Dates for this course

12/04/10 - 23/04/10

26/07/10 - 06/08/10

18/10/10 - 29/10/10

Who should attend:

• CEOs, Financial Directors, and Divisional Accountants
• Strategic business planning and development executives
• Those responsible for identifying and implementing merger and acquisition opportunities
• Senior executives responsible for developing major capital investment proposals
• Those seeking to understand the market flotation process
• Treasury managers

Course objectives:

• To enable delegates to feel comfortable that they fully understand the role of corporate finance in the long-term development and success of the organisation
• To show how to interpret the organisation’s business environment – its threats and opportunities
• To show how to integrate finance into strategy development
• To suggest ways to integrate forecasting, planning, and budgeting into financial objectives
• To enable participants to identify and evaluate sources of funds with which to grow the organisation
• To provide guidance on identifying merger and acquisition opportunities
• To provide guidance on corporate governance, financial reporting, and sustainability
• To provide guidance on all aspects of asset management

Course content:

• Understanding the business environment
• Review of Company Reports and Accounts
• Business Forecasting
• Integrating strategy with the Balanced Scorecard
• Developing the Budget and allocating resources
• Developing departmental budgets
• Budgetary control and variance analysis
• Planning and managing cash flows
• Investment Appraisal
• Asset Management
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Valuing a business opportunity
• Achieving growth through mergers and acquisitions
• Modelling tools and sensitivity analysis
• The HR aspects of corporate finance
• Integration of Finance into ERP systems
• Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic goal
• The role of Corporate Finance in improving Governance