Strategic Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions

Course Code: FNBN 138

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Course Sector:

Finance, Accounting and Banking ,Management and Leadership

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07 - 09 Jul 2025

3 Days

Dubai, UAE

$3,250

07 - 09 Dec 2025

3 Days

El Doha , Qatar

$3,250

Introduction

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In today’s ever-changing and fast-phased business environment, it is importance for business leaders and managers to continuously develop their skills in strategic management. More so, the understanding of how finance impacts strategic decision making is significant as it provides a solid basis for an organization’s economic growth, development and success. This training course is designed to provide participants with the fundamental concepts about finance, strategic thinking, strategic management processes and its links to performance indicator systems. This will allow participants to identify and utilize techniques to effectively look into finance as basis for decision-making.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of strategic management process and its links to KPI systems as a basis for improved decision-making.
Recognize alternative sources of long-term finance, and evaluate the models of optimum capital structure and minimization of WACC
Identify and utilize techniques of DCF for evaluation of capital project investments, and capital budgeting
Assess and interpret the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, and use appropriate costing and measurement systems for more effective planning and budgeting, management of working capital and cash flow, and improved financial performance
Use the techniques of uncertainty and risk analysis and develop appropriate risk management tools, and insurance and hedging of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.

Strategic Management and Decision-Making and its Link with Financial Planning and Budgeting

Strategy and Strategic Management
Vision, Mission, and Objectives
Key Features of Strategic Decision-making
Rolling-out and Implementing Strategies
Value Creation and Maximisation of Shareholder Wealth
Corporate Objectives, Accountability, and Corporate Governance
Management Accounting and the links between Strategic Planning and Budgeting

The Financial Statements and Their Links with Planning and Financial Decisions

The Three Key Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Cash Flows
Sources of Internal and External Financing
Cost of Equity, Cost of Debt, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Capital Structure Models to minimise WACC
Preparing a long-term Financial Plan to Determine Financing Requirements

Costing Systems and Measurement Systems that Support Financial Decision-Making

Costs and Activities
Cost Behaviour
Fixed Costs and Variable Costs
Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Relationships, Break-even and Sensitivity Analysis
Direct and Indirect Costs
Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Management (ABM)
Refining the Costing System for Improved Decision-making

Capital Investment Decisions

Future Values, Present Values and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Capital Budgeting Principles
Evaluating Capital Investment Projects using Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and Payback
DCF Evaluation Methods of Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR), Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
Deciding on which Investment Appraisal Methods to use
Capital Budgeting, Capital Rationing and the Profitability Index (PI)
Further Factors to Consider in Investment Appraisal

Performance Measures and its Link to Strategic Decisions and Financial Risk Management

Linking Strategic Objectives to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a Balanced Scorecard
Obstacles to Achieving Strategic Objectives created by the Accounting and Costing System
Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
Types of Business Risk and Financial Risk
Risk Management Principles
Development of Risk Management Tools to Mitigate and Minimise Risk
Insurance and Hedging
Interest Rate Risk and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Boost certificate of completion

BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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TRAINING COURSE: Strategic Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions