Finance and Accounting for Non-financial Professionals
Finance Made Simple: Build Confidence in Financial Decision-making
Gain the skills to understand, analyze, and use financial data to drive business success.
You don’t have to be a CFO to make smart financial decisions. This course breaks down
essential financial concepts in a practical, easy-to-understand way. Learn how to
interpret key financial statements, analyze data, and use financial insights to make
informed decisions – no accounting background required.
Two in-person days
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fall: September 23-24, 2026
Fee: $1,895* and includes all class materials, breakfast, lunch and refreshments.
Certificates will be awarded based on successful completion of the 2-day in-person
training.
* Discounts available for TCU alumni, faculty and staff as well as veterans, small businesses and group registrations. Contact neeleyexeced@tcu.edu for details.
Skills and Insights You Can Apply
- Understand and interpret key financial statements
- Gain confidence in financial decision-making
- Use financial data to support business strategy
- Improve budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis
- Strengthen collaboration with finance teams and executives
Is This Course Right for You?
This course is for professionals who want to strengthen their financial acumen and apply financial insights to their work.
Ideal participants include:
- Managers responsible for budgets and financial decisions
- Leaders looking to enhance their business acumen
- Professionals in marketing, operations, or HR who need to interpret financial reports
Turn Numbers into Better Business Decisions
See how professionals build financial confidence, strengthen decision-making and better understand business performance through practical, engaging learning designed for leaders without a formal finance or accounting background.
Meet Your Faculty Leader
Instructor III
Janice Cobb has been teaching at the TCU Neeley School of Business since 1997. She teaches a broad range of classes to TCU undergraduate students, TCU MBA student and various levels of managers.
Janice requires students to practice critical thinking in all courses she teaches. She has extensively studied the critical thinking process and recently published a dissertation on how to use the critical thinking process to make supportable accounting decisions and has taught this method through custom programs with organizations like JTaylor, an accounting, consulting and assurance company.
Prior to coming to TCU, she managed cost reimbursable contracts at Lockheed Corporation, worked as an auditor for a large public accounting firm, served as compliance officer and controller for a fast-growing hedge fund, and served as corporate controller of a public company and chief financial officer of a privately held distribution company.
She earned a BBA, an MBA, as well as her Doctorate of Higher Education Leadership at TCU.
Questions? Please Contact
Director of Executive Program Development
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