Akaz Capital for Training and Consulting

Schedules Introduction Objectives Training Methodology Organisational Impact Personal Impact Who Should Attend? Outline

Course Schedule

Classroom Sessions:

Date	Venue

Online Sessions:

Date	Venue
27-23 Mar 2026	Online

Introduction

MODULES

This training course is split into two modules:

MODULE I - Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control

MODULE II - Financial Analysis, Modelling & Forecasting

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

Objectives

Training Methodology

Organisational Impact

Personal Impact

Who Should Attend?

Course Outline

Module 1: Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control

DAY 1

Corporate Financial Planning

Strategic Planning
The Objective of the Firm – Meeting Shareholder & Stakeholder Objectives
Agency Theory – The Relationship between Shareholders & Management
Creative Accounting and the Case of Enron
Financial Management & Financial Planning – The Scope, Role & Responsibilities of Financial Management
Preparing a Financial Plan – The Master Budget
Forecasting Future Cash-flows and Financial Modelling
Time Series Analysis, Correlation & Regression

DAY 2

Financing the Plan

Sources of Finance – Long Term & Short Term
Evaluation of the Types of Finance - Equity vs. Debt Finance
Hybrid Finance & Financial Engineering
The Dividend Decision
The Cost of Capital and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Capital Rationing & Payback

DAY 3

Preparing & Managing Budgets to Support the Financial Plans

Definition of Budgets, the Budgetary Process and Budgetary Control
Types of Budgets-Fixed, Flexible, Incremental and Zero Based
The Purpose / Benefits & Problems / Limitations of Budgets
Setting / Implementing Effective Budgets - Eliminating the Problems
Responsibility Accounting and Absorption Costing
Activity-Based Budgeting / Costing (ABB, ABC)
Variance Analysis, Cost Behaviour, Break Even Analysis & Sensitivity / What If Analysis
What-If Analysis combined with Du-Pont Analysis

DAY 4

Managing and Controlling Cash Flow to Support the Financial Plan

Cash vs. Profit & The Cash Conversion Cycle
Calculating and Managing the Cash flow Cycle
Cash Flow Ratios
Working Capital
The Cost of Maintaining Working Capital
Maintaining the Optimum Level of Working Capital
Working Investment Ratios
Preparing a Monthly Cash Flow Forecast

DAY 5

Managing Financial Risk

Risk Management & Types of Risk
Identifying Risk – SWOT Analysis
The Major Quantitative & Qualitative Risks Facing Companies
Establishing a Risk Management Strategy
Financial Risk Management & Hedging Techniques
Managing Exchange Rate & Interest Rate Risk
Derivatives-Forwards, Futures, Options & Swaps
Risk Management Glossary of Terms

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