Cambridge
Academy
In London
Course Description
Course Duration: Five Training Days
Course Language: Arabic or English
Include:
Scientific material with TAB
Workshops
Reception and farewell at the airport
Daily lunch
Coffee Break
Introduction:
Because, over and above operating profit, a financial strategy is concerned with how organizations may create corporate value and reflect the increased shareholder value with the primary aim of maximisation of shareholder wealth. All organisations aim to optimise operating profit by increasing revenue streams and reducing operating costs. An understanding of financial strategy and the development of its associated financial skills further builds on that through evaluation and adoption of the appropriate financial strategies necessary for an organisation to survive and grow and achieve its long-term objectives.
This training course provides the participants with the essential skills and tools of financial strategy, and corporate finance, which is concerned with the effective use of financial resources to create corporate value. These skills are vital in today’s global consumer and capital markets where competition is fierce for both investors and customers. This leading edge training course combines up-to-date theory with hands-on experience of developing powerful financial models and tools to equip the participants to take an active role the development and application of financial and business strategy.
Targeted Groups:
Top Management Team Members
Finance Directors.
Head of Finance departments.
Strategy, Budgeting, and Planning Managers
Finance and Treasury Managers
Capital Investment Managers and Analysts
Investment Analysts and Advisers
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Actively partake in strategic analysis and formulation
Develop vital measures of financial performance and strength
Design funding and capital structure strategies
Build financial models to manage cash flow, risk, and investment decisions
Advice on capital investment decision-making
Provide insights into long-term business growth strategies
Targeted Competencies:The vital link between competitive strategy and financial strategy
Designing a funding strategy and optimum capital structure
Using practical tools for capital investment decision-making
Applying an integrated approach to financial risk management
Key strategies for the long-term growth and defense of the business
Course Content:
Unit 1: Business and Financial Strategy – The Vital Link:
The Purpose and Goals of the Firm
The Aims and Principles of Competitive Strategy
The Role of Financial Strategy in Business Success
Tools for Strategic Analysis and Strategy Development
Building a Winning Business Model
Implementing an Effective Performance Management System
Financial Planning: Budgeting and Beyond
Unit 2: Financial Performance Management:
Understanding, Analysing and Interpreting Financial Statements
Agency Theory and its Impact on the Business’s Goals
Investor and Stock Market Behaviour: Share Price Drivers
Key Concepts in Measuring Shareholder Value
Understanding Cost Behaviour and Profit
Measuring and Improving Return on Investment
A Strategic Approach to Cost Reduction
Managing and Enhancing Shareholder Value
Unit 3: Funding Strategy and Liquidity Management:
Sources of Business Finance: Equity and Debt
Financial Gearing – Risk and Impact on Profitability
Calculating Company Cost of Capital and its Implications
Optimum Capital Structure: Theory and Practice
Cash Flow and Liquidity Management
Designing and Building Financial Models in Excel
Financial Model Application: Cash Flow Forecasting
Predicting Corporate Distress and Failure
Unit 4: Capital Investment Strategy and Risk Management Strategy:
Capital Investment Management
Using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Tools in Excel
Tools for Capital Investment Appraisal and Decision-making
Financial Model Application: Capital Investment Appraisal Analysis
An Integrated Approach to Risk Management
Tools for Identifying and Analysing Business Risk
Using Financial Instruments to Manage Financial Risk
Decision-making under Conditions of Risk
Unit 5: Corporate Governance: Defending and Growing the Business:
Purpose and Principles of Corporate Governance
Long-term Business Growth Strategies
Why even great companies can fail?
Understanding Business Model Disruption
Innovation Killers
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Restructuring and Reorganisation
Unit 6: Financial Analysis of Public Sector Accounts
Understanding and Analysing Cost Behaviour
The Cost-Volume-Profit Relationship
Why analyse financial statements?
The Financial Analyst’s Toolkit
Interpreting Financial Ratio Analysis of Public Sector Reports
Managing and Improving Spending Deficits
Unit 7: Risk Management
Hedging Exchange Rate Risk using
The Forward Market
The Options Market
Zero Cost Collars
Hedging Commodity Price Risk using
Options
Futures
Unit 8: Capital Investment Decision-making:
Characteristics and Decision-making Process
Investment Appraisal Techniques
Principles of Discounted Cashflow Analysis
Understanding Net Present Value (NPV)
Outsourcing Services: Objectives and Decision Criteria
PPI and PFI: Objectives and Decision Criteria