Financial Strategy: Essential Finance Management Skills

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