Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
Course Objectives
The purpose of this training is; Finance By increasing the basic knowledge and awareness of the financial and accounting processes of business employees working outside the department, it is to ensure that they become individuals who read, interpret and contribute to the financial structure of the business more accurately.
The training aims to enable participants to gain practical knowledge about the importance of financial perspective in business management, basic accounting concepts, the operation of financial statements, cash and risk management, financing resources, and internal control mechanisms.

Participants who completed this training;
- It can evaluate the financial structure of the business from a holistic perspective,
- Can perform performance and risk analysis through financial statements,
- Understand the impact of cash flow, budget and financing decisions on the business,
- Understand the importance of risk management and internal control mechanisms,
- Gains financial data-based thinking and decision-making competence.
Education Detail
- What We Need to Do to Manage Our Company Properly
- Basic Accounting Process
- Accounting Process and Its Importance to Business
- Income and Expense Concepts
- The Concept of Achakkuk (Guidation-Activeization Process and Preferences)
- Basic Financial Statements
- Balance Sheet
- Income Table
- Activity Cycle and Analysis in Business
- Basic Financing Resources in Businesses
- Basic Financing Tools
- Issues to Consider in Communication with Financing Organizations
- Activity Cycle and Analysis in Business
- Resilience Against Risk Management and Risks in Businesses
- Financial Resilience Indicators Against Risks
- Cash Management and Cash Flow Table
- The Importance and Stages of Preparing a Business Budget
- Basic Financial Indicators
- Tax Practices and Tax Fines in Business
- Internal Control System Significance and Various Examples
Prof. Dr. Serhat Yanık
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Serhat Yanık graduated in Public Administration from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Political Sciences in 1991. He went on to earn a master’s degree in Business Administration at the same university in 1994 and completed his doctorate in 2000.
Yanık began his career at the Ministry of Finance in 1991. In 1992, he joined Istanbul University’s Faculty of Political Sciences as a research assistant and became an assistant professor in the same faculty in 2001.
After serving as an associate professor from 2008 to 2016, Yanık became a professor at Istanbul University in 2016. He is Director of the university’s Crowdfunding Application and Research Centre and a board member of the Expert Accountants’ Association of Turkey. He teaches accounting, finance, auditing and insurance at universities and other institutions. His articles have been published nationally and internationally, and he has contributed to numerous research projects and academic events.
Yanık served as an independent board member of Garanti Faktoring A.Ş. from 2012 to 2019 and joined the board of Güneş Sigorta A.Ş. as an independent member in 2019.
Appointed an independent board member of ICBC Turkey Bank A.Ş. on 24 February 2020, Yanık holds a Certified Public Accountant licence (SMMM) and an independent auditor qualification issued by Turkey’s Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority.
Please contact for detailed information.
Gökhan EROL
e: gerol@inovakademi.com
g: +90 (533) 761 19 34
t: +90 (216) 709 73 32

Prof. Dr. Serhat Yanık