Additional information
| Course Duration | |
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| Training Location | |
| Delivery Format |
- From: Aug 16, 2027
- To: Aug 20, 2027
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Duration:
5 Days
- Location:
Course Code: AX-FIN-004
Understanding Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions
Successful Strategic Decision-Making Through Financial Insight
$5,950.00
Course Information
Course Overview
This practical Understanding Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions course provides participants with an intermediate-to-advanced understanding of how financial information, analysis, and financial management techniques influence strategic business decisions.
Participants will learn how to connect strategic planning, financial planning, budgeting, investment decisions, performance measurement, and financial risk management to support stronger organizational performance and long-term value creation.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the relationship between finance, strategy, and strategic decision-making.
- Interpret the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Cash Flows.
- Connect financial planning and budgeting with strategic objectives.
- Apply appropriate costing, budgeting, and financial performance measurement techniques.
- Use Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP), break-even, and sensitivity analysis to support decisions.
- Understand sources of long-term finance and the principles of capital structure and WACC.
- Evaluate investment opportunities using DCF, NPV, IRR, MIRR, ARR, Payback, and Profitability Index.
- Link strategic objectives with KPIs and Balanced Scorecard performance measures.
- Identify and assess business and financial risks.
- Apply appropriate approaches to financial risk management, including insurance and hedging.
- Understand and assess interest rate and foreign exchange risk.
- Make better-informed strategic recommendations using financial evidence and analysis.
Who Should Attend
- Senior and Middle Managers
- General and Business Unit Managers
- Project Managers and Project Controls Professionals
- Estimating and Costing Professionals
- Commercial Managers
- Operations and Engineering Professionals
- Asset Management Professionals
- Sales and Marketing Managers
- Human Resources Professionals
- Business Development Professionals
- Financial Analysts and Accountants
- Strategic Planning and Investment Professionals
Course Outline
This course covers the following core modules:
- Strategic Finance, Planning and Decision-Making
- Financial Statements, Costing and Budgeting
- Capital Investment Appraisal and Financing Decisions
- Performance Measurement and Strategic Financial Management
- Financial Risk Management and Strategic Decision-Making
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