This one-week course is popular amongst Managers and Executives who are involved in strategic and financial planning for their organisations. Though this course, delegates will learn to calculate and interpret key financial information, assess the role of stakeholders, create a business funding policy and learn the growing influence of corporate finance on strategy.

Who Should Attend

Managers and executives from all sectors who input into strategic and financial planning for their organisation, including:

• Those who are newly appointed into a strategic planning role
• Treasury department managers who wish to increase the strategic role of the treasury function
• Financial planning practitioners who want to update their skills
• Those who want to be able to look at their organisation’s performance and that of competitors
• Audit personnel
• Financial risk managers

Learning Objectives

• To be able to go beyond the description of financial performance to calculate and interpret key information
• To assess the influential role of all stakeholders
• To develop a business funding policy to manage financial risk
• To evaluate the growing influence of corporate finance on strategy
• To exploit the growing strategic role in developing a competitive advantage

Course Content

• Financial Statements, International Standards and interpreting them using Ratio Analysis
• How The Shift from Shareholder to Stakeholder Value is Driving Strategy and Decision-Making
• Funding the Business
• The Impact of PESTLE on Strategy and Risk Management
• An Effective Treasury Function