FINANCE AND TREASURY

Finance Essentials for Managers and Directors

This course shows how to interpret key financial statements highlighting the questions and areas that matter. It identifies warning signals that managers need to be aware of and shows how to understand key performance indicators to drive profitability.
Delegates will learn how to appraise capital projects with confidence, allowing them to make the best decisions for their business.

• The Business Cycle: understand how money flows in a business

• Business objectives: use financial data to achieve business targets

• Financial information required for decision-making

• Understanding Financial Statements:

  • The profit and loss statement

  • The cash flow statement

  • The balance sheet

  • Knowing what to look for in company financial statements

• Accounting policies and how to stop abuses

• Profit vs. Cash and other key financial ratios, how to use them effectively

• Budgeting

  • The what and why of budgets

  • Preparation, how to start, how to finish a budget

  • Estimate or guesstimate?

  • Over budget, under budget - what are the consequences?

  • Budgetary control - it's essential

  • Behavioral implications

• Working capital management

  • Cash flow management

  • Cost control and reduction

• Improving margins and sales in your business

  • Break even analysis

  • Balancing sales with profitability

• Capital Investment techniques

  • The right balance between short-term and long-term capital

  • Risk analysis

Financial Analysis with Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

• Mathematics for Finance

• Financial Analysis

• Cost of Capital

• Capital Budgeting Techniques

• Valuations

• Risk Analysis

• Working with a spreadsheet

  • Importing data

  • Sorting data in

  • Naming cells and adding comments

  • Using 'Paste Special'

  • Using pivot tables

• Using Excel Functions

  • Linking data

  • Using Excel macros

  • Using reference and mathematical functions

  • Using statistical and data functions

  • Using financial functions

Financial Statement Analysis
This course will specifically benefit those in corporates concerned with analyzing financial statements to make better business decisions. It provides a better understanding  of what lies behind a balance sheet and income statements and analysis techniques.

• Financial Statement Analysis

• Measuring Performance

• Balance Sheet Structure

• Constructing a cash flow statement

• Measures of profitability

• Understanding revenue models

• The trade - off between risk and return

• Industry analysis

• Cost of debt and equity

• Asset based valuations

• Economic value added

• Leverage and its effect on earnings

• Dividend payout

Raising Corporate Finance

In today's global economy, it is even more important to look at the linkage of finance with corporate strategy. It is imperative for the understanding and managing relations with investors, analyzing all your financing options and planning and financing your projects.

• Principles of corporate finance

• Role of investor relations

• The funding requirements

• Raising private equity finance

• Venture capital financing

• Debt finance

• Credit enhancement techniques

• The role of securitization in acquisition financing

• Project financing

• Financing alternatives

The Essentials of Risk Management

This course is designed for all Senior Executives involved in banking, in derivative structuring, in corporate finance, and for all professionals who work in related fields, or wish to up-date their knowledge or benchmark their practices against best practice and the latest requirements.

• Why risk management systems?

• the Basel II Process

• Basic of Risk Calculations

• Credit Risk Management

• Internal and External Risk Rating System (RRS)

• Accounting policies and practices

• Identification of risk sources

• Managing market risk

• Operational Risk Management

• Best practices in Risk Management

Making the Right Investment Decision

All shareholders are interested in returns on their investment. How can investment proposals be evaluated successfully? This course examines a range of techniques to help you make sound investment decisions, whether undertaking small, medium, or long-term organizational projects. This course will be a particular interest to non-financial managers because it will provide a greater insight into investment appraisal techniques. It will also appeal to financial managers who are seeking a greater appreciation of the qualitative aspects involved in investment decision making.

• The importance of investment strategy

• Introduction to key investment appraisal techniques

• Risk and uncertainty

• Case study and presentation

• Behavioral issues

• Sources of finance