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The Oxford Advanced Finance Programme

An Interactive 10-Day Training Course

The Oxford Advanced Finance Programme

Modern Techniques in Decision Making Process and their Applications

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
15 - 26 Jun 2026 London $ 11,900
27 Jul - 07 Aug 2026 Paris $ 11,900
21 Sep - 02 Oct 2026 Amsterdam $ 11,900
05 - 16 Oct 2026 London $ 11,900
16 - 27 Nov 2026 London $ 11,900
30 Nov - 11 Dec 2026 Amsterdam $ 11,900
04 - 15 Jan 2027 London $ 11,900

Full outline shall be posted soon.

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Course Outline

Module I: Understanding Finance to Influence Strategic Decisions

Day 1

Linking Strategic Management and Decision-Making with Financial Planning and Budgeting

  • Strategy and Strategic Management
  • Vision, Mission, and Objectives
  • Key Features of Strategic Decision-making
  • Rolling-out and Implementing Strategies
  • Value Creation and Maximisation of Shareholder Wealth
  • Corporate Objectives, Accountability, and Corporate Governance
  • Management Accounting and the links between Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Day 2

The Financial Statements and Their Links with Planning and Financial Decisions

  • The Three Key Financial Statements
  • Balance Sheet
  • Income Statement
  • Statement of Cash Flows
  • Sources of Internal and External Financing
  • Cost of Equity, Cost of Debt, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
  • Capital Structure Models to minimise WACC
  • Preparing a long-term Financial Plan to Determine Financing Requirements
Day 3

Costing Systems and Measurement Systems that Support Financial Decision-Making

  • Costs and Activities
  • Cost Behaviour
  • Fixed Costs and Variable Costs
  • Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Relationships, Break-even and Sensitivity Analysis
  • Direct and Indirect Costs
  • Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Management (ABM)
  • Refining the Costing System for Improved Decision-making
Day 4

Capital Investment Decisions

  • Future Values, Present Values and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
  • Capital Budgeting Principles
  • Evaluating Capital Investment Projects using Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and Payback
  • DCF Evaluation Methods of Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR), Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
  • Deciding on which Investment Appraisal Methods to use
  • Capital Budgeting, Capital Rationing and the Profitability Index (PI)
  • Further Factors to Consider in Investment Appraisal
Day 5

Linking Performance Measures to Strategic Decisions and Financial Risk Management

  • Linking Strategic Objectives to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a Balanced Scorecard
  • Obstacles to Achieving Strategic Objectives created by the Accounting and Costing System
  • Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
  • Types of Business Risk and Financial Risk
  • Risk Management Principles
  • Development of Risk Management Tools to Mitigate and Minimise Risk
  • Insurance and Hedging
  • Interest Rate Risk and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Module II: Financial Analysis, Planning & Control

Day 6

The Challenge of Financial Economic Decision-Making

  • The Practice of Financial / Economic Analysis
  • The Value-creating Company
  • Corporate Value and Shareholder Value
  • A Dynamic Perspective of Business
  • The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance
  • What information and data to use?
  • The Nature of Financial Statements
  • The Context of Financial Analysis and Decision-making
Day 7

Assessment of Business Performance

  • Ratio Analysis and Business Performance
  • Management’s Point of View
  • Owners’ Point of View
  • Lenders’ Point of View
  • Ratios as a System – Pyramids of Ratios
  • Integration of Financial Performance Analysis
  • Economic Value Added (EVA)
  • Predicting Financial Distress and Z-score Model
Day 8

Analysis of Investment Decisions

  • Applying Time-adjusted Measures
  • Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)
  • Strategic Perspective
  •  EVA and NPV
  • Refinements of Investment Analysis
  • Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
  • Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Simulation, and NPV Break-even
  • Dealing with Risk and Changing Circumstances
Day 9

Projection of Financial Requirements

  • Interrelationship of Financial Projections
  • Operating Budgets
  • Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
  • Cash Forecasts and Cash Budgets
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Dynamics and Growth of the Business System
  • Operating Leverage
  • Financial Growth Plans
  • Financial Modelling
Day 10

Valuation and Business Performance

  • Managing for Shareholder Value
  • Shareholder Value Creation in Perspective
  • Evolution of Value-based Methodologies
  • Creating Value in Restructuring and Combinations
  • Financial Strategy in Acquisitions
  • Business Valuation
  • Business Restructuring and Reorganisations
  • Management Buy Outs (MBOs) and Management Buy Ins (MBIs)
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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