Course Code: FNBN 199
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Strategic Financial Management: Essential Skills for Success
Course Sector:
Finance, Accounting and Banking
Course Dates and Locations
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Date
Days
Location
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Enrollment
01
15 - 19 Sep 2025
5 Days
Dubai, UAE
$4,250
02
08 - 12 Dec 2025
5 Days
Dubai, UAE
$4,250
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief

Financial strategy is an organizational change-maker. Why?

Because, over and above operating profit, financial strategy is concerned with the ways in which organizations may create corporate value and reflect the increased shareholder value with the primary aim of maximization of shareholder wealth. All organizations aim to optimise operating profit by increasing revenue streams and reducing operating costs. An understanding of financial strategy and the development of its associated financial skills further builds on that through evaluation and adoption of the appropriate financial strategies necessary for an organization to survive and grow and achieve its long-term objectives.

This  Financial Strategy training course provides the participants with the essential skills and tools of financial strategy, and corporate finance, which is concerned with the effective use of financial resources to create corporate value. These skills are vital in today’s global consumer and capital markets where competition is fierce for both investors and customers. This leading edge training course combines up-to-date theory with hands-on experience of developing powerful financial models and tools to equip the participants to take an active role the development and application of financial and business strategy.

Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
  • Actively partake in strategic analysis and formulation
  • Develop vital measures of financial performance and strength
  • Design funding and capital structure strategies
  • Build financial models to manage cash flow, risk, and investment decisions
  • Advice on capital investment decision-making
  • Provide insights into long-term business growth strategies
Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most
  • Head Office Team Members
  • Strategy, Budgeting and Planning Managers
  • Finance and Treasury Professionals
  • Capital Investment Managers and Analysts
  • Investment Analysts and Advisers
Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes

Business and Financial Strategy – The Vital Link 

  • The Purpose and Goals of the Firm

  • The Aims and Principles of Competitive Strategy

  • The Role of Financial Strategy in Business Success

  • Tools for Strategic Analysis and Strategy Development

  • Building a Winning Business Model

  • Implementing an Effective Performance Management System

  • Financial Planning: Budgeting and Beyond

Financial Performance Management

  • Understanding, Analysing and Interpreting Financial Statements

  • Agency Theory and its Impact on the Business’s Goals

  • Investor and Stock Market Behaviour: Share Price Drivers

  • Key Concepts in Measuring Shareholder Value

  • Understanding Cost Behaviour and Profit

  • Measuring and Improving Return on Investment

  • A Strategic Approach to Cost Reduction

  • Managing and Enhancing Shareholder Value

Funding Strategy and Liquidity Management 

  • Sources of Business Finance: Equity and Debt

  • Financial Gearing – Risk and Impact on Profitability

  • Calculating Company Cost of Capital and its Implications

  • Optimum Capital Structure: Theory and Practice

  • Cash Flow and Liquidity Management

  • Designing and Building Financial Models in Excel

  • Financial Model Application: Cash Flow Forecasting

  • Predicting Corporate Distress and Failure

Capital Investment Strategy and Risk Management Strategy   

  • Capital Investment Management

  • Using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Tools in Excel

  • Tools for Capital Investment Appraisal and Decision-making

  • Financial Model Application: Capital Investment Appraisal Analysis

  • An Integrated Approach to Risk Management

  • Tools for Identifying and Analysing Business Risk

  • Using Financial Instruments to Manage Financial Risk

  • Decision-making under Conditions of Risk

Corporate Governance: Defending and Growing the Business 

  • Purpose and Principles of Corporate Governance

  • Long-term Business Growth Strategies

  • Why even great companies can fail?

  • Understanding Business Model Disruption

  • Innovation Killers

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Business Restructuring and Reorganisation

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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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