Program Overview

The purpose of this program is to help employees develop a working knowledge of corporate finance principles in English. We will show how financial statements can be used to gain information on companies for use in M&A, competitive, and other forms of analysis. The instructor will guide participants through a series of interactive lectures, case studies and exercises. By the end of the seminar the participants will:

• Gain an appreciation of practical applications for some of the major principles of corporate finance, such as capital budgeting, capital structure, and shareholder return policies.

• Learn techniques used to analyze financial statements.

• Be better able to consider strategic factors that affect sales growth.

• Become more familiar with accounting and financial vocabulary, and become better able to discuss financial matters in English.

These skills and techniques will help employees to:

• Appreciate the importance of profitable growth for your organization, and to better understand how a company’s growth stage affects its financial behavior.

• Become better equipped to analyze potential M&A targets your company might be considering.

• Begin thinking about issues they will encounter at the senior manager level, such as shareholder payout and capital structure.

• Discuss complex financial issues on capital budgeting, capital structure, financial strategy, and other financial areas in English.