In today’s competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills in the hands of experienced senior executives can provide a formidable competitive advantage.

• Introduction to Financial Analysis
• Using Ratio Analysis
• Understanding Budgetary Control
• Monitoring and controlling budgets
• Financial Reporting Standards
• Forecasting Future Cash-flows and Financial Modeling
• Setting / Implementing Effective Budgets – Eliminating the Problems
• Cash vs. Profit & The Cash Conversion Cycle.
• Identifying Risk – SWOT Analysis

At the end of the programme participants will be able to:
1. Explain the requirements for segment reporting, calculate and interpret segment ratio
2. Describe tools and techniques used financial analysis, include there uses and limitation
3. Classify, calculate, and interpret activity, liquidity, solvency, profitability and valuation ratios
4. Describe relationships among ratios and evaluate a company using ratio analysis
5. Recognize and apply international reporting standards

Project Managers, Senior Managers, Engagement Managers, Account Managers, Onsite Coordinators, Delivery Managers, Functional Managers, Programme Managers, Directors, Executives, Sponsors, CEOs, Auditors, Accountants.