Driving Financial Performance Simulation and Workshop

Is this programme for you..?

Driving the financial performance of a business is a big job and financial results are typically the principle concern for managers in today’s competitive markets. Would you like a better handle on the factors that drive profitability..? Can you read, interpret and use the financial information available to your business as well as you’d like..? Would you like to be able to understand the challenges that you and others face by looking at their financial results..? Would it help if you could work out which KPIs, Value Drivers, Operational Efficiencies, Projects, Products or Customers will improve performance best..? What if all your people were more aligned with your financial targets and be more engaged in actually achieving them..?

Bringing financial management to life

This simulation and workshop brings financial management to life through a simple and profound model of a company having to face up to some tough challenges. It invites everyone to think like a business owner. The company is losing market share and there are increasing demands from suppliers and customers. To succeed the teams have to work out a new, disciplined financial strategy. Through this the participants learn how to read and interpret financial statements, monitor cash flow, make resource utilization improvements, and measure results in the balance sheet and income statement

What does it do..?

…help turn good business results into great business results. This one day highly participative simulation and workshop is for business people from any background whose daily activities would benefit from them developing a better understanding of business finance. Business success is achieved in the margins and small changes can have a big impact on overall results; small changes such as enhancing the information flow, improving purchase efficiency and engaging people in cost and waste management can significantly alter outcome and improve bottom line results. The key to being more effective at managing finance is to know which are the right levers to pull and why.

What will you learn..?

Discover

how your business generates profits today, and how it will need to generate profits in the future.
the impact of your daily decisions on your business both strategically and financially.
ways to continuously identify improvements in your businesses operations.

Understand

how to read and interpret financial statements.
which are the critical elements affecting profitability.
how to analyze financial ratios and key performance indicators and set priorities accordingly.

Become more effective at

understanding the cause-and-effect relationships that govern a company’s financial statements.
managing your own business finances and profitability
using practical financial concepts and analytical tools
making better decisions through stronger business and commercial awareness

What next..?

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