[Executive Education, Inc. - Seminars for Corporate Financial Managers & Management Advisory Services]

One Day Seminar

Corporate Finance Update

Critical Concepts Shaping Today's Corporate Finances

Understanding corporate finance is a skill that separates those who will become Chief Financial Officers from those who will always remain accountants. This seminar provides a refresher on corporate finance skills for those who work or aspire to work at a CFO level.

Topics Covered Include:

  • New Ways of Using Financial Tools
    • Analyzing the financial health of the company
    • A fresh look at cash flow analysis
    • Techniques to measure financial performance
    • Critical financial aspects of business planning
  • Capital Structure and Cost of Capital
    • Everyday business economics
    • Computing the cost of capital
    • Interaction of company investment and financing decisions
    • Advanced valuation concepts
    • Techniques to value acquisition candidates
    • Costs and uses of debt and equity
  • Project Evaluation Techniques
    • Utilizing net present value techniques
    • Determining investment cash flows
    • Capital planning decision tools
    • Time is money
  • Keeping an Eye on Firm Value
    • Valuations for joint ventures and IPOs
    • Merger analysis techniques
    • "Quick" approximations of company value
    • Increasing stock price and ROI

Target Audience: Experienced Financial Managers

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Area of Study: Accounting and Auditing

CPE Credit: 8 Hours

Prerequisite: None

Author: William F. O'Brien

Acronym: CFU

Scheduling: Schedule with Corporate Financial Management or one of our other full day seminars to make a 2-day series.

Note: Bring a calculator with financial functions