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Finance for Executives

Claim Your Seat In Financial Discussions

Marian PowersWhether you are new to finance or just want to sharpen your skills, this course will improve your ability to interpret financial reports and speak credibly to the financials of your organization. Senior faculty create a collaborative learning environment where you delve into concepts in order to better understand and predict the financial implications of managerial decisions. The program provides a comprehensive view of shareholder value creation and the key role managers play in the process.
Upcoming Sessions (Fee includes lodging and most meals)
Session Date Cost
October 7-12, 2012 $9,500 Apply
April 28 - May 3, 2013 $9,700 Apply
October 6-11, 2013 $9,700 Apply

Program Materials

If you are an executive who makes or contributes to decisions that have significant financial implications, this program is for you. This includes anyone with profit-and-loss responsibility and managers in marketing, operations, human resources and engineering. No background in finance is required.
During this program, you will learn to:
  1. Read and interpret financial statements
  2. Evaluate investment opportunities
  3. Understand the implications of financial decisions for firm value
  4. Work more effectively with financial executives

Optional Accounting Tutorial
  1. Identifying the purpose and types and components of financial reports
  2. Examining the role of auditors and management in the preparation of annual financial reports

Interpreting Financial Reports
  1. Identifying the conceptual underpinnings of corporate reporting
  2. Reading and understanding corporate financial statements
  3. Qualitative assessment of financial performance

Evaluating Investments
  1. Investment evaluation criteria
  2. Estimation of cash flows, including the consequences of product cannibalization, shared production facilities and inflation
  3. Applying discounted cash-flow and multiples-based valuation methods
  4. Strategic acquisitions
  5. Understanding the stock market’s response to operating decisions

Financial Decisions and Value Creation
  1. Overview of financial markets
  2. Alternative sources of capital for short- and long-term financing
  3. Managing capital structure
  4. Estimating the cost of capital
  5. Understanding the stock market’s response to financial decisions
Michael J. Fishman - Academic Director; Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching; Norman Strunk Professor of Financial Institutions

Artur Raviv - Academic Director; Alan E. Peterson Professor of Finance

Marian Powers - Lecturer of Executive Education

Featured Faculty Video

  •   Professor Marian Powers: The five key financial metrics for high performing companies

What Past Participants Say

  • "Extremely valuable. This program gave me a new perspective for looking at finance, I can now ask relevant questions."
    Director of Market Development, Nortel Networks
  • "Excellent session presenting focused lessons in key financial decisions through practical case examples."
    General Manager, Planning, BP International

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