Certificate in Financial Management
Certificate in Financial Management
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Program Objectives:
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
Advance their knowledge of corporate financial management.
Leverage their understanding in the macro finance roles from strategic and operational perspectives.
Develop a practical understanding of corporate finance, capital budgeting and cost of capital.
Gain knowledge of how equities and fixed-income securities are priced.
Develop dynamic strategic financial planning models.
Demonstrate understanding of mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and corporate control.
Who should attend:
Finance professionals, finance managers, corporate controllers, financial controllers, treasury professionals, chief accountants, accounting managers, senior accountants, banking professionals, and corporate business professionals.
Program Outline
Corporate Financial Management
- The Three Pillars of Financial Management
- Dimensions of Capital Funding
- An Inside Look at the Key Financial Statements
- Why Cash Flow is King
- The Building Blocks of Financial Analysis and Ratios
- Practical Applications of Time Value of Money
Strategic and Operational Financial Planning
- Overview of the Planning Process
- Long-Term Financial Planning
- Understanding the Sustainable Growth Model
- Pro-Forma Financial Statements and Assumptions
- Strategic and Operational Financial Models
- Modeling What-If-Analysis
Corporate Finance, Capital Budgeting and Cost of Capital
- The Capital Budgeting Process
- Net Present Value
- Internal Rate of Return
- Discounted Payback Period
- Profitability Index
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- Measures of Corporate Leverage
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control
- Methods of Acquisitions
- Types and Reasons for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Motives for Mergers & Acquisitions
- 5 Phases to the M&A Process
- The Process of Due Diligence
- Reasons Behind Failed Mergers
- Anti-Takeover Measures
Stock and Bond Valuation
- Valuation Fundamentals of Financial Instruments
- An Inside Look at Common and Preferred Stocks
- Stock Valuation Principles
- Zero Growth and Constant Growth Valuation Models
- Supernormal Growth Model
- Fixed Income Securities Valuation
- Bonds: Premiums and Discounts
- Bond Valuation Principles
- Term Structure of Interest Rates
- The Free Cash Flow Approach
Working Capital and the Financing Decision
- Deciding Between Liquidity versus Profitability
- The Cash Conversion Cycle and Cash Management
- Financing Current Assets
- Decisions Applied to Current Assets
- Trade-Off in Working Capital Management Strategies
- Working Capital Management Styles: Aggressive Versus Conservative
