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Finance for Executives
Make better decisions with greater confidence
If you’re new to financial decision-making or want a firmer grounding in the discipline, this “finance for non-finance professionals” program will dramatically increase your knowledge, deepen your practical understanding, improve your fluency and give you greater confidence in the decisions you make and influence. You’ll also learn to evaluate investment opportunities and develop new insight into how shareholder value is created and the key role executives like you play in the process.
In a highly collaborative and supportive learning environment, you’ll gain new knowledge and understanding in interactive classroom sessions led by senior Kellogg faculty, then spend time in working sessions with your instructors and fellow class members applying theory to practice with a heavy emphasis on real-life executive finance case examples.
This program is offered in both in-person and live virtual formats that are designed to deliver a rich learning experience, including the opportunity to engage with our faculty and your peers in real-time discussions, group breakouts, and lecture sessions.
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Who Should Attend
- Executives who make or contribute to decisions with significant financial implications
- Managers with profit-and-loss responsibility in marketing, operations, human resources, engineering and other nonfinancial areas
Note: No background in finance is required
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Key Benefits
- Contribute more meaningfully to financial decision making
- Talk numbers with confidence
- Read, understand and interpret financial statements
- Evaluate investment opportunities
- Understand the implications of financial decisions on firm value
Program Content
- Identify the conceptual underpinnings of corporate reporting
- Read and understand corporate financial statements
- Conduct a qualitative assessment of financial performance
Evaluating Investments
- Understand investment evaluation criteria
- Estimate cash flows, including the consequences of product cannibalization, shared production facilities and inflation
- Apply discounted cash flow and multiples-based valuation methods
- Understand strategic acquisitions
Financial Decisions and Value Creation
- Expand your knowledge of financial markets
- Evaluate alternative sources of capital for short- and long-term financing
- Manage capital structure
- Estimate the cost of capital
- Understand how the stock market responds to financial decisions
Faculty
Artur Raviv - Academic Director; Alan E. Peterson Professor of Finance
Michael J. Fishman - Academic Director; Norman Strunk Professor of Financial Institutions; Professor of Finance
Marian Powers - Adjunct Professor of Executive Education
What Participants Say
“In today's ever changing world, a deeper, broader knowledge of finance and all relevant drivers are critical to seeing and understanding the bigger picture and making an impact on your business. This program and all [the] professors have more than exceeded my expectations! Thank you!”
President Brink's US & EVP - N. America, Brink's Inc.
“This program has been a fantastic learning experience; it has not only significantly improved my understanding of financial statements and financial terms and concepts, but also made me more comfortable and confident in my ability to be a part of the critical financial discussions and decisions in my organization. I am leaving with a higher level of confidence and knowledge!”
General Manager, IGT
“For those of us who don't regularly focus on finance and accounting, the knowledge [from] this program is professional dynamite - really the difference between making sound business decisions (and best guesses), and smart, strategic business decisions. This program exceeded my expectations and changed the daunting into an asset for me in my role.”
Vice President of Corporate Communication, Kiewit
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2023 Sessions
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November 5-10, 2023 Start: November 5 at 3:45 PM End: November 10 at 11:45 AM
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$10,550 Fee includes lodging and most meals for in-person sessions. |
2024 Sessions
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March 4-15, 2024 Start: March 4 at 8:15 AM End: March 15 at 1:00 PM
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$8,350 |
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June 16-21, 2024 Start: June 16 at 3:45 PM End: June 21 at 11:45 AM
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$11,100 Fee includes lodging and most meals for in-person sessions. |
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November 3-8, 2024 Start: November 3 at 3:45 PM End: November 8 at 11:45 AM
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$11,100 Fee includes lodging and most meals for in-person sessions. |
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