and defend a variance in a review
Calculate the unit economics of a decision before you propose it
Who it is for
Right level. Clear expectations.
This is a beginner course for people who want to use the material, not collect another set of notes.
Manager
Use the exercises and final project in the context of your own role.
Director
Use the exercises and final project in the context of your own role.
Non-finance leader
Use the exercises and final project in the context of your own role.
Course syllabus
A complete path, not a content dump.
4 modules · 12 lessons · 5 applied labs · 6 hours.
- Reading a P&L without a finance degreeVideo · 16m
- Balance sheet and cash flow, the manager's versionVideo · 16m
- Knowledge check: The three statementsKnowledge check · 10m
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