FNCE002 - Making Strategic Financial Decisions
Topics
- Basic decision-making model and identifying relevant information
- Cost-volume-profit (CVP), break-even analyses, and contribution margin
- Operating cycle decisions
- Determining unit costs for outsourcing and further processing decisions
- Overhead allocation strategies and activity-based costing (ABC)
- Cost, volume and profit
- Investing and financing cycle decisions
- Capital budgeting, time value of money, and the risk-return relationship
- Net present value (NPV) and the internal rate of return (IRR)
- Evaluating internal performance
- Comparison of budget to actual
- Components of return on investment (ROI)
- Impact of transfer pricing within an organization
- Putting it all in context: Incorporating a sustainability perspective
Learning Outcomes
As a result of attending this program, participants will:
- Recognize key criteria for making typical operating, investing or financing decisions
- Identifying relevant costs from financial information available to internal decision makers
- Utilize time value of money principles when evaluating alternative investment scenarios
- Make better business decisions consistent with creating long-term value for the organization
Who Should Attend
Managers and directors of departments who are responsible for organizational or departmental profitability.
Those considering this program should also consider Using Financial Analytics to Measure Core Business Performance, which offers a focus on external financial reporting. Together, these two programs provide an overview of accounting and financial concepts used to support effective operations and efficient utilization of resources from both an internal and external perspective.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Management Essentials Certificate : Electives
- Women in Leadership : Electives