Every decision made in a business has financial implications, and any decision that involves the use of money is a corporate financial decision.

This 3 day course is the "Finance for Non-Financial Managers" for executives, senior managers or corporate finance specialists who want to have a view from the top or a refresher course on the important role Finance plays in the organisation and how the processes work!   

Corporate finance consists of the financial activities related to running a corporation, usually with a division or department set up to oversee the financial activities. Corporate finance is primarily concerned with maximizing shareholder value through long-term and short-term financial planning and the implementation of various strategies. Everything from capital investment decisions to investment banking falls under the domain of corporate finance.

This 3-day course provides a complete practical guide to the mechanics of modern corporate finance.  It is applicable to any manager working in, directly working for or in need to assess a company as a stakeholder.

Key areas covered include:

• The principles of corporate finance
• The role of finance versus accounting and the purpose of creating shareholder value
• The tools available to the corporate finance department
• The financial statements and understanding the organisation through ratios.
• The fundamentals of capital markets and the time value of money
• The capital structure and the dividend policy
• The cost of capital and capital budgeting
• An introduction to company valuation
• Corporate governance and the rationale behind mergers and acquisitions

Recommended background

This course is designed for all professionals working with or working in the corporate finance department wanting to broaden their perspectives by adding a complete overview on the role corporate finance plays in an organisation.

What you will learn

You will learn the core principals and major applications of corporate finance, the differences between accounting versus finance. Learn how to evaluate the performance of the organisation through ratio's and how to calculate the organisation true cost of finance.  Explore how to create value and determine the value of an organisation.

Course format

Practice-based learning and critical engagement is a key theme through all our courses allowing delegates to acquire the needed skills and techniques to be applied as soon as they are learned and developed.

*** Being a non-finance background, this course has cleared so many basics and fundamental. Material and videos are very useful, instructor has tried to make all the concept very simple and easy to understood. Thanks.

*** The lecturer has a great ability to break down corporate finance theory in plain language and give practical examples to grasp the essential knowledge that required by a general manager.

*** A very intuitive course totally on the point of understanding things. 

*** This was an excellent course. I work in strategy but my background is commercial, which means I am accustomed to using figures provided for the company without a great deal of understanding of the concepts. This was exactly what I wanted, to help me understand the concepts behind the numbers. It was structured in a very logical way and I liked the teaching style, very clear in his communication and using real world examples to bring the ideas to life.