An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Financial Accounting & Reporting:
Understanding Finance to
Influence Strategic Decisions
Enhancing Performance through Financial Insight
Course Introduction
This Financial Reporting, Planning & Strategic Decision-Making training course is designed for organisations and professionals who must move beyond simply understanding financial information to using it confidently to influence strategic decisions and deliver sustainable performance. In an environment of increasing uncertainty, regulatory scrutiny, and competitive pressure, organisations need leaders who can interpret financial reports, challenge assumptions, and link financial outcomes directly to strategy, value creation, and risk management.
This Financial Reporting, Planning & Strategic Decision-Making training course integrates financial accounting, corporate reporting, financial planning, and strategic finance into one coherent executive-level programme. It equips participants with the ability to analyse and interpret financial statements, develop robust financial plans and budgets, evaluate investment and financing decisions, and communicate performance effectively to stakeholders. Through practical examples, interactive discussions, and real-world applications, participants will develop the financial insight and strategic confidence required to improve decision-making, enhance organisational performance, and maximise long-term corporate value.
This training course will highlight:
- Stronger financially informed strategic decisions
- How financial reporting and accounting information supports strategic decision-making
- The interpretation of financial statements to assess performance, value, and risk
- Linking strategy, planning, budgeting, and performance measurement
- Evaluating investment, financing, and capital structure decisions
- Communicating performance, value creation, and risk through effective reporting and KPIs
Objectives
This training course has been designed to equip participants with the knowledge, analytical capability, and practical financial skills required to interpret financial information, support strategic planning, and make informed business decisions that enhance organisational performance and long-term value creation.
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Analyse financial statements for strategic insight
- Link financial reporting to business strategy
- Develop integrated financial plans and budgets
- Evaluate investment and financing decisions
- Design performance measures supporting value creation
Training Methodology
This training course is delivered through an interactive, highly participative workshop format combining focused presentations, practical examples, and real-world business scenarios. The learning approach emphasises discussion, analysis, and application to ensure concepts are clearly understood and transferable to the workplace. Case studies, group exercises, and guided discussions are used to reinforce learning, while complex financial concepts are explained in a clear, structured, and accessible manner suitable for participants with varying levels of financial experience.
Organisational Impact
The organisation will benefit from the development and practical application of integrated financial reporting, planning, and strategic decision-making skills, enabling improved performance management, value creation, and more informed business decisions.
The Organisation will have the following benefits:
- Stronger financially informed strategic decisions
- Improved quality of financial planning
- Enhanced interpretation of financial performance
- More effective capital investment decisions
- Better alignment of strategy and KPIs
- Improved communication of financial outcomes
Personal Impact
Participants will benefit from enhanced financial insight and practical decision-making skills that enable them to interpret financial information with confidence, contribute more effectively to strategic discussions, and strengthen their professional credibility and career development potential.
At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following:
- Stronger financial confidence in decisions
- Improved ability to interpret reports
- Enhanced strategic and analytical thinking
- Practical skills in planning and budgeting
- Greater insight into value creation
- Improved communication with finance professionals
Who Should Attend?
This training course is designed for professionals who need to understand, interpret, and use financial information to support effective planning and strategic decision-making. It is suitable for individuals involved in analysing performance, allocating resources, evaluating investments, or contributing to business and financial decisions.
This Oxford Management Centre training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Professionals involved in financial reporting, analysis, and performance management
- Managers contributing to planning, budgeting, and strategic initiatives
- Business leaders responsible for investment and resource allocation decisions
- Professionals working with financial information across functions
- Non-finance professionals seeking stronger financial and strategic insight
Course Outline
Day One
Financial Reporting, Strategy & Business Value
- The role of finance in organisational strategy and performance
- Financial reporting vs management accounting: who uses what and why
- Corporate governance, accountability, and financial transparency
- Business models and value creation
- Key principles of financial accounting
- Creative accounting, financial manipulation, and ethical failures
- Financial information as a strategic resource
Day Two
Financial Statements, Performance & Financial Structure
- IASB Conceptual Framework
- Statement of Financial Position: structure, assets, liabilities, equity
- Income Statement: performance measurement and revenue recognition
- Statement of Cash Flows: cash vs profit, sustainability of performance
- Working capital optimisation
- Sources of finance: equity, debt, hybrid instruments
- Cost of capital and WACC (conceptual + practical implications)
- Capital structure and financial risk
Day Three
Planning, Costing & Financial Decision Support
- Linking strategy to financial planning and budgeting
- Long-term financial planning and forecasting
- Cost behaviour and cost structures
- CVP analysis, break-even, and sensitivity analysis
- Traditional costing vs Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
- Using costing systems to support better decisions
- Avoiding dysfunctional budgeting and cost distortions
Day Four
Capital Investment & Strategic Financial Decisions
- Time value of money: PV, FV, discounting
- Capital budgeting principles
- Investment appraisal techniques: Payback & ARR, NPV, IRR, MIRR
- Capital rationing and profitability index
- Strategic, behavioural, and non-financial factors in investment decisions
- Linking investment decisions to shareholder value
Day Five
Performance Management, Reporting & Risk
- Measuring performance beyond accounting profit
- Linking strategy to KPIs
- Balanced Scorecard and value drivers
- Limitations of traditional financial reports
- Integrated Reporting: purpose, structure, and value creation narrative
- Financial risk vs business risk
- Risk mitigation, hedging, and governance implications
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation
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National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
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