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Corporate Finance & Value Creation

A practical professional programme focused on corporate finance & value creation, designed to strengthen financial capability, analytical judgement and organisational performance.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Corporate Finance & Value Creation develops an integrated understanding of the financial decisions that influence corporate value.

The programme examines investment decisions, financing choices, cost of capital, capital structure, cash flows, business valuation and value-based management. Participants learn how corporate finance principles can be used to evaluate strategic alternatives and understand the economic consequences of management decisions.

The emphasis is on disciplined financial analysis and the sustainable creation of organisational value.

Objectives

  • Understand the fundamental principles of corporate finance.

  • Evaluate investment decisions using cash-flow-based techniques.

  • Analyse financing choices and capital structure.

  • Understand cost of capital and its role in decision-making.

  • Apply valuation and value-creation concepts to corporate decisions.

Learning outcomes

  • Apply core corporate finance concepts to business decisions.

  • Evaluate investment opportunities using appropriate financial techniques.

  • Assess the implications of debt and equity financing.

  • Explain how cost of capital affects investment and valuation.

  • Analyse the principal drivers of corporate value.

Who it is for

  • Corporate finance professionals.

  • Finance managers and analysts.

  • Investment and planning professionals.

  • Senior accountants moving into corporate finance roles.

  • Managers involved in investment and financing decisions.

Programme modules

1. Corporate Finance Foundations
  • Corporate financial objectives

  • Financial decision categories

  • Cash flow and value

  • Risk and return

2. Investment Decisions
  • Relevant cash flows

  • Time value of money

  • Net present value

  • Internal rate of return

3. Cost of Capital
  • Cost of debt

  • Cost of equity

  • Weighted average cost of capital

  • Using hurdle rates

4. Capital Structure and Financing
  • Debt financing

  • Equity financing

  • Capital structure considerations

  • Financial leverage

5. Business Valuation
  • Valuation principles

  • Discounted cash flow

  • Market-based approaches

  • Valuation assumptions

6. Value Creation and Financial Strategy
  • Value drivers

  • Return on invested capital

  • Growth and value

  • Value-based management decisions

Methodology

The programme combines corporate finance frameworks, financial calculations, valuation exercises and decision scenarios. Participants apply investment, financing and valuation concepts to realistic corporate situations.

Assessment

Assessment includes investment and valuation exercises and a final corporate-finance case requiring participants to evaluate a proposed decision and explain its expected impact on organisational value.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

Training & Professional Development

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Structured advisory support for strategy, governance, performance, transformation and organisational decision-making.

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