Evaluating & Analysing Financial Hazards & Building Financial Strategies
Course Code: FA05
►Course Objective
- Use and evaluate the various techniques of capital investment appraisal
- Develop appropriate financial strategies
- Relate financial strategy to business strategy
- Effectively manage cash and working capital to reduce costs and improve cash flow
- Master traditional techniques and recent best practices
- Link finance and operation for budgeting purposes and strategy execution
- Understand and manage an efficient costing system
- Learn how to build a comprehensive performance measurement system
►Target Audience
- Finance Executive and financial professionals involved in the development and delivery of financial strategy
- Junior Executives and financial professionals seeking career advancement and development
- Senior and experienced professionals and finance professionals seeking either CPD or a valuable and stimulating “refresher”
►Course Outline
DAY 1
Financial Strategy and Corporate Behaviour
- Corporate Objectives and Financial Strategy
- Financial Statements – Analysis and interpretation (Part 1)
- Risk and Company Financing
- Cost of Equity and Debt Capital
- Agency Theory
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Statements regulatory
DAY 2
Financial Strategy and Stages of Corporate Development
- Financial analysis – Analysis and interpretation (Part 2)
- Strategic Development – Analytical Techniques
- Du Pont Analysis
- The Business Life Cycle
- Capital Structure and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Dividend Policy
- Cash & Working Capital
- Working capital ratios
- Z scores & Credit Ratings
DAY 3
Costs & Value Management
- Cost and Value
- Cost Analysis and control
- Strategic approaches to cost reduction and cost management
- Cost Structure and breakeven
- New theories and practice in cost analysis. control and management
- Value management
- Value based pricing
- The Value chain
- Financial strategy and integrated cost / value analysis
DAY 4
Budgeting, Planning and Business Strategy
- Strategy models
- Business Strategy related to financial strategy
- Planning and budgeting models
- Linking budgets to business and financial strategy
- Build Managing
- Delegating budgets effectively
- Beyond Budgeting
DAY 5
Investment Strategy
- Capital Investment Decisions
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Evaluating Capital Investment Projects
- Comparison of Alternative Methods of Investment Appraisal
- Capital Budgeting
- Restructuring, Reorganisations, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Reasons and Justifications for Mergers and Acquisitions
- Share Valuation Models and Financing Acquisitions
- Financial Strategy in Acquisitions and Takeover Bid Defences
- Business Restructuring and Reorganisations
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