- Cash management - Mastering cash management tools : - Cash management techniques: cash pooling, SEPA - Master the nature of settlements and processing techniques - Know and know how to use operational levers for cash optimization - Understand banking circuits and conditions, and interest rates - Understand payment methods and know how to contribute to their development
- Public institutions and bodies - Learn about public institutions and bodies: Autorité des marchés financiers (France, International), Autorité des normes comptables, IASB, EFRAG, Autorité de la concurrence, parliamentary committees, etc.
- LT and CT financing methods - Understanding the main LT and CT financing methods
Specialization
Target audience
- Bankers / Account managers
- Project managers
- Sales representatives
- Management controllers
- Chartered accountants
- Financial managers
2 day
Prerequisites
You must have completed the “Developing Your Business Plan” [FHBUSI] training course and have a good command of Excel.
Objectives
◗ Manage a project’s financial performance and cash flow in conjunction with operational levers.
◗ Take into account the uncertainty and variability of the input data.
◗ Conduct risk and opportunity analyses, sensitivity analyses, and advanced simulations.
◗ Use the BP as a decision-making tool.
Training program
◗ Structuring a coherent forecasting model
– Why do we create a business plan?
– Project profitability and business strategy
– Collecting input data, calculating cash flows, and measuring key metrics (NPV, IRR, payback period, maximum cash shortfall), cash curve, and interpreting results
– Accounting for Operational Actions and Productivity
✔ UNDERSTAND | Illustration: Leverage Points and Effort Curves
✔ APPLY | Practical Case Study: Mastering the Transition from One Version of the Business Plan to Another
✔ EVALUATE | Quiz: Validating Prerequisites Using 12 Questions
◗ Integrate the level of risk into decision-making
– Risk Perception: 4 Perspectives
– Incorporating Risk Through the Discount Rate
– Contingency Provisions in the Business Plan and Risk/Opportunity Analysis
– Scenario Building and Variance in Business Plan Results
– Incorporating Decisions and the Value of a Decision
– Multi-Company Business Plans and Risk Sharing
✔ UNDERSTAND | Illustration: Diagram showing how risks are factored into a business plan
✔ EXPERIMENT | Simulation: Perception of gains and losses, risk aversion
✔ EVALUATE | Quiz: In your opinion… What should be done in a completely uncertain environment? 5 approaches
◗ Take into account the origin, reliability and variability of input data
– Cost estimation methods (analog, parametric, analytical)
– Cost structure approach: economies of scale and the learning curve
– How costs are allocated to the project based on activities
– Cost optimization methods and Design-to-Cost
– Volatility, uncertainty, and variability of data
– Impact of deadlines and delays: scheduling (forward-looking, contextualized, and retrospective views), Estimate at Completion (EAC), and cost variance analyses by root cause (top-down and bottom-up), contributions of Earned Value Management (earned value, SPI, and CPI)
✔ APPLY | Case Study: 6 categories of variables affecting projects
✔ EXPERIMENT | Workshop: Quantification and Measurement – Approaches to Control
✔ EVALUATE | Quiz: In your opinion… How should risk utility be evaluated?
◗ Master simulation and optimization tools
– Data tables with one or two entries for conducting a sensitivity analysis
– CHOOSE() function, nested IF statements, and dynamic links for creating scenarios
– Using Target Value to achieve a financial goal
– Using Solver to optimize a financial result based on constraints
✔ APPLY | Practical exercise: Create an automatic simulation based on a target variable
✔ EXPERIMENT | Excel workshop: Use Solver to optimize a model
✔ EVALUATE | Quiz: In your opinion… How should you accept or reject a result?
Why choose this course?
This high-level course is based on business plan modeling. It covers the economic aspects of project management, taking uncertainty into account, and goes into greater depth on the management dimension. A business case based on a complex model illustrates the concrete implementation of each approach.
Teaching and assessment methods
Before the training: Submit your expectations via your online portal 15 days before the training begins and complete a self-assessment of your skills.
Teaching Methods: A variety of teaching methods to cater to different learning styles, encourage active participation, and reinforce learning through experimentation and practice.
Educational materials: presentation materials, reference materials (summary sheets, tables, etc.), and other resources available in your account.
During the training: theoretical concepts are alternated with examples drawn from real-life cases. Participants are given the opportunity to engage in role-playing exercises. Numerous practical exercises allow participants to demonstrate their mastery of the skills as the training progresses.
Training monitoring and evaluation: attendance sheet and certificate of completion. Immediate and post-training evaluations conducted using the LearnEval platform.
Price
2,090 EXCL.
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Advanced business plan training
Advanced business plan training
Advanced business plan training
Advanced business plan training
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