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Start Date: 14 Jul, 2024
End Date : 18 Jul, 2024
Duration   : 5 Days
 
Overall Description: 
This course is designed to enable delegates to make corporate financial decisions in an increasingly volatile international marketplace with the view to increase profitability, maintain liquidity and reduce financial risk is a challenge for all organizations regardless of their sizes.
 
Course Objectives: 
Evaluate the various methods of finance and make successful capital investment decisions
Develop effective corporate financial plans aimed at maximising return and minimising risk
Prepare, manage and control budgets to support the corporate financial plans
Identify and manage financial risk effectively
Measure and manage performance effectively
Create opportunities for your personal development and increased financial awareness
 
Course Outline (Content): 
 
Corporate Financial Planning 
Strategic Planning
The Objective of the Firm – Meeting Shareholder & Stakeholder Objectives
Agency Theory – The Relationship between Shareholders & Management
Creative Accounting 
Financial Management & Financial Planning – The Scope, Role & Responsibilities of Financial Management
Preparing a Financial Plan – The Master Budget
Forecasting Future Cash-flows and Financial Modelling
Time Series Analysis, Correlation & Regression
Financing the Plan 
Sources of Finance – Long Term & Short Term
Evaluation of the Types of Finance - Equity vs. Debt Finance
Hybrid Finance & Financial Engineering
The Dividend Decision
The Cost of Capital and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Capital Rationing & Payback
Preparing & Managing Budgets to Support the Financial Plans
Definition of Budgets, the Budgetary Process and Budgetary Control
Types of Budgets-Fixed, Flexible, Incremental and Zero Based
The Purpose / Benefits & Problems / Limitations of Budgets
Setting / Implementing Effective Budgets - Eliminating the Problems
Responsibility Accounting and Absorption Costing
Activity-Based Budgeting / Costing (ABB, ABC)
Variance Analysis, Cost Behaviour, Break Even Analysis & Sensitivity / What If Analysis
What-If Analysis combined with Du-Pont Analysis
 
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Who Should Attend?
Professionals acting upon the financial decisions of others
Managers involved in planning and decision-making
Managers and those with financial responsibilities
Non-financial and Financial Personnel
Financial Decision makers
Financial Planner
Course Methodology: 
We utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This training course will be conducted as a highly interactive workshop session. A variety of training methodologies will be used Before and during the course whenever applicable. Some of these methods are gamification, online pre-post test, role plays, self-assessment instruments, group exercises & case studies.