Finance for the Boardroom

Course

In Bedfordshire

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Bedfordshire

  • Start date

    September

Directors and senior managers deal regularly with strategic and financial decisions, reviewing proposals and evaluating alternatives. This programme is for anyone who operates at a senior level of an organisation of any size or sector, who uses financial data but lacks formal training in finance. Read more Read less It will give you the tools to address financial performance, evaluate business plans, and use financial strategy to create long-term value. An understanding of the techniques provides the ability to interpret financial data and brings with it the confidence to demand decision-relevant information. Our finance faculty use their own practical business experience to bring the subject to life, enabling you to apply the concepts in your own organisation. Terms and conditions

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Location

Start date

Bedfordshire
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Cranfield University Cranfield, MK43 0AL

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Finance
  • Financial
  • Confidence Training
  • Financial Training

Course programme

What you will learn
  • Insight into how financial strategy can help drive value in your organisation
  • Understanding of how your business model translates into the financial numbers
  • Appreciation of the practical implications of investment decisions and acquisitions
  • Confidence with the language of finance, bringing with it an ability to challenge financial presentations.

Core content
  • Long-term value: what it is, why it matters and how best to achieve it
  • The cost of capital, its relevance to decisions and how to determine an appropriate capital structure
  • What a company’s accounts really tell us and what they don’t disclose
  • Investment appraisal techniques
  • Company valuation methods
  • Acquisition appraisal and the real meaning of ‘synergy’
  • Other material determined relevant by the participants. For example: private equity, initial public offerings, analysis of financial instruments.

Finance for the Boardroom

Price on request