Introduction
This GLOMACS training course provides professionals with the financial knowledge, analytical tools, and modelling techniques required to support strategic decision-making in today's dynamic business environment. This GLOMACS training course develops participants' ability to connect corporate strategy, financial planning, budgeting, performance management, and investment appraisal into a structured decision-making framework that enhances business value and long-term sustainability.
Organizations increasingly require managers and finance professionals to make informed decisions based on sound financial analysis, robust forecasting, and reliable financial models. Participants will learn how to construct integrated financial models, analyse strategic alternatives, evaluate investment opportunities, assess business risks, and align financial performance with organizational objectives. The training course combines financial management principles with practical modelling techniques, enabling participants to improve forecasting accuracy, optimize resource allocation, and support better strategic and operational decisions across their organizations.
This training course will highlight:
- Integrating strategy with financial planning and budgeting
- Developing robust financial models and forecasts
- Evaluating investment projects and financing options
- Applying sensitivity, scenario and risk analysis
- Linking performance measures to strategic objectives
Objectives
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Analyse strategic financial decision-making processes
- Develop integrated financial forecasting models
- Evaluate capital investment opportunities effectively
- Apply sensitivity and risk analysis techniques
- Design performance measurement frameworks
Training Methodology
This training course utilizes a highly interactive approach combining expert facilitation, practical discussions, financial modelling exercises, applied calculations, and group learning activities. Participants will explore strategic finance concepts and modelling methodologies through hands-on applications that reinforce learning and enhance decision-making capabilities. Emphasis is placed on practical implementation and real-world business relevance.
Organisational Impact
The Organisation will have the following benefits;
- Enhanced strategic financial decision-making
- Improved forecasting and planning accuracy
- Better capital allocation effectiveness
- Stronger financial risk management capabilities
- Improved performance measurement alignment
- Increased shareholder value creation potential
Personal Impact
At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following;
- Stronger financial modelling expertise
- Enhanced strategic finance understanding
- Improved investment appraisal skills
- Greater confidence in decision-making
- Advanced business performance analysis capabilities
- Better risk assessment competencies
Who should Attend?
Organizations increasingly require professionals from both finance and non-finance backgrounds to understand how financial information supports strategy execution and business decisions. This training course is designed for professionals involved in planning, budgeting, forecasting, investment analysis, performance management, and strategic decision-making.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Finance professionals and financial analysts
- Budgeting, planning and forecasting personnel
- Business and operational managers
- Project, investment and strategy professionals
- Professionals seeking stronger financial decision-making skills
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
- Forecasting revenues and costs
- 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
The Financial Statements and Their Links with Planning and Financial Decisions with help of financial modelling
- Three Key Financial Statements and their linking
- Balance Sheet integration
- Income Statement structure and modelling
- Statement of Cash Flows’ modelling
- 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
- Financial modelling assumption, best practices, creating dashboards and summaries for stakeholders
- Model review, documentation and version control
Costing Systems and Measurement Systems that Support Financial Decision-Making based on sensitivity & scenario analysis
- Costs and Activities
- Cost Behaviour
- Fixed Costs and Variable Costs
- Capital expenditures and depreciation
- Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Relationships, Break-even, margin analysis and scenario-based sensitivity analysis
- Direct and Indirect Costs
- Activity Based Costing
Capital Investment modelling and Decisions making
- 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
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, Risk Analysis, Stress testing models and decision making
- 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
- Upon 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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