Finance for Executives - Executive Education
Fact sheet
Graduation
Executive Education
Taught language
Englisch
Specialization
Finance
Program Emphasis
Finance
Course options
Certificate program
It is imperative that executives assess the financial health of their organization, communicate with experts on this subject and formulate the right strategic responses.
Finance for Executives is a hands-on program designed to boost your financial literacy. It aims to develop your ability to move beyond buzzwords and financial jargon, understand the bigger picture and make more effective financial decisions:
Finance for Executives is a hands-on program designed to boost your financial literacy. It aims to develop your ability to move beyond buzzwords and financial jargon, understand the bigger picture and make more effective financial decisions:
- Develop your awareness of external financial markets and their effects on your strategy.
- Learn how to apply forensic analysis of financial statements to predict performance and measure financial stress
- Expand your understanding of the valuation framework for investment decisions
- Explore common mistakes and fallacies in financial decision making
Program Emphasis
- The effect of external financial markets on your management decisions
- The relationships between revenue and costs, how return on capital employed (ROCE) is built from these two components, and how profit differs from cash
- How forensic analysis of financial statements can help you understand and predict performance and financial stress
- The basic valuation framework surrounding investment decisions; measuring the consequences of time adjustment, amounts of relevant cash flow, and risks
- Learn how to manage working capital more efficiently
- Valuating a company whether buying, selling or bringing to the stock exchange.
- How to assess investment opportunities and identify the most important numbers for doing so
- How financial statements can offer insights that can be used to formulate strategic responses
Important Dates
11. - 13. Nov 2024
7. - 9. Apr 2025
10. - 12. Nov 2025
Tuition / Fees
Financial Aid
Possible scholarships ESMT Berlin
Duration of study
Career Perspective
- Cut through the complexity – learn the real tangible meanings behind financial jargon
- Gaining a deeper understanding of profit-and-loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash flow
- Learning to identify relevant costs and revenues
- Explore the best ways to communicate financial goals to others
- Building a network of global contacts
Participants
- You are a senior or mid-level managers from non-financial backgrounds
- You are interested in gaining a better understanding of financial principles.
