(Formerly named Finance for Executives)

2008 Dates:   TBD     2008 Cost:   $3,800

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Overview

Understanding how to analyze financial data is a critical element of strategy, operations, and overall company success. Executives today require even greater financial knowledge for managing resources than ever before.  In this seminar you will apply proven analytical tools to improve your overall profitability.

Who Should Attend

• Mid/senior level managers through executives
• with financial responsibility
• who need an advanced review of financial analysis and decision-making
• Positions include: financial analysts, accountants, budget analysts, VPs, senior and executive VPs, business unit leaders, general managers, controllers, R&D, engineering, operations, marketing and sales

Key Benefits

• Understand the financial underpinnings of company valuation with possible M&A targets
• Measure and manage financial risk
• Master a structured and accurate approach to estimating financial impacts of new business opportunities
• Benchmark your corporate performance against peers
• Accurately assess company value using real values/factors vs. using estimates of growth projections
• Better assess capital planning to accurately measure ROI and how different projects impact cash flow
• Evaluate share price based upon free cash flow and synergies from possible M&A activities

Program Content

Analyzing Shareholder Value

Performance analysis-profitability, liquidity, leverage, working capital activity Pro forma financial statement projections Discounted net cash inflows

Value Based Management and Shareholder Value Creation

Market value added analysis Economic value added analysis NPV analysis-assessing free cash flow NPV analysis and capital budgeting Internal rates of return and hurdle rates Weighted average cost of capital Sources of equity risk

Cost of Capital and Company Valuation

Cost of financing sources and cost of capital Financial multiples and valuation Valuation and value drivers

Case Studies and Labs

Lights and Shades - participants make decisions on whether to invest in retooling an operation or not, using NPV and free cash flow Diamond Chemicals - participants as general managers decide whether to invest in a major capital budgeting initiative using IRR and NPV calculations Mega Communications - participants analyze pre and post acquisition while evaluating benefits and risks

Faculty

The Advanced Financial Decision-Making Seminar will be lead by a core team of our outstanding finance faculty.

Participant Comments

“Great experience! Information that will help me not only with my current position and responsibilities, but also with future company goals and growth.”

“The program was top-notch and very conducive to learning. The support staff was super and the instructors focused on making the training understandable while relating it to real business examples.”