Financial Management

Enabling managers from all disciplines to make business decisions with a clearer understanding of their financial impact on the business

Creating Shareholder Value

• Define & measure shareholder value
• Align shareholder value to operating activities
• Identify value creation strategies
• Avoiding value destruction
• Evaluate strategic options

Using Financial information

• Understand financial language and jargon
• Interpret financial statements
• Reading management reports

Measuring Financial Performance

• Apply ratio analysis tools
• Measure profitability, liquidity and financial performance
• Benchmark business unit performance

Costing & Pricing

• Measure product or customer profitability
• Interpret cost structures
• Evaluate break even points and risk levels
• Implement winning pricing strategies

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Create business plans
• Prepare a sound budget
• Forecast in an uncertain world
• Analyse causal factors and variances

Investment Appraisal

• Create a robust proposal
• Evaluate options
• Identify relevant cash flows
• Measure financial impact of decisions
• Assess risk
• Apply DCF techniques (inc. NPV, IRR and payback)
• Perform sensitivity analysis