How to present financial reports to a non finance group
Presentations to non-financial audiences often spark a dilemma over whether to keep the content basic or include visual design tools like Canva. This uncertainty arises because people outside the field immediately associate accounting strictly with financial reporting, overlooking management accounting and performance management.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Keeping the presentation simple but polished.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Why everyone imagine that accounting is just about finance and financial reports?! What about management accounting and performance management?”source ↗
“Why When you use the term accounting, everybody thinks that you mean financial reporting?”source ↗
“I have a job interview for senior finance role and have been asked to create and deliver a presentation to non finance group. My question is should I keep the presentation basic or should I use canva and include photos etc?”source ↗
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