English for Finance
The modern financial industry is vast and complex. As a professional working in this field, you will already be aware of the importance of first-rate international business communication. And are probably an in-company accountant, internal auditor, finance manager, director, or in-house advisor. Our workshops are bespoke, which means that once we know which group your team belong to we can put together the perfect workshop. And tailor it to any specific specialisms e.g. stock market and investments, analytics, banking, risk management.
Typical e/Workshop content include elements of the following:
- Financial terminology for accounting and auditing (accruals, overheads, expenses, intellectual property, offset, deduct, account for)
- Discussing a balance sheet and year end report (profit and loss, assets, liabilities, EBID, interest)
- Exploring trends/shifts in terms of increase/decrease – sharp, gradual
- Role play: Presenting financial results to a client/internal stakeholdersn
- You will also look at key language skills such as:
- The language of negotiations/cause and effect “If, then”
- Dealing with difficult conversations
- Written communication – emails/formal letter
- CLOSING
EXERCISE: Write a formal email (email chain among participants) concerning
pending performance reviews
