The Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme

Introduction

This 10-day GLOMACS, The Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme training seminar brings together some of the most important areas of management, leadership, and financial management: Mastering People Management & Team Leadership Skills, and Financial Analysis, Planning and Control.

It will help business professionals:

• Stand back from the detail of their everyday specialism and appreciate the bigger picture required of management roles
• Apply effective people management skills confidently
• Use the financial techniques of planning and control
• Improve performance from the use of the tools of financial analysis
• Preparation financial projection models to determine the financing needs of the business

Modules

This training course is split into the following modules:

Module I - Mastering People Management & Team Leadership

Module II - Financial Analysis, Planning & Control

Objectives

By the end of this training seminar, delegates will be able to:

• Understanding your role as manager and leader
• Establishing clear objectives and standards of performance for your team
• Managing your workload using effective prioritisation, delegation and information management techniques
• Maximising your influencing skills
• Developing and leveraging the capabilities of team members

Methodology

The management and leadership elements of this training seminar use a range of approaches to learning, including experiential group activities, individual exercises, mini case studies, role plays and syndicate discussions.

The financial elements of this training course include numerous practical examples and real life illustrations. The training methodology combines presentations, discussions, team exercises and case studies. The emphasis is on gaining the theoretical knowledge and practical application of all the topics covered.

Organisational Impact

• Managers who have shared and practised different ways of performing the key leadership functions offer increased self-awareness, flexibility and confidence
• Able to stand back from the everyday detail and focus on longer-term organisational needs secure in the knowledge that their team are competent and motivated to deal with operational tasks
• An increase in the ability of their managers to understand and analyse the key financial statements
• Anticipate the financial factors that form the basis of strategic decision-making, which should ultimately result in better planning, and improved company performance
• All the topics in this seminar are considered in the context of maximisation of shareholder wealth, which is the primary objective of all commercial organisations

Personal Impact

• Delegates will be exposed to a range of different approaches to leadership and management practice, allowing them to select those most suitable for their situation and personal style
• Delegates will have the chance to experiment with key techniques before applying them in the workplace and will help them build the confidence to move beyond traditional assumptions about the ‘right’ way to manage
• Delegates will have the opportunity to broaden their financial knowledge to enable them to develop and manage the financial aspects of their role more effectively and improve performance
• Delegates will acquire the ability, when involved in decisions about investment, operations, or financing, to choose the most appropriate tools from the wide variety of financial techniques available to provide a quantitative analysis
• Delegates should leave the seminar with a better understanding of the financial tools and techniques that support an organisation’s planning and control, with regard to their own departments or business units, as well as their companies