Financial Strategy Essential Strategic Finance Skills

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09 Nov 2025 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Financial Strategy Essential Strategic Finance Skills

Introduction

This training provides an understanding of the essential fundamentals of corporate finance, financial strategy, and financial management. Contemporary practical examples are presented together with the theoretical principles to make the theory come to life. The overriding objective of this training is to present a number of integrated and powerful principles to help develop analytical skills and the decision-making capacity of the participants. It will enable you to:

  • Appreciate the importance of using the appropriate financial strategy to create shareholder value above market expectations
  • Consider how corporate behavior impacts the achievement of corporate objectives and the importance of corporate governance
  • Understand financial strategy relating to stages of corporate development and costing
  • Use and evaluate the various techniques of capital investment appraisal
  • Effectively manage cash and working capital to reduce costs and improve cash flow

Objectives

    At the end of this Training delegates will be able to:

    • Use and evaluate the various techniques of capital investment appraisal
    • Develop appropriate financial strategies
    • Relate financial strategy to business strategy
    • Effectively manage cash and working capital to reduce costs and improve cash flow

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

  • Finance Executive and financial professionals involved in the development and delivery of financial strategy
  • Junior Executives and financial professionals seeking career advancement and development
  • Senior and experienced professionals and finance professionals seeking either CPD or a valuable and stimulating “refresher”

Course Outline

Day 1: Financial Strategy and Corporate Behavior

  • Corporate Objectives and Financial Strategy
  • Financial Statements – Analysis and interpretation (Part 1)
  • Risk and Company Financing
  • Cost of Equity and Debt Capital
  • Agency Theory
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Statements regulatory

Day 2: Financial Strategy and Stages of Corporate Development

  • Cost and Value
  • Cost Analysis and control
  • Strategic approaches to cost reduction and cost management
  • Cost Structure and breakeven
  • New theories and practice in cost analysis. control and management
  • Value management
  • Value-based pricing
  • The value chain
  • Financial strategy and integrated cost/value analysis

Day 3: Costs & Value Management

  • Cost and Value
  • Cost Analysis and control
  • Strategic approaches to cost reduction and cost management
  • Cost Structure and breakeven
  • New theories and practice in cost analysis. control and management
  • Value management
  • Value-based pricing
  • The value chain
  • Financial strategy and integrated cost/value analysis

Day 4: Budgeting, Planning and Business Strategy

  • Strategy models
  • Business Strategy related to financial strategy
  • Planning and budgeting models
  • Linking budgets to business and financial strategy
  • Build Managing
  • Delegating budgets effectively
  • Beyond Budgeting

Day 5: Investment Strategy

  • Capital Investment Decisions
    • Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
    • Evaluating Capital Investment Projects
    • Comparison of Alternative Methods of Investment Appraisal
    • Capital Budgeting
  • Restructuring, Reorganizations, Mergers, and Acquisitions
    • Reasons and Justifications for Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Share Valuation Models and Financing Acquisitions
    • Financial Strategy in Acquisitions and Takeover Bid Defenses
    • Business Restructuring and Reorganizations

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