This training offers insights into the world of corporate finance, risk, and governance. Capital markets are central to the globalization phenomenon and essential for a well-functioning society. Because of this centrality and essential nature to societies, focus and attention must be paid to their proper functioning and oversight. To that end, this program offers an overview of the interaction between management and all other stakeholders. Diverse and complex stakeholder demands are best met by an efficient allocation of resources over an extended period.
Specify the exact nature and scope of corporate financial reporting
Identify and criticize specific concepts, rules, and procedures are in place for corporate financial reporting
Understand how & why working capital is critical in today’s world
Understand how & why capital structure can make or break a firm
Learn how capital budgeting can go so wrong if not performed properly
Identify and overcome limitations that are inherent in corporate financial reporting and/or corporate governance
Manage risk analysis & decision making
Increase skill set in all phases of finance and governance
Greater ability to participate in and to lead the finance/governance process
Recognize the increased professionalism to deal with the current and future topics
Increase recognition by the organization of their learning and professional commitment
Challenge themselves in an immersive learning environment
integrate business plans and strategic intent
Reduced inter-functional territorial battles
Risk and Compliance Managers
Middle managers who require a more in-depth understanding of the concept of governance & Risk Management for state & Public Sector
Senior Officials in national, provincial, V, and local government
Staff who support the Board or with responsibility for governance
Heads of Departments, Directors, Senior Managers, Managers, Company Secretaries, accountants and Finance Professionals responsible for Governance & Risk Management
Executives and Senior Officials of state-owned companies, and as well listed, non-listed organizations
Finance is a numbers game
Yet finance is more than the numbers
The three major components of finance
Working capital (WC) defined
Relationship to the current ratio
Components of WC
Inventory
Accounts receivable
Cash
Accounts payable
Notes payable
The critical rations to compute
What should they be & why
The questions to ask
The answers you want
What it is & why it is important
Equity capital - what it is
Equity capital – calculating it costs/required rate of return
Debt capital – what is it really
Debt capital – calculating it costs/required rate of return
Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC) – why it is so important
Calculating your WACC
When & how to use WACC
Leverage: two-edged sword - defined
Operating leverage - calculated
Financial leverage - calculated
Combined leverage – Wow! Look at the impact
Cash Flows and the Time Value of Money
Discuss the capital project evaluation process
Ideas for the future with a multiple periods horizon
Estimating cash flows within the business system
Net present value (NPV) & Internal Rate of Return (IRR) as preferred methods
Profitability Index (PI) & Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) as reasonable alternatives
Defining the approval criteria and review process
Post-implementation audits of capital projects
Refinements of Investment Analysis
Dealing with Risk and Changing Circumstances – how do we explain?
Cost of Capital and Return Standards
Benchmarking Discount & Hurdle rates
Understanding uncertainty and risk/opportunity
Identifying strategic financial risks
Identifying operational risks
Identifying functional financial risks
Assessing financial risks in each perspective
Finding our personal risk profile (appetite for risk)
Clarifying desired outcomes, expected outcomes, and actual outcomes
Performance measures – the need for FRM/ERM
Quantitative and qualitative risks
Developing FRM/ERM strategy – do we need a CRO?
Other risk issues to be concerned with: Joint ventures, alliances, product liability, environmental risk, outsourcing risk, growth risk, R&D risk, natural disasters, catastrophic risks, supply chain risk, reputation risk, and psychology of risk among others
With competition increasing every day and the mounting pressures that characterize tough economic times, you need proven marketing techniques to generate demand for your products and services. The Certified Marketing Professional training course offers a variety of important marketing concepts that will give you solid knowledge about conventional marketing topics such as marketing planning, marketing audit, marketing communications, and marketing research. It is a must for professionals who would like to exploit marketing arenas for the first time or wish to refresh their marketing know-how.
Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) is a credential that recognizes your competence and talents in the hotel industry. It honors General Managers and Hospitality Executives’ leadership and management abilities and provides them with more prospects for advancement. CHA Certified Hotel Administrator credential is one of the most prestigious certifications available.
This course is designed for IT professionals who are looking to take on the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in an organization. The course will cover key concepts and skills in information security, including risk management, security governance, incident response, and compliance.
The Service Operation (SO) module is one of the certifications within the ITIL Service Lifecycle workstream. This module focuses on the principles, processes, operational activities, and functions that enable organizations and individuals to successfully manage how their products and services perform. These activities can also help improve their IT service management.
The SO module focuses on the coordination and execution of activities that enable the ongoing management and operation of the products or services developed or implemented during the service strategy, design, and transition phases of the IT Service Lifecycle as well as any technology and support resources that are used to deliver them.
The course covers management and control of activities and techniques that are documented in the ITIL Service Operation publication, but it does not provide the full detail of each supporting process. More information about these processes can be found in the Operational Support and Analysis module from the Service Capability workstream.
Understanding of Service Operation best practice enables organizations and IT teams to effectively sustain and maintain the products and services they develop and ensure that they provide efficient resources for their users.
The leadership bears new responsibilities and burdens posed by the successive challenges of change in the era of globalization, the communications revolution and the Internet sovereignty that have begun and will not end.
Together, these factors lead to the need to ascertain the readiness of the executive leader and his ability to deal with these challenges of a strategic nature and adapt them to serve the purposes, goals, and objectives of the institution and achieve its higher mission.