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Executive Education

FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES

Program Overview


The objective of the 4-day training is to provide non-financial executives with the tools and knowledge to understand and interpret the accounts, budgets, indicators and ratios, necessary for the management of a company or Business Unit. Based on real and recent cases, a practical toolbox will be shared with the participants.

At the end of the 4 days of training, participants will have integrated the elements of language, concepts, and technical terms allowing them to associate financial management with their strategic and operational decisions.

Finance for non-financial executives

Format: In-class
Duration: 4 days
Language(s): English
Next start(s):
Cost: 5700 €*
Place(s): Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus

The program is aimed at: 

Executive management; Business Unit Manager; Entrepreneurs and creator of start-ups; Executives of public or private companies; Administrators; Members of Investment Funds.

 

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* Net price, HEC Paris is not subject to VAT. Prices, dates, faculty, and program content are subject to change. 

Objectives

 

Master the elements of language and terms used by finance professionals


Understand the impact of strategic decisions on financial performance 


Interpret the accounts of a company or Business Unit


Build and analyze a Business Plan


Use asset and business valuation methods


Assimilate the main financial arrangements and operations

Academic Director

Patrick Legland
PATRICK LEGLAND
Affiliate Professor, HEC Paris

Learning Methods

 

Real and recent cases, on which the Academic Director and speaker has worked


Exchanges of experience between the participants


Practical mini-cases allowing a concrete application of the concepts studied


Scenarios on real cases


Group work oriented towards analysis and decision-making

Program


  • Moving from an accounting presentation to an economic logic
  • Understand the company’s accounts: balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement
  • The main economic, operational and financial ratios
  • Investment return core concepts
  • Company analysis & main valuation tools
  • The different types of operations and financial arrangements
  • Takeover and sale of companies: Mergers & acquisitions
  • Value creation through acquisition
  • How to Develop a Business Plan
  • Growth financing
  • Impact of inflation and interest rates on the Business Plan
  • Working on business scenarios
  • Financing by self-financing, financing of the Working Capital
  • Requirement Choice of financing by equity, financial debt, or convertible bonds
  • The main balances of the balance sheet and the financial structure
  • Financial leverage: impact on Return on Equity

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This program is accessible for people with disabilities. Please contact us if you have any specific requirements or to obtain the Public Accessibility Register.

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Contact

photo Imre Ignacio SZAPARY
Imre Ignacio SZAPARY
Business development manager