Finance for Senior Executives

Finance

Objectives:

- Make informed strategic decisions regarding capital structure
- Utilize capital markets for the most profitable outcomes
- balance profit, growth, and control in dynamic environments
- Implement restructuring strategies
- Understand the implications of financial reports
- Develop successful and realistic performance plans, incentives, and financial controls at corporate and divisional levels
- Recognize and address biases within financial systems and structures
- identify the best performance metrics
- Forecast and monitor outcomes with greater confidence
- Become a more effective leader through greater financial acumen
- Communicate effectively about finance with executives from all functional areas
- Engage in more productive discussions with financial specialists in your organization and ask the right questions
- address the concerns of colleagues who are not financial specialists and present information in ways that support their decision-making
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can Provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Outline:

Module 1: The role and tools of finance
Module 2: Performance and compensation
Module 3: Capital markets and financial institutions
Module 4: Growth, profit, and investors

Methodology:

Through a rich learning experience that includes dynamic faculty presentations, case studies, interactive classroom sessions, and structured and informal group activities that explore the fundamentals of finance for executives, as well as the managerial context in which strategic choices require investor support. Topics include: