This program is designed for functional and general management executives as well as financial executives who want to update their core skills in a broad strategic context.

By examining corporate finance from both internal and external perspectives, this executive finance program provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of finance. You will build the skills and confidence to immediately apply financial analysis techniques, set realistic performance goals and compensation incentives, and play a bigger role in helping your company optimize its financial resources and strengthen its bottom line. This program examines the corporate finance techniques used by successful companies around the world. Specifically, you'll explore executive finance topics such as profit-planning best practices, strategic valuation and financial analysis, executive compensation policies, and corporate distributions.

• Make informed strategic decisions regarding capital structure
• Utilize capital markets for the most profitable outcomes
• Balance profit, growth, and control in dynamic environments
• Implement restructuring strategies
• Understand the implications of financial reports
• Develop successful and realistic performance plans, incentives, and financial controls at corporate and divisional levels
• Recognize and address biases within financial systems and structures
• Identify the best performance metrics
• Forecast and monitor outcomes with greater confidence
• Become a more effective leader through greater financial acumen
• Communicate effectively about finance with executives from all functional areas
• Engage in more productive discussions with financial specialists in your organization and ask the right questions
• Address the concerns of colleagues who are not financial specialists and present information in ways that support their decision-making
• Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
• Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Through a rich learning experience that includes dynamic faculty presentations, case studies, interactive classroom sessions, and structured and informal group activities that explore the fundamentals of finance for executives, as well as the managerial context in which strategic choices require investor support. 

Module 1: The Role and Tools of Finance

• Understanding the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm
• Employing basic analytical skills and the principles of corporate finance
• Applying standard analysis techniques, including capital budgeting, cash flow, valuation, and risk analysis

Module 2: Performance and Compensation

• Establishing and monitoring executive compensation policies
• Setting performance goals and incentives
• Using diagnostic and interactive control systems to achieve objectives

Module 3: Capital Markets and Financial Institutions

• Working with capital markets and financial institutions
• Examining best practices for maximizing available resources
• Understanding the implications of recent market developments

Module 4: Growth, Profit, and Investors

• Analyzing the pursuit of margin and growth, and their respective returns
• Understanding the decision-making processes of corporate managers, stockholders, creditors, unions, financial advisors, investors, and turnaround specialists
• Managing corporate distributions—including cash, property, and stock dividends—within the context of redemptions and liquidations
• Restructuring and strategically employing valuation and financial analysis
• Mastering the theory and best practices related to profit planning, strategic profitability analysis, resource allocation, residual income techniques, and performance scorecards