All delegates must be registered to be able to participate in training and to be eligible to receive qualifying hours
Strategic Finance Series - Session 1: Value Creation Management
Wednesday 5th October 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
Strategic Finance Series - Session 2: Profit and Asset Management
Wednesday 19th October 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
Strategic Finance Series - Session 3: Cash Flow Management
Wednesday 2nd November 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
Strategic Finance Series - Session 4: Business Growth which Creates Value
Wednesday 16th November 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
Strategic Finance Series - Session 5: Business Acquisitions which Create Value
Wednesday 30th November 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
Strategic Finance Series - Session 6: Financial Risk Management to Achieve and Retain the Rewards
Wednesday 14th December 2011, 11:00am to 12:30pm (AEDT) Recording Expiry Date: 16 March 2012
How do you build sustainable value for your business, attract investors and increase the value of your share price? How can you make your business acquisition successful? How do you build a successful investment portfolio, identify value investments and increase the return on your investments? All while managing financial risk.
This 6 part series will answer these questions for you and provide you with tools and strategies to add value to your business and reduce financial risk.
Register for the Series Package to receive 10% discount off individual session pricing.
Series outline
The foundations of building sustainable value for your business, successful investments, business acquisitions and share price increases are:
A focus on Value Creation
Excellent profit and asset management
Sustainable cash flow
Sustainable business growth
Wise business acquisitions
Financial risk management to ensure that the rewards are achieved and retained
This Strategic Finance Series focuses on the principles underpinning these foundations as well as the financial tools and measures which are essential for effectively analysing investments, delivering consistent and significant share price increases, identifying attractive acquisition targets and successful post acquisition strategies.
Session 1: Value Creation Management
Value creation is the foundation of improving business value. Value creation occurs when the return on capital employed exceeds the cost of capital.
The focus of this session is to explore the strategies and actions which significantly improve Value Creation.
Delegates will gain an understanding of:
Principles of Value Creation
The most important value creation measures
Developing a value creation model
The major value creation drivers
Reporting Value Creation
Practical tips for non-financial management to understand and implement the concepts
Case studies to illustrate significant value creation
Session 2: Profit and Asset Management
Profit and asset management are the major components of value creation. Excellence in value creation depends on managing the relationship between them.
The focus of this session is to explore the strategies and actions which significantly create value by profit and asset management.
Delegates will explore:
Developing an integrated Profit and Asset Management model
The major profit drivers
The major asset management drivers
Profit and asset management reporting which focusses on Value Creation
Practical tips for non-financial management to understand and implement the concepts
Case studies to illustrate significant value creation by profit and asset management strategies and actions
Session 3: Cash Flow Management
Sustainable Cash Flow is the most important indicator of a business’s financial health.
The focus of this session is to explore the strategies and actions which significantly improve cash flow and create value.
Delegates will explore:
Developing a Cash Flow model
The major cash flow drivers
Cash flow reporting which focusses on Value Creation
Practical tips for non-financial management to understand and implement cash flow improvements
Case studies illustrating excellent cash flow management
Session 4: Business Growth which Creates Value
Sustainable business growth can create significant value for shareholders.
Value creating growth depends on the right relationship between profit, asset and cash flow management.
Delegates will explore:
Developing a Value Creation model which incorporates growth
The Self Funding Growth Model
The major factors that drive and limit business growth
Reporting growth and Value Creation
Practical tips for non-financial management to understand and implement the concepts
Case studies which illustrate value creating growth
Session 5: Business Acquisitions which Create Value
Business acquisitions should create value however researchers have found that over 70% of business acquisitions fail to create value.
Business acquisition analysis which significantly improves value creation will be the focus of this session.
Make wise business acquisition decisions. Know when to proceed, and when to walk away from a business acquisition.
Delegates will explore:
The rules for successful acquisitions which create value
Financial analysis of an acquisition
The major factors that drive successful business acquisitions
Will the price lead to value creation?
What to do after the acquisition to create value?
Practical tips for non-financial management to understand and implement the concepts
Case studies illustrating value creating business creating acquisitions
Session 6: Financial Risk Management to Achieve and Retain the Rewards
Without risk-taking there is no profit.
Intelligent risk-taking means enjoying the rewards of risk while managing the downside. Managing financial risk effectively requires looking for the right things, in the right places.
Recent experience demonstrates that the traditional financial risk management tools appear to be faulty. What better thinking and tools are available to effectively manage financial risks so as to create business value? How can risk management put you in a better position to take advantage of opportunities than your competitors?
We promise a stimulating discussion of leading financial risk management thinking and recent events, with its business application in the global economy of today and beyond.
Delegates will explore:
The 6 rules for risk
The Financial Risk Management Process
Identifying thefinancial risks which significantly affect the business (including making or breaking the business).
What can be done to protect against the adverse impact of these risks, while enjoying the benefits of intelligent risk-taking?
What strategies and actions significantly improve financial risk management and create value?
How to avoid the most common risk management mistakes
Effective reporting of financial risks.
Case studies which illustrate effective financial risk management
Benefits of attending
By attending this series you will gain an insight and a practical approach on building business value, effectively analysing investments, delivering consistent and significant share price increases, identifying attractive acquisitions targets and successful postacquisition strategies.
Workshop inclusions
All delegates will receive a copy of the presentation and any handouts.
CPE Hours
Earn up to 9 CPE hours for the Series or 1.5 CPE hours per session.
