Financial Management Masterclass - Virtual Learning
5 Days
1620 Sessions
Starting from USD 2,000
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Course Outline
Module I: Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control
Day 1
Corporate Financial Planning
- Strategic Planning
- The Objective of the Firm – Meeting Shareholder & Stakeholder Objectives
- Agency Theory – The Relationship between Shareholders & Management
- Creative Accounting and the Case of Enron
- Financial Management & Financial Planning – The Scope, Role & Responsibilities of Financial Management
- Preparing a Financial Plan – The Master Budget
- Forecasting Future Cash-flows and Financial Modelling
- Time Series Analysis, Correlation & Regression
Day 2
Financing the Plan
- Sources of Finance – Long Term & Short Term
- Evaluation of the Types of Finance - Equity vs. Debt Finance
- Hybrid Finance & Financial Engineering
- The Dividend Decision
- The Cost of Capital and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
- Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Capital Rationing & Payback
Day 3
Preparing & Managing Budgets to Support the Financial Plans
- Definition of Budgets, the Budgetary Process and Budgetary Control
- Types of Budgets-Fixed, Flexible, Incremental and Zero Based
- The Purpose / Benefits & Problems / Limitations of Budgets
- Setting / Implementing Effective Budgets - Eliminating the Problems
- Responsibility Accounting and Absorption Costing
- Activity-Based Budgeting / Costing (ABB, ABC)
- Variance Analysis, Cost Behaviour, Break Even Analysis & Sensitivity / What If Analysis
- What-If Analysis combined with Du-Pont Analysis
Day 4
Managing and Controlling Cash Flow to Support the Financial Plan
- Cash vs. Profit & The Cash Conversion Cycle
- Calculating and Managing the Cash flow Cycle
- Cash Flow Ratios
- Working Capital
- The Cost of Maintaining Working Capital
- Maintaining the Optimum Level of Working Capital
- Working Investment Ratios
- Preparing a Monthly Cash Flow Forecast
Day 5
Managing Financial Risk
- Risk Management & Types of Risk
- Identifying Risk – SWOT Analysis
- The Major Quantitative & Qualitative Risks Facing Companies
- Establishing a Risk Management Strategy
- Financial Risk Management & Hedging Techniques
- Managing Exchange Rate & Interest Rate Risk
- Derivatives-Forwards, Futures, Options & Swaps
- Risk Management Glossary of Terms
Module II: Advanced Financial Statements Analysis
Day 6
Introduction to Advanced Financial Analysis
- Why analyse financial data?
- Who are the users of Financial Information?
- Sources of Financial Information
- Published Annual Reports and Accounts – What is their purpose?
- The Structure and Contents of an Annual Report and Accounts
- Creative Accounting, Financial Scandals, and the Agency Problem
- Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Ethics and Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting
- The Three Main Financial Statements
- Income Statement
- Balance Sheet
- Statement of Cash Flows
Day 7
Analysing the Annual Report and Accounts
- Using Ratio and Other Analyses of the Annual Report and Accounts to Assess Financial Position and Financial Performance
- Profitability and Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
- Efficiency and Working Capital
- Liquidity and the Short-term Solvency
- Investment and Growth
- Financial Structure and Long-term Solvency
- Ratio Analysis using Excel
- Excel Trend Analysis using Common-size Horizontal Analysis and Vertical Analysis for Comparability
Day 8
Analytical Tools, Cash vs. Profit and the Cash Forecast
- The Dupont System of Ratio Analysis and Pyramids of Ratios
- Segmental Analysis and Value Added Analysis of the Annual Report and Accounts
- The Fundamental Statistical Tools and Graphical Representations
- Using Statistical Techniques to Analyse and Forecast Financial Data
- The Impact of Alternative Asset Valuation Methods on the Balance Sheet and Profitability
- Cash flow vs. Profit – The Best Measure of Financial Performance
- Working Capital and the Cash Flow Operating Cycle
- Direct and Indirect Cash Flow Analysis and the Cash Flow Forecast
Day 9
Financing the Business, Capital Investment Project and Business Valuation
- Analysis of the Balance Sheet to Identify Long-term Debt and Equity, and Short-term Financing
- Capital Cost Models: Cost of Equity using Dividend Growth and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Cost of Debt
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Optimal Capital Structure Models to Minimise WACC
- Future Values, Present Values, and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Using Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) and Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC) to Analyse and Evaluate Capital Projects
- The Reasons for Business Valuations
- Business Valuation Models
Day 10
Analysing and Predicting Corporate Failure, Business and Financial Risk
- Predicting Financial Distress and Corporate Railure – The Altman Z-score Model
- Risk and Uncertainty
- Risk Analysis using Expected Values, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation
- Sensitivity, Simulation, Scenario and Break-even Analysis Techniques
- The Analytical Tools to Manage Risk
- Systematic Risk, Unsystematic Risk, Business Risk and Financial Risk
- Financial Risk– Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Exposures
- Using Insurance, Hedging and Derivatives to Mitigate and Minimise risk
2026 Schedule & Fees
Course Fees Starting From
USD
2,000
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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