807: Financial Terms in Plain English—a Primer for the HR Professional
Sharpen your business skills and gain confidence by learning and applying important financial terminology.
When HR is at the conference table with Finance, don’t let vocabulary be your undoing. Improve your fiscal literacy by learning the most commonly used financial terms. Receive an explanation of when, how and by whom the terms are used in business. Some of the terms covered will be: assets, capitalization, depreciation, amortization, net revenues, EBIT and EBIDA, profit margin, run rate, cash flow and accruals. You will walk away with more confidence in your business acumen!
Rebecca Johnson, CPA, has more than 20 years of business experience as a leader in both finance and human resources. She partners with HR and management teams in a wide variety of industries to bring clarity, simplicity and increased impact to compensation and reward programs. She earned her CPA with Ernst & Young and subsequently held senior management positions in both finance and HR. Her unique combination of financial and human resource expertise makes Rebecca especially suited to translate complex business concepts into everyday language. A frequent presenter at industry groups and conferences, she is a past director for the Northern California HR Association (NCHRA) Executive Board.
