INTRODUCTION
To effectively drive organizational success, business leaders and managers across functions require a firm grasp of finance. It s a key component to understanding how an organization operates and these professionals need to be commercially minded to participate in financial discussions and decision-making.
Introduction to Managerial Finance training course equips you with a practical grounding in modern finance. Develop the tools to understand financial statements and reports, corporate finance, and fundamentals such as the time value of money. You ll also learn how to apply these to your business context through forecasting methods, project evaluation, realistic performance plans, and the monitoring of financial outcomes. Increase your managerial impact with stronger financial insight, and make more informed contributions to organizational discussions and decisions.
This course deals with the principles of corporate finance.The major topics of the course include the role of corporations and financial managers, the time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting, hurdle rates, capital structure, and dividend policy.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the Introduction to Managerial Finance training course, you will:
Make more informed managerial and investment decisions
Develop a deeper understanding of financial reports and the ability to make more informed and powerful contributions to organisational discussions
Critically evaluate investment projects and opportunities
Speak the international language of business: finance
WHO SHOULD ATTEND ?
Introduction to Managerial Finance training course, is geared at: Non-financial managers, and is therefore suited to anyone in a middle or senior managerial or leadership position, Those aspiring to move into such a role. those working in finance to refresh their knowledge,
COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1
Financial statement analysis
Interpret the nature of a firm from a managerial finance perspective
Identify the difference between finance and accounting
Interpret the key components of the financial statements
Demonstrate how business transactions affect the financial statements
Calculate key financial, operating, and leverage ratios
Assess the financial health and operational effectiveness of a firm using financial and operating ratios
Identify the various sources and uses of a firm's funds
Day 2
Financial forecasting
Interpret the relationship between a firm's growth and its funding needs
Apply financial statement analysis and financial ratios to a firm's funding needs
Assess the financial dynamics and funding needs of a given firm
Compile a firm's pro forma balance sheet and income statement
Day 3
Discounted cash flow analysis
Interpret the concept of the cost of capital and discounting cash flows
Calculate the net present value of a stream of cash flows
Interpret the difference between a corporate investment project's incremental earnings and its free cash flows
Calculate a corporate investment project's free cash flows (FCF)
Apply the concepts of sunk cost, cannibalisation, depreciation, and the tax treatment of losses to a valuation model
Apply fundamental valuation in the real world
Day 4
Optimal investing
Compare an investment project's value under different assumptions
Distinguish between sensitivity, break-even, and scenario analysis
Calculate scenarios using Excel's Data Table tool
Assess quantitative and qualitative assumptions used to draw up cash flow projections
Identify key challenges when compiling valuations and forecasts in the real world
Day 5
Funding strategies
Identify the various sources of funding
Interpret the concept of the opportunity cost of capital
Apply investor behaviour and characteristics of the stock market to the calculation of the cost of capital
Calculate an investment's required rate of return by using the CAPM formula
Calculate a firm's weighted-average cost of capital
Determine the optimal capital structure, considering interest tax shields and the costs of financial distress
Valuing entire companies
Calculate a firm's value by applying the principles of fundamental valuation
Calculate a firm's terminal value
Interpret the relationship between fundamental and market values
Interpret the efficiency of the market in valuing shares
Apply valuation by comparables to value a firm's shares
Identify the key characteristics of the M&A market
Evaluate a takeover offer by applying the concepts of valuation
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
LPC Training is capable of conducting this training programme exclusively for your delegates. Please e-mail us on admin@lpcentre.com for further information and/or to receive a comprehensive proposal.
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DOCUMENTATION
High-Quality material has been prepared by the LPC team for distribution to delegates. In addition, a special note pad to facilitate note-taking will be provided.
CERTIFICATES
Accredited Certificate of completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.
SCHEDULE
Our Course timings commence at 09:00 and conclude at 13:00.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
Please complete the registration form on the course page & return it to us indicating your preferred mode of payment. For Further Information, please get in touch with us.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Delegates have 14 days from the date of booking to cancel and receive a full refund or transfer to another date free of charge. If less than 14 days notice is given then we will be unable to refund or cancel the booking unless on medical grounds. For more details about the Cancellation and Refund policy, please visit www.lpcentre.com/terms-and-conditions/
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
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