Fundamentals of Finance Programme
Course Info
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Understanding financial and accounting concerns is crucial in today’s globally interconnected business world.
Five full days are dedicated to teaching non-finance managers the basics of corporate finance and accounting through the Fundamentals of Finance Programme.
This course will teach you how to read and interpret financial documents like cash flow statements to further your business and professional goals. You’ll be challenged to examine standard accounting procedures with an eye on improving your company’s bottom line.
You’ll learn accounting at a managerial level and be able to make connections between operational decisions, financial modeling, and financial outcomes.
At the end of the Fundamentals of Finance Programme, 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
Fundamentals of Finance Programme, is ideal for:
- Professionals from all disciplines looking to gain a firm foundation in global finance.
- No previous financial education is required.
Programme Introduction & Learning Outcomes
- Using Financial Information Intelligently
- Analysing 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 candidate.
- How to identify and value synergies than 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
- Analyse data for companies in many businesses,
- How those companies differ from less successful companies.
- Programme Wrap Up and Certificates