Course details
Objectives:The objectives of this seminar are to enable delegates to:
- Develop strategic thinking, and use the strategic management process to develop missions and objectives and carry out strategic analysis and decision-making
- Forecast financial data using various Excel® models
- Understand the structure of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, and analysis of the cash operating cycle, for improved financial performance, and better management of working capital and cash flow
- Identify the alternative sources of finance and financial (or capital) structure, and evaluate the models of optimum capital structure and minimisation of weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
- Use the technique of discounted cash flow (DCF) for capital budgeting and evaluation of capital project investment, using net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), equivalent annual cost (EAC), and the profitability index (PI)
- Use the techniques of uncertainty analysis and risk analysis and develop appropriate risk management tools of insurance and hedging of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.
Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
- What is strategy?
- Strategic management
- Strategic analysis
- Mission
- Objectives
- Strategic decision-making
- The strategic planning process
- Environmental analysis
- Resources analysis
- Strategic choice and strategic decision-making
- Strategic implementation
- Corporate objectives and accountability
- Forecasting financial data
Fundamentals of Financial Statements
- Financial statements
- Balance sheet
- Income statement
- Alternative asset valuation methods
- Cash flow statement
- Common size (or horizontal) trend analysis of financial statements
- Vertical trend analysis of financial statements
- Segmental analysis of financial statements
- Value added analysis of financial statements
- Understanding the cash flow cycle and the operating cycle
- Break-even and multiple product break-even analysis
- Sources of funds
- Capital cost models
- Cost of equity
- Cost of debt
- Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
- Can we determine a company's optimal capital structure?
- Capital structure models
- Preparing projections to determine financing needs
- Future values, present values and DCF
- Capital budgeting principles
- Methods of evaluating capital investment projects
- Accounting rate of return (ARR) and payback
- Net present value (NPV) versus internal rate of return (IRR)
- How do you choose which method to use?
- Equivalent annual cost (EAC) method
- Capital budgeting methods
- Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) versus arbitrage pricing theory (APT)
- Does it make a difference whether we lease or buy?
- The value of perfect information (VOPI)
- Types of risk
- Risk management principles
- Talking to your bankers about managing risk
- How to develop the tools for your company?
- How to minimise risk?
- Insurance and hedging
- Interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate risk
Job roles this course is suitable for:
Senior Business Analyst (strategic/fin) , Finanical Anaylst , Assistant Cash AccountantCourse Location
About Global Development for Training
Introduction:
Training has become of great importance to managers of various organizations and institutions where training is an effective way to increase employee's efficiency at all stages of his work. It develops his abilities, skills and provides him with new information which is an influential factor in the process of upgrading the employee and increases his authorities and responsibilities.
The last two decades have witnessed a major transformation in the training knowledge. It has become Knowledge-based science; it is the only way to progress and development.
The need of Knowledge-based science is now a scale of new wealth. It requires a distinct type of education and lifelong training in acquiring knowledge and updating on an ongoing basis. This was an important reason that led to establishment of Global Development for Training (G.D.T).
Establishment:
Global Development for Training was established in 2012 in UAE - Permit No. 91,288 in Dubai to provide training and consulting services and staff development with the latest training methods in the world and in line with the global market to meet all the strategic requirements of the global markets in an environment based on modern knowledge, through the best human development trainers in the Arab world and the rest of the world, to reach the highest level of quality, creativity and developing clients and participants.
Vision:
To be one of the best training centers in the world which train and qualify the leaders and staff of the Arab World with the latest training methods in the world.
Mission:
We seek to provide strong training base to provide training and consulting services that meet all the strategic requirements for global markets in an environment built on knowledge, and through professionals Instructors in the world. Therefore, we put our goals in order to reach the highest levels of quality and creativity.
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