course | Strategic Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions
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MGLD-1347 | Strategic Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions
Course Sector : Management And Leadership
| Duration | Date from | Date to | Course Venue | Course fees | Book a course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Days | 13/12/2026 | 15/12/2026 | Doha | $3,250 | Book now |
| 3 Days | 01/02/2027 | 03/02/2027 | Dubai | $3,250 | Book now |
| 3 Days | 14/06/2027 | 16/06/2027 | Madrid | $3,950 | Book now |
| 3 Days | 19/07/2027 | 21/07/2027 | Dubai | $3,250 | Book now |
Course Introduction
In today’s ever-changing and fast-paced business environment, it is important for business leaders and managers to continuously develop their skills in strategic management. More so, the understanding of how finance impacts strategic decision-making is significant as it provides a solid basis for an organization’s economic growth, development, and success.
This training course is designed to provide participants with the fundamental concepts about finance, strategic thinking, strategic management processes, and their links to performance indicator systems. This will allow participants to identify and utilize techniques to effectively look into finance as a basis for decision-making.
Course objective
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategic management process and its links to KPI systems as a basis for improved decision-making.
- Recognize alternative sources of long-term finance, and evaluate the models of optimum capital structure and minimization of WACC
- Identify and utilize techniques of DCF for the evaluation of capital project investments and capital budgeting
- Assess and interpret the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, and use appropriate costing and measurement systems for more effective planning and budgeting, management of working capital and cash flow, and improved financial performance
- Use the techniques of uncertainty and risk analysis and develop appropriate risk management tools, insurance, and hedging of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.
Course audience
- Senior Executives
- Financial Managers
- Strategic Planners
- CFOs (Chief Financial Officers)
- Corporate Treasurers
- Business Analysts
- Budgeting and Financial Planning Professionals
- Controllers and Cost Accountants
- General Managers in Large or Medium Enterprises
- Directors of Strategy and Planning
- Professionals in Corporate Governance Roles
- Heads of Departments Responsible for Strategic Decision-Making
- Project Managers Involved in Capital Investment Decisions
Course Outline | 01 Day One
Strategic Management and Decision-Making and Its Link with Financial Planning and Budgeting
- Strategy and Strategic Management
- Vision, Mission, and Objectives
- Key Features of Strategic Decision-making
- Rolling Out and Implementing Strategies
- Value Creation and Maximisation of Shareholder Wealth
- Corporate Objectives, Accountability, and Corporate Governance
- Management Accounting and the Links Between Strategic Planning and Budgeting
The Financial Statements and Their Links with Planning and Financial Decisions
- The Three Key Financial Statements
- Balance Sheet
- Income Statement
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Sources of Internal and External Financing
- Cost of Equity, Cost of Debt, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Capital Structure Models to minimise WACC
- Preparing a long-term Financial Plan to Determine Financing Requirements
Course Outline | 02 Day Two
Costing Systems and Measurement Systems that Support Financial Decision-Making
- Costs and Activities
- Cost Behaviour
- Fixed Costs and Variable Costs
- Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Relationships, Break-even and Sensitivity Analysis
- Direct and Indirect Costs
- Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Management (ABM)
- Refining the Costing System for Improved Decision-making
Capital Investment Decisions
- Future Values, Present Values, and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Capital Budgeting Principles
- Evaluating Capital Investment Projects using Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and Payback
- DCF Evaluation Methods of Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR), Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
- Deciding on which Investment Appraisal Methods to use
- Capital Budgeting, Capital Rationing and the Profitability Index (PI)
- Further Factors to Consider in Investment Appraisal
Course Outline | 03 Day Three
Performance Measures and Their Link to Strategic Decisions and Financial Risk Management
- Linking Strategic Objectives to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a Balanced Scorecard
- Obstacles to Achieving Strategic Objectives Created by the Accounting and Costing System
- Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
- Types of Business Risk and Financial Risk
- Risk Management Principles
- Development of Risk Management Tools to Mitigate and Minimise Risk
- Insurance and Hedging
- Interest Rate Risk and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”
BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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