About the Course

Financial Strategy is concerned with how businesses may produce corporate value and reflect rising shareholder value, in addition to operating profit, with the primary goal of maximising shareholder wealth. By boosting income sources and cutting costs, all firms strive to maximise operating profit. The evaluation and adoption of the proper financial strategies required for an organisation to survive, expand, and accomplish its long-term goals depend on understanding financial strategy and developing related financial skills.

The organisation will gain from understanding and using current corporate finance and financial strategy ideas and practices that may help the organisation's capacity to generate profit, cash flow, and shareholder value. This Financial Strategy training course will benefit the delegates because it has been created to give them both the fundamental theory of financial strategy and financial management while emphasising developing the practical skills they will need to apply essential skills in their work roles.

The delegates will gain the fundamental knowledge and skills of corporate finance, which deals with efficiently using financial resources to increase business value. In today's competitive global consumer and capital markets, which are open to both investors and consumers, these abilities are essential. Likewise, it combines advanced theory with practical training in creating effective financial models and tools to actively prepare the delegates to participate in developing and implementing financial and business strategies.

Core Objectives

Delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Actively partake in strategic analysis and formulation
• Create financial models to control cash flow, risk, and investment decisions
• Develop vital measures of financial performance and strength
• Design funding and capital structure strategies
• Advice on capital investment decision-making
• Provide insights into long-term business growth strategies

Training Approach

This training course is driven by a blended learning approach and draws on various adult learning techniques such as action learning, experiential exercises, group discussions, video case studies, role play and self-reflection activities. The resulting variety helps delegates stay engaged throughout the course, feel challenged and draw quick wins for their development. It also ensures delegates are exposed to ample opportunities to apply what they learn to the real-world challenges they face back in the workplace.

The Attendees

This training course is intended to provide professionals from various disciplines and industry sectors with applicable theories and practical skills. Still, it is especially beneficial for those who work in management, planning, finance, and other decision-making positions in the business.

This training course will be valuable to professionals, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Head Office Team Members
• Strategy, Budgeting and Planning Managers
• Finance and Treasury Professionals
• Capital Investment Managers and Analysts
• Investment Analysts and Advisers

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STRATEGY

• Formulation of Competitive Strategy
• How does Financial Strategy keep business continuity?
• Steps of Formulation Strategy Development
• How to get a Win-Win Business Model?
• Maximising Performance Management Efficiency
• Budgeting: The tool of successful Finance Management

DAY TWO: CONTROLLING FINANCIAL INDICATORS

• Financial Statement Analysis
• Capital Structure effect on Company’s Goals
• Relationship between equity market and company share price determinators
• Effective Cost Management
• Maximising Profitability Ratios
• How to reduce costs on a strategic level?
• Maximising Shareholder Return On Investment (ROI)

DAY THREE: SOLVENCY VS LIQUIDITY

• Capital Structure Types
• Leverage: Risk and Return Trade-off
• Measuring Weight Average Cost of Capital (WAAC)
• Designing the Best Capital Structure
• Statement of Cash Flow Analysis Tool for High Liquidity
• Financial Models Implementation
• How to build financial projections?
• Implementation of Stress Scenario

DAY FOUR: RISK STRATEGY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY

• Investment Portfolio Management
• Discounted Cash Flow: The original tool for evaluating investment feasibility
• Tools to assess new Capital Investment
• 360 Degree Risk Management
• How to Manage Business Risk?
• Mitigating Financial Risk

DAY FIVE: CORPORATE STRATEGY

• The Framework of Corporate Governance
• Sustainable Business Growth Techniques
• Determinant of Business Default
• Consolidation of Companies – New Era
• When do we need a new Archetypal Structure?