Program Summary

Introduction

In today’s world, CFOs and senior finance executives are more involved to play an increasing key role in strategy formulation and value creation for their companies. As senior finance leaders, you are called upon to identify and assess profitable business ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and shape internal growth strategy to create value. But creating value for shareholders is a difficult task in this current economy climate of diminishing growth and increasing competition.

The program examines how strategies are formulated and executed with financial awareness. Discover how to increase the value of your company through financing decisions, diversification, capital budgeting and risk. Learn how to identify and use nonfinancial factors that contribute to value creation. The ultimate financial objective of any business is the creation of economic value. You need to understand how decisions create or destroy value. That understanding comes from a fuller understanding of finance. Designed for CFO, senior and middle finance executives, this executive program will provide you with a solid foundation in financial decision making, policy and practice on how you can create value in your organization through strategic financial management. You will learn the best practices adopted by world class companies on value creation, understand how you can formulate and execute strategies by aligning them with the right financial strategy.

You will also learn how to sustain value creation in your organization through mergers and acquisitions as well as integrate finance with other functions in your organization including marketing and operations. You will be engaged in concepts and group discussions on case studies developed by Harvard Business School, and other real-world case studies. At the end of the 2-day program, you will discover how to use strategic financial management as the centre-piece to create value in your organization.

What You Can Expect

Through this financial excellence program, participants will be able to learn how to:

Value Creation

• How to formulate strategies focused on value creation

• How strategy execution is the key to value creation

• How to communicate financial implications of strategy

• Developing a passion for value creation

Growth, Profitability and Risk

• How to use the tools of financial analysis to find value creating growth

• What the difference is between risk and bias

Integrating Marketing, Operations and Finance

• How creating value for customers and employees creates shareholder value

• How to manage the relationship between finance and marketing

• How to choose a financial strategy that complements business strategy

• How finance is different in technology companies

Managing Change to Sustain Value Creation

• Knowing when to change

• Knowing how to change – Formulation

• Changing – Execution

• How to use mergers to sustain value creation

Who Will Benefit Most

• CFO, Senior Vice President of Finance, Senior Finance Director, Senior Financial Controller, Head of Treasury, Vice President of Finance, Finance Director
• Other Senior-Level executives who interact with Finance
• Finance executives who participate in the strategy formulation and planning in their companies

Program Outline

DAY 1 - MORNING

• A four part management system for value creation

• Understanding the Best Practices of Value Creating Companies

• Value Creation Metrics - Identifying the key metrics you need to know to understand value creation

AFTERNOON

• Using DCF intelligently

• Creating Value Through Strategic Growth

• Case Study: Airbus

DAY 2 - MORNING

• Integrating finance and strategy

• Strategic Profitability

• Adopting the Best Financial Strategy and Practices

• Knowing when and how to change

• Case Study: Hoya

AFTERNOON

• Creating and Sustaining Value Creation through M&As

• Valuation Considerations

• Integration

• Due Diligence

• Case Study: Pentax