Strategic Financial Planning and Implementation

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Apr-22-2024

    London

  • May-27-2024

    London

  • June-24-2024

    London

  • July-22-2024

    London

  • Aug-26-2024

    London

  • Sep-23-2024

    London

  • Oct-28-2024

    London

  • Nov-25-2024

    London

  • Dec-23-2024

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Apr-01-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-01-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-08-2024

    Singapore

  • Apr-08-2024

    Paris

  • Apr-15-2024

    Dubai

  • Apr-15-2024

    Barcelona

  • Apr-22-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-29-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • May-06-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-06-2024

    Istanbul

  • May-13-2024

    Singapore

  • May-13-2024

    Paris

  • May-20-2024

    Dubai

  • May-20-2024

    Barcelona

  • May-27-2024

    Amsterdam

  • June-03-2024

    Istanbul

  • June-03-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-10-2024

    Paris

  • June-10-2024

    Singapore

  • June-17-2024

    Dubai

  • June-17-2024

    Barcelona

  • June-24-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-01-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-01-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-08-2024

    Paris

  • July-08-2024

    Singapore

  • July-15-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-15-2024

    Dubai

  • July-22-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-29-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-05-2024

    Istanbul

  • Aug-05-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-12-2024

    Paris

  • Aug-12-2024

    Singapore

  • Aug-19-2024

    Dubai

  • Aug-19-2024

    Barcelona

  • Aug-26-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-02-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-02-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-09-2024

    Singapore

  • Sep-09-2024

    Paris

  • Sep-16-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-16-2024

    Barcelona

  • Sep-23-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-30-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-07-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-07-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-14-2024

    Singapore

  • Oct-14-2024

    Paris

  • Oct-21-2024

    Dubai

  • Oct-21-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-28-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-04-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-04-2024

    Istanbul

  • Nov-11-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-11-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-18-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-18-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-25-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-02-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-02-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-09-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-09-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-16-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-16-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-23-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-30-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

What is Strategic and Financial Planning?
 
  • The role of strategy in business and why it matters

  • The ingredients of a good strategy

  • Customer analysis and market segmentation

  • Effective strategy making processes with proper financial planning

  • Tools for understanding industry developments

  • The core strategic financial choices for a business

  • Who is responsible for strategy making and who should be held accountable?

 

Integrating Strategic and Financial Planning with Operational Management
 
  • Contrasting management with strategic leadership

  • The competencies of strategic leadership

  • The top manager as strategist

  • The CFO as strategist

  • Using Scenario analysis and environmental scanning

  • SWOT and other acronyms

  • Corporate Culture and its effect on strategy and financial planning

  • The operational manager’s role in strategy

 

 Using Evidence for Strategic and Financial Planning
 
  • Analyzing the market place and the customers

  • Understanding the competition

  • Financial analysis: past, present, and future

  • Knowing the core strengths and weaknesses of your business

  • Identifying your core competitive advantage

  • Developing Vision statements that make a difference

  • Developing mission statements that make a difference

  • Examining alternative strategies

  • Creating the strategic plan

 

Implementing Strategic and Financial Plans
 
  • Using financial planning to prepare the ground for change in the business

  • Communicating the strategy and having control points

  • Overcoming internal political resistance

  • Reviewing and measuring progress with proper variance analysis

  • Turnaround and corrective measures

  • Managing implementation as a continuous process

 

 Becoming a Leader of Strategic Financial Planning
 
  • Building strategy making and implementation into the role of managers

  • Developing strategic leadership capability

  • Creating organizational commitment to the business strategy

  • Leading strategy making teams effectively

  • Incentive plans

  • Balanced Scorecard and other performance management systems

  • Realistic action planning

  • Case study

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