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Start Date: 26 Oct, 2025
End Date : 30 Oct, 2025
Duration   : 5 Days

 

Overall Description: 

This course provides delegates with the essential knowledge and skills to enable them to manage both finance and financial risk more effectively, thereby increasing performance and returns whilst reducing risk. Delegates will leave with a clear understanding of finance terminology and the latest risk management instruments and techniques to enable them to make an effective contribution to the workplace. It also provides a clear understanding of the need for effective Corporate Governance and the benefits this brings to the company and its major stakeholders.

 

Course Objectives: 

  • Understand and evaluate corporate financial reports.
  • Determine sources of capital, and capital structure.
  • Identify and appraise wealth-generating investments.
  • Recognise, quantify, and control financial risk.
  • Apply principles of good corporate governance.

 

Course Outline (Content):

 

Finance and Financial Information

  • Finance & Accounting.
  • Developing a Strategic Financial Plan.
  • Financial Information: Internal & External.
  • Evaluating Financial Performance to improve Liquidity, Profitability & Efficiency.
  • Working Capital Management.
  • Cash Flow Statements and Calculating Free Cash Flow.

 

Financing the Business and the Cost of Capital

  • Sources of Long Term & Short Term Finance.
  • The Optimum Capital Structure – Equity or Debt?
  • Calculating the Cost of Equity and Meeting Shareholder Expectations.
  • Calculating the Cost of Debt – Fixed or Floating Rate.
  • The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
  • The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

 

CAPEX - Analysis of Investment Decisions

  • Strategic Issues facing Organisations Today.
  • Preparing Project Cash Flow Forecasts in Excel.
  • Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques: Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and Payback.
  • Discounted Cash Flow Appraisal Techniques: NPV and IRR.
  • Capital Rationing and the Profitability Index (PI).
  • Dealing with Risk in Investment Appraisal - RAROC.

 

Financial Risk Management

  • Risk and Uncertainty in Business.
  • Identifying & Measuring Financial Risk.
  • How to Manage Risk – The Four Ts.
  • Managing Exchange Rate Risk.
  • Managing Commodity Price Risk.
  • Managing Interest Rate Risk.

 

Corporate Governance

  • Recognising the needs of stakeholders.
  • The Role and Scope of Corporate Governance.
  • Agency Theory: The Role of Directors & Shareholders.
  • The Role of External & Internal Auditors.
  • The Role of the Audit Committee.
  • Emerging trends in Corporate Governance.

 

 

Who Should Attend?

  • Financial Professionals.
  • Members of the operational management team.
  • Professional who have influence over operational or strategic decisions.
  • Consultants who provide advice on operations or strategy.
  • Managers who have responsibility for the management of risk.

 

 

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.

Finance, Risk Management and Corporate Governance

$4,990.00Price
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