Strategic Finance Programme
| Start Date: | February, 2018 | End Date: | June, 2018 |
| Programme Fee: |
35000 INR Plus, GST |
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The business and financial environment is dramatically changing for firms owing to the impact of a variety of factors such as:
1. Changing macro-economic fundamentals primarily due to the decline in oil prices.
2. Rapidly increasing scale and geographic scope of business operations.
3. Emergence of vibrant financial markets with opportunities to access a wider set of innovative financing choices.
4. The greater demand for information sharing and transparency with financial markets and other key stakeholders.
5. Increasing globalization and greater exposure to risks and uncertainties, and
6. The increased merger and buyout activities driven by private equity and the need to enhance corporate valuations.
The Strategic Finance Programme will help you to think beyond finance and appreciate the big picture of organization-wide concerns. You will learn how to make better strategic financial decisions, build strategic partnerships with shareholders, bankers and other key stakeholders. You will learn about the emerging trends and challenges in finance such as currency risk, mergers and acquisitions, and behavioral biases of investors and managers. You will gain in-depth understanding of the importance of aligning finance with leadership, strategy, and execution.
Programme Design
The programme is uniquely designed to enhance learning by judiciously mixing the classroom contact with practical assignments which the participants would be able to implement at their work place. This will enable the participants to Strategic Finance Programme February 2018 – June 2018
implement their classroom learning in the field and realize the practical value and the relevance of the learning.
Keeping in view the requirements of the target audience and given the objectives of providing quality education and delivering the same in a cost-effective and convenient manner, the programme design comprises learning through both classroom contacts and work-place based assignments. The programme consists of modules that cover the strategic as well as operational aspect of the management of finance function. Each module would be supported by readings, cases and exercises relevant to the participants. During the intervening period between the class room sessions, the participants will able to seek the guidance of the Programme faculty.
The Programme would be delivered through classroom sessions over 18 days, spread across five months. 12 days of the Programme would be held in Dubai, and 6 days would be held at IIM Ahmedabad campus in India.
Programme Details
Dates : Programme starts on February 8, 2018
(Classes will be on weekends every 3-4 weeks)
Timings : 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Venue : 12 days in Dubai, 6 days at IIM Ahmedabad campus.
For further details, please contact
Mr. Ashwin Joshi
IIMA Executive Education, Dubai Branch | www.iima.ae
T: +971 585976526 | E: head-sgd@iima.ac.in
Financial reporting and analysis
• Analysis of financial statements
• Challenges in financial reporting
• Contemporary accounting issues
Strategic cost management
• Review of costing methods
• Performance evaluation and control
• Responsibility centres
• Issues in transfer pricing
• Balanced score card approach
Understanding of financial markets
• Models of equilibrium risk and return
• The state of market efficiency
• Influence of market irrationality
Corporate finance decisions and financial markets
• Investments decisions
• Determination of hurdle rates for businesses
• Optimizing capital structure
• Fund raising in the markets
• Risk management
Valuation and M&A
• Valuation of businesses
• Financing and structuring of M&A deals
• Post-acquisition integration challenges
Business strategy and corporate finance
• Integration of business and financial strategies
• Business partnership models
Behavioural finance
• Influence of irrationality in financial markets
• Corporate finance decisions and market irrationality
Negotiation skills
• Developing negotiation strategies
• Managing a negotiating team
• Deal making within and between organisations
• Negotiating in a global environment
Self-learning and leadership in organisations
• Leading people in organisations
• Team building
• Building organisation culture of performance
Project Presentations
The Programme is primarily designed for CFOs, investment bankers, financial analysts, business consultants, and senior finance managers with at least 10 years of work experience and holding a middle to senior level managerial responsibility. Examples of functions and titles may include CFOs, GMs, treasurers, controllers, VPs of finance, and other senior level financial positions—from any company, any industry, and any country.
How You Will Benefit
• Learn new techniques and approaches in finance, strategy, and leadership
• Develop strategic skills in the context of financial leadership and adding value to the organization
• Transition from being an information provider and controller to a strategic partner in the business growth
• Develop capabilities to drive corporate performance with emphasis on strategy execution
• Gain a greater understanding of current challenges in the finance function
• Improve negotiation skills with outside entities such as financial institutions and other functions within the organisation
• Assess and enhance your personal leadership style
• With emphasis on individual and collaborative learning, the Programme will be taught through the case method.
• For every topic, the background reading material will be provided and a case will be used for class discussion.
• The Programme is intensive and the participants will need to commit a certain amount of time every week for self-learning.
