Course Overview

Course Content:

1. Organization Objectives and Fundamentals of Finance
2. Purposes of Financial Analyses and Reports in Business
3. Preparation and Components of Financial Statements
4. Analysis of Investment Decisions
5. Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
6. Budgeting and Strategic Management Framework
7. Using Budget to Manage Organisational Performance and Support Strategic Planning.
8. Project Planning, Evaluation and Analysis
9. Investment Analysis and Advanced Valuation Techniques
10. Business Risk, Cost of Capital, and Classifying Investment Projects

Course Objectives:

1. Participants will learn how financial statements, related information, and analytical tools can help them make business and financial decisions, as well as what they can’t do.
2. Things like the company’s financial position, operating results, cash flows, and financial strength are looked at.
3. This course also gives an overview of the tools and skills you need to build excellent standards into your budgeting, performance measurement, and reporting systems. It looks at both new and best practice techniques.
4. By going to this training, you will learn the best ways to analyze, plan, and control your finances.

Participants will be able to:

1. Explain the basic ideas, terms, principles, processes, and procedures that are used to put together financial statements.
2. Know the importance of accounting in running businesses.
3. Explain the components of an annual report.
4. Understand how financial information can be used to analyze business operations and make economic decisions.
5. Effectively prepare balance sheets and income statements.
6. Analyze a set of financial statements to evaluate the business’s financial health.
7. Differentiate the financing options available to a business and the situations where each might be used.
8. How to prepare and implement advanced planning and control techniques into your budgeting process.
9. Know how to connect the budgeting process with the long-term strategic vision of the company.
10. Know how to set up a structure that helps people make decisions by giving them timely and useful information.
11. Develop ways to increase profitability and performance through streamlined planning and reporting.

Training Methodology:

The interactive seminar will comprise a range of learning activities, including presentations with questions and answer opportunities, demonstration and practice of analytical techniques, group exercises and discussions, and use of case studies and information sources. While the theoretical background to financial management will be explained and justified; the main emphasis will be on putting these into a real-world context by providing a practical toolkit of financial techniques.