Finance for Non-Financial Leaders | Akademia Leona Koźminskiego Warszawa (2024)

The aim of the program is to equip participants with the financial and presentation skills necessary for professionals in modern organization management. Students will gain highly valued knowledge needed in business decision-making processes affecting the future of the company, regardless of the industry and location.

The whole program is based on 3 pillars: financial knowledge and application in real life, financial communication skills, and feedback from C-level managers.

• Understanding of finance is something that can improve your career. Therefore, you will learn essential toolset to support your business decisions, on real life examples. You may expect to hear about: time value of money, projects evaluation, working capital, and many other.
• Proper communication in remote work society can be really challenging. This is why you will learn how most effectively present financials of your team to upper management, and tell your story.
• Feedback loop is a crucial element in every professional development. You will take part in a project where you will have to prepare a presentation from financial point of view and present it to the panel of C-level managers.

We teach but differently than others. Our focus is on your benefit from the studies, and maximalization of effects instead of classic dull teaching in the class. Check below how our teaching idea differs.

• You will experience real-life business cases from Harvard Business School, so that you can develop a deeper understanding of financial concepts and practices to be prepared for a successful career in the business world.
• We introduce you Kozminski University 'Financial Decisions Lab' based on reversed/flipped class concept, where we use financial simulation and tabletop games. You will not only hear about the finance, but most importantly experience the finance, drawn own conclusions, exchange your knowledge and experience with others, and expand your network.
• You will have unique possibility to get feedback from the panel of C-level managers in safe and friendly environment. It is important aspect of performance management, providing you with the information and guidance that is needed to excel in your role and drive success for the company.

You will get managerial package designed for effective leadership in corporate environment, including:

• understanding financial essentials,
• hard skills in decisions making from value based management perspective,
• soft skills in presentation, collaboration, and communication of financial data.

You will be able to:

• monitor and understand the true financial situation of your team,
• professionally present your division situation and results to upper-managers,
• effectively convince company management for realization of your plans and ideas.

After completing the program you will receive:

• 30 ECTS,
• postgraduade studies diploma (according to Polish education system),
• status of KU Alumni with discounts for other postgraduate programs, and more benefits.

This program was created especially for individuals from non-financial divisions who play material role in the decision-making process in a corporation, and their decisions can have impact on the financial performance, growth, and success of the organization. Corporate roles who will benefit most from the program are:

• Divisional Managers (Middle Managers), who are responsible for making decisions and managing the operations of specific divisions or departments within the corporation.
• Frontline Managers, who are responsible for the day-to-day management of employees and often make operational decisions that impact the performance of the corporation.
• Team Leaders, who are responsible for leading teams and making decisions related to the completion of specific projects or tasks.
• Project Managers and PMOs, who is responsible for leading and coordinating a project from conception to completion, ensuring that it is completed within scope, on time, and within budget.
• Product Managers, who are responsible for defining and managing the product strategy and roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring the product to market, and measuring and analyzing its performance.
• Any other experienced professionals, who have a deep understanding of their domain, supports decision-making chain, and is recognized for their expertise, providing guidance, leadership, and mentorship to others.

• Integration course
• Principles of financial decisions
• Financial Decisions Lab: Accounting game
• Excel in finance
• Financial statement with company's financial standing with Harvard Business School Case
• Working capital management with Harvard Business School Case
• Capital budgeting and projects evaluation with Harvard Business School Case
• Strategic controlling with Harvard Business School Case
• Financial health in times of crisis with Harvard Business School Case
• Project seminary I
• Performance andrisk calculation and presentation to top managers
• Financial Decisions Lab: Market Leader simulation game
• Financial Decisions Lab: simulation game - management and finance
• PowerPoint in financial presentations
• Project seminary II
• Financial argumentation and communication
• Project seminary III
• Self-confidence in online financial presentations
• Final Project : presentation to panel of C-level managers
• Project follow up and Closing session

Total: 168h(one teaching hour = 45 minutes)

The studies last two semesters.

Online (with one in person weekend, and one hybrid weekend)

Meetings take place one or two times per month. Majority of them are constructed to guarantee you free Friday after work, and free Sunday – eg. meetings are planned to be in the following days and hours:

• Thursday 17:00 – 20:15 CET
• Saturday 08:45 – 15:45 CET

Program requires two residential weekends:

• in the first half of the studies – this is a hybrid meeting, you may decide to participate in it in person at Kozminski University or fully online. It is up to you how you would like to take part in it, but we invite you to visit our place.
• in the second half of the studies – this meeting have to be made in person at Kozminski University where you will touch and feel Kozminski University, meet your colleagues, build network, and take part in our unique Financial Decisions Lab!

Admission is based on the order of application

• The classes are taught in English. Applicants for admission to the programme should have at least C1 level command of the English language.
• 1st edition - admission lasts till 15th of September 2024. The program is to start in October 2024
• Maximum number of people in a group: 24

In the case of candidates with a foreign diploma and who want to continue their education in Poland at the postgraduate level, there are separate regulations regarding the recognition of higher education diplomas issued in other countries.

Check the details to find out if your foreign diploma requires an additional recognition process (nostrification) to enable you to start postgraduate / MBA studies in Poland: click HERE

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Table of fees

Admission fee should be transferred to the following account:

Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego 03-301 Warszawa, ul. Jagiellońska 57/59 BANK PEKAO SA w Warszawie 20 1240 1024 1111 0010 1646 0637

Tuition should be paid to an individual account number provided in during admission to the program.

Anyone interested in receiving an INVOICE, please contact Ms. Agnieszka Fabiańska e-mail: agaf@kozminski.edu.pl

We kindly inform that editions are launched with the specified number of participants, allowing proper group dynamics.