Finances Programmes and Executive Coaching

Ignorance is no longer an excuse.Directors and senior managers can no longer rely with blind faith on the Finance Director. A director  is expected to familiarise her/himself with the financial  impact of  business decisions.

We can provide executives with one to one coaching on the topic with electronic remote support if required.

Any in company finance programme needs to take cognisance of the participants’ needs to ensure that the pitch is right.In addition such programmes are enriched when the organisation’s own issues are addressed. This can take the form of the actual statutory accounts and/or the management accounts actually being analysed and discussed.

Participation from the finance function is imperative.

The programmes are highly practical with numerous case study work. Case studies can be written to look at the organisation and/or competitors. Pre course activities can also be designed and some activities will be suggested post the programme to strengthen the ongoing learning and development.

As a prelude why not try out our quiz in the download section?

The following is a list of topics/items that could be addressed:

The role of finance in business
Financial strategy
Governance and legal issues
Basic concepts eg Depreciation
Terminology explained
Basic profit & loss/Income statement ,balance sheet and cash flow construction.
Walking through a full set of accounts.
Financial analysis: a framework
Typical ratios
Working capital
Cash Flow: calculation, analysis and forecasts
Creative accounting:getting behind the figures
Sources of finance
Management accounting issues
Break even analysis
Budgetary management
Cost of capital
Project appraisal techniques
Company valuations
The Stock Market’s approach
Company failures
Insolvency issues
Restructures and workouts
Reading the Financial Times