Financial Strategy: Essential Finance Management Skills

ID
1407
Course Code
GFNWS018
Title
Financial Strategy: Essential Finance Management Skills
Category
المحاسبة والمالية
Date
16-20 Aug
Location
Dubai
Country
UAE
Fees
2500 $
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Objectives :


At the end of this seminar delegates will be able to:

  • 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


Outline:
Financial Strategy and Corporate Behavior

 

  • 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

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

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

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