Introduction:
In today’s hyper-connected business world, understanding financial and accounting issues is key for career progression in any sector.
Fundamentals of Finance Program is an immersive five-day program equipping non-finance managers with the foundations of corporate finance and accounting practices.
This Program will help you understand how to utilize financial information such as statements of cash flow to advance your organization and career. You will be encouraged to think critically about financial practices and apply them towards making your organization more efficient and profitable.
You will gain a managerial-level of accounting knowledge, an understanding the link between operational decisions, financial modeling, and financial results.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this Fundamentals of Finance Program, you will be able to:
- Understand how to read and interpret a company’s financial statements
- Gain the skills to apply financial information to business problems and make sound business decisions
- Understand how operating decisions can be used to improve financial results
- Understand how strategy and finance be combined to create value for shareholders
Who Should Attend?
Fundamentals of Finance Program is ideal for:
Professionals from all disciplines looking to gain a firm foundation in global finance.
No previous financial education is required.
Course Outlines:
Program Introduction & Learning Outcomes
- Using Financial Information Intelligently
- Analyzing the Statement of Cash Flows
- Measures of Business Performance
- Applying the DuPont System
Discounted Cash Flow
- Using Discounted Cash Flow
- Discounted Cash Flow Applications
- Group Discussion: Case Study
Financial Strategy and Capital Structure
- Financial Strategy (continued)
- Current Global Financial Situation
- Group Discussion: A case study
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Alternative types of mergers and when one might be preferred over another.
- Mergers and Acquisitions (continued)
- How to value and acquisition candidates.
- How to identify and value synergies that can result from combining the right two businesses together.
- deal with difficult issues such as diversification vs. focus,
- choosing appropriate metrics, allocating resources,
- Measuring the cost of capital, and the best ways to deal with risk.
- How that has led to superior financial performance for more than 50 years.
Value Creation
- Analyze data for companies in many businesses,
- How do those companies differ from less successful companies?
- Program Wrap-Up and Certificates