Strategic Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions

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.

• 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.