Opleiding: Corporate Financial Strategies - Brussels

"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