Categories > Finance & Accounting Category     Corporate Finance for Decision Makers     Program Duration : 5 Days Program Date : 18-22 March,2012 Program Location : Cairo, Egypt Program Fees : US$ 2950/Per Person     PROGRAM INTRODUCTION: This course is designed to provide executives with practical skills that can be used in their management role PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: The aim of this course is to help managers to better; Understand financial based decision making. Increasingly required to make decisions that require understanding of finance concepts and skills such as financial reporting and analysis Managing cash flow and working capital Evaluating investment proposals and cost/pricing models To enable better business decisions to be made Understand the relationship between the management decision and the financial outcomes   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? C–Level Executives Directors VPs, Heads of Business Units General Managers Senior Managers Regional Managers Managers Team Leaders Line Managers including: Strategic Planning Business Development Product Development Corporate Development Projects Marketing Operations Sales IT & Systems Infrastructure Operations & Logistics Engineering  PROGRAM OUTLINES: Making sense of financial reports and statements When used correctly financial statements enable the reader to tell the financial Story of the business and to understand the financial outcomes resulting from the strategic choices made and the level of operational performance delivered. In this session we will look at how businesses report their financial performance. Key Issues and topics:  Understanding of the financial statements - Balance Sheet Practical Exercise: Examination of the Income Statement of SingTel Ltd  Statement of Cash flows Acknowledging the concepts and principles used in the preparation of the profit and loss statements and balance sheets including accrual accounting basics  Discussing how assets (including intangibles) are measured  Understanding the relationship between cash flow and profit creation  Identifying the complexities associated with asset, liability and equity measurement  Mastering the financial terms Exploring the relationship between financial statements to tell the financial story of the business The financial statements are generally viewed as stand-alone documents. How the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement connect to each other What is the relationship between the Income Statement and the Cash Flow Statement How the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement connect to each other Building an integrated model for financial reporting