Acquire financial knowledge and practical skills to make informed business decisions and to provide valuable contributions to board-level discussions about financial matters.
Learn the financial language and terminology needed to communicate confidently and accurately at all levels.
Gain in-depth insights into best practice corporate financial management and apply them to your daily business decisions.
Master creating budgets and forecasts for operations and simulate models to solve short-term ‘what-if’ questions.
Develop the financial skills needed to understand and compare your company’s economic performance.
Perform successful project appraisals through the application of discounted cash-flow principles and net present value (NPV) techniques.
Demonstrate your value to board-level colleagues by effectively communicating your new knowledge and understanding of financial reports.
Gain the financial expertise that will allow you to foresee problems and take advantage of emerging possibilities.
Gain an executive who will:
Have a clear understanding of your company’s financial performance and value, and make decisions to secure its future.
Effectively manage product and customer costs through activity analysis.
Incorporate the impact of risk and return into their everyday decisions.
Attune their actions and make better operational decisions impacting performance and shareholder value.
Who attends
Right for you
This programme is suitable for senior managers with little or no prior financial knowledge, who need to use financial information to enhance business decision-making.
10
10 or
more years
of management experience required
Attendees include:
CEOs.
Managing directors.
Senior managers running divisions aiming to build company growth and shareholder value.
Programme content
Add a financial dimension to your decision making
Become an invaluable asset as you unravel the terms that will define your career and increase your value with senior stakeholders.
Learn to perceptively analyse financial data through three key concepts of financial management:
Interpret company accounts – develop a comprehensive understanding of the information contained within balance sheets and income statements and identify what this means for your company’s performance.
Make management decisions informed by accounting – accurately predict events to make successful, insightful decisions for your company’s future by analysing financial performance, customer profitability, project appraisals and product and service costs.
Analyse shareholder value – use company valuation, risk and return, and performance measures to leverage your decision making.
Boost your financial acumen by expanding your mindset, gaining new points of view and taking part in a range of practical exercises.
Evolve your comprehension of finance in a programme designed to increase your understanding of your business.
Understand the financial performance, potential opportunities, and various profitability scenarios for two major supermarkets by studying their annual reports.
Using international case studies you’ll explore real-world scenarios.
Understand what balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements tell you about a company.
Analyse methods of measuring product and customer profitability, as well as forecasting and budgeting performance.
Understand how to manage product appraisals or valuations through net value present and discounted cash flow techniques.
Learn how to generate an appropriate discount rate by using sensitivity analysis to take the risk into account.
Explore real-world examples currently affecting performance management, and use the shareholder value concept internally to make effective business decisions.
What is the application process?
You can apply to the programme of your choice online. Acceptance is not automatic and your application will be reviewed by our team of Client Relationship Managers to ensure the best fit between applicants and programmes. Spaces on our programmes can fill up quickly so we encourage you to apply early and ensure your application is as comprehensive as possible.
Will I have to do any preparation before attending the programme?
You'll receive communication from your Programme Manager around six weeks before starting the programme. The information we send will direct you to our online learning platform which will include the programme timetable, pre-programme reading and preparation work, and an introduction to your fellow participants.
Where can I stay while taking a programme in Dubai?
The cost of accommodation is not included in the fee for this programme. The delivery programme manager will be able to provide you with details of a nearby hotel for you to book in advance.
Dr Stefano De Cesaris’s has over 15 years of experience teaching financial analysis to professional and student audiences worldwide. His professional background is in investment banking; he worked at Goldman Sachs in M&A and Equity research at the start of his career and has subsequently continued to work with investment banks and investment funds as a consultant and trainer.
Stefano’s key area of expertise is hands-on corporate financial analysis, along the spectrum of financial accounting and financial statement analysis, corporate financial forecasting, corporate valuation and transaction analysis (M&A and LBO analysis).
Build comprehensive expertise in finance, tailored to your career goals. Immerse yourself in a transformative learning journey and enhance your skills to shift your career to the next level.
We recommend you apply at least three months before the programme starts to guarantee your place. The application form will take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete.
We’ll acknowledge receipt of your application by email within 48 hours, if it’s received during normal working hours (Mon-Fri – 09:00-18:00 GMT). We will review and respond to your application within two working days. We do this in order of receipt and acceptance is not automatic.
Yes. We can hold a provisional place for you for up to two weeks, but be aware that completed applications take priority and programmes often fill up several months in advance. You can reserve a place online, by phone or by email.
The programme is taught in English, so a good working knowledge of the language is essential. If English is not your first language, we may ask you for evidence of your proficiency.
The programme fee covers all required study materials, programme activities, as well as refreshments and most meals. It does not include accommodation.
*All fees quoted exclude the mandatory 5% tax (VAT) that is applicable in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the consumption or use of goods and services within the UAE. Fees are subject to change.
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