4 Days Workshop
Introduction
The primary goal of this workshop is to help in developing sound financial knowledge to read and understand financial reports and also to strengthen your financial planning and project evaluation and cost management skills.
Using case studies and excel spreadsheet, you will have amazed how problem could easily be analyzed and solved by financial modeling techniques.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Use Cash Flow statement to evaluate financial performance
Understand the relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet
How to look for information efficiently in the annual report
Applying Altman Z score- output of a credit-strength test that gauges & predictable of company’s failure
Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios
Understand Investment Techniques & Time Value of Money
Decision making based on Project evaluation
Understanding GST impact on financial statements (comprehensive case study)
Understand Risk Modelling Skills & financial impact
Assess Credit analysis & profiling customers
Developing Cost Reduction Strategies
Methodology
Case Study & Group Discussion.
Who Should Attend
Entrepreneurs, Business Managers, Marketing Managers, Supervisors, Executives and Managers and all professionals who are interested in Finance for non-Finance
Special Feature:
NOTE: Please bring laptop along
Programmed Outline
Day 1
Module 1: Balance Sheet
How to read a balance sheet
Understand key concepts of Assets, Liabilities, Equity
Current vs non-current distinction
Tangible vs intangible distinction
Assessment of company financial strength and risk
Strengthening financial structure
Working capital management
Module 2: Profit & Loss Statement
How to read Profit & Loss Statement
Use Profit and Loss Statement to evaluate performance
Concept of margins and profit analysis
Relationship between P&L statement to balance sheet
Profit & Loss accounting model
Why profit is different from cash
Module 3: Cash Flow Statement
Lifeblood of business – Cash Flow Statement
Relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet
3 streams of cash flow, Operating, Investing &Financing
How to determine financial health from cash flow pattern
Determining if the company is using internal cash flow to finance growth or relying on external financing
Module 4: Improve Cash Flow & Profitability Position (Practical Case Study)
Applying what if analysis (goal seek)
Applying profitability strategy management framework
Formulation stage
Execution stage
Evaluation stage
Module 5: Financial Ratios Analysis
Learn how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios
Liquidity
Solvency
Efficiency
Profitability
Asset Management
Assessing drivers of company profitability and growth: -
Operations and investment strategies: operating and investment management
Day 2
Module 6: Burning Issues in Financial Matters
Manpower issues
Budget Constraint
Lots of payment for overtime
High maintenance cost
etc.
Module 7: Investment Appraisal (Case Study)
Calculate return on investment (ROI),
Calculate net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and payback period
Recommendation to proceed or reject based on financial & non-financial considerations
Module 8: Budgeting
Planning Process
Preparation of Budgeting (Operational & financial Budget)
Budgeting and Human Behavior
Day 3
Module 9: Financial Analysis Strategies for Business Turnaround (Case Study)
Objectives
Asset conversion
Fees & Collection
Spreading costs
Manpower review
Stock management
Product market study
Sales
Module 10: Thinking Out of The Box Financial Specialist (Case Study)
Company facing financial uncertainties & failure
Strategies to overcome it
Think out of the box approach
Defensive strategy
Offensive strategy
Desperate strategy
Module 11: Risk Modelling Financial Skills
Analyzing the potential risks facing an organization
Mitigating controls
Weight the financial impact
Cost/benefit decision analysis
Risk Model software
Day 4
Module 12: Success Story of Cost Reduction Strategies
Automobile Sector
Infrastructure Sector
Manufacturing Sector
Logistic Sector
Module 13: Credit Analysis
Customer Risk Profile
Assessing Your Risk Factors
What Are the Strategies to Negotiate Debt?
Why Borrowers Are Not Paying You
Module 14: Developing a New Product by Understanding Cost Behaviors (Case Study)
Objectives
Identify the fixed, variable and semi-variable costs
Calculate number of units to be made and sold in order to break even
Calculate the volume of production and sales required in order to obtain a target profit