What we offer In-Company Learning Our courses can be delivered at the premises of your choice, spending the time focused on your objectives. Executive Coaching Even when you’re near the top of your industry, there are opportunities to raise your standards of success. Our Methodology Critical engagement is our main theme running through all our training courses. Register Now Enterprise Wide Risk Management Register for: 23 & 24 September 2019 Location: LU - Senningerberg - Luxembourg - Course Language: English Budgeting for Performance Register for: 26 September 2019 Location: BE - Ghent - Belgium - Course Language: Dutch Finance For Non-Financial Managers Register for: 30 September & 1 October 2019 Location: BE - Antwerp - Belgium - Course Language: Dutch Business Valuation & Deal Structuring Register for: 2 October until 8 October Location: NL - Amsterdam - Netherlands - Course Language: English Treasury: Cash Management Register for: 11 October 2019 Location: BE - Brussels - Belgium - Course Language: English How The Financial Markets Work Register for: 16, 17 & 18 October 2019 Location: LU - Senningerberg - Luxembourg - Course Language: English more References AG Insurance, Arcelor Mittal, Argenta NV, Axalta Coating Systems, AXA Belgium, BASF, Banca Monte Paschi, Bank De Groof, Borealis Polymers, Banking Association (Kosovo), Bridgestone Europe, BNP Paribas Fortis, Cofely Fabricom, Bpost Bank, Cytec, DKV Belgium, Electrolux Sweden, Euroclear Bank, European Owens Corning Fiberglas, Europ Assistance, GDF Suez, ENI, EDF Luminus, European Investment Bank-EIB (Luxembourg), ING Bank België, SOLVAY, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, KBC Bank, IKEA, Ministry of European Integration (Kosovo), Synventive Molding Solutions (Germany), National Bank of Belgium, CBC, Tessenderlo, Baxter International (Austria), Thalys International, CinnaGen (Tehran), SA Bristol- Myers Squibb Belgium NV, Delhaize Corporate Group, BDO Corporate Finance, AW Europe, Bia Overseas - BIA Africa, Belgacom, Wabco, Record Bank, Yara, Deceuninck , Delta Lloyd Life, Elia, Eni Gas & Power, Flanders Investment & Trade, KODAK SA/NV, Bekaert , Belgian nuclear research centre (SCK-CEN), The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), ... more
Our Educational Programs Program Categories ALL Yes! Finance is for YOU! Learn Finance at Corporate Level Capital Markets - Risk vs Return Skills each manager needs! MANAGERIAL FINANCE (Starters & Senior Management) Finance For Non-Financial Managers Day(s): 2 English Dutch French German Financial Statements and Performance Analysis Day(s): 2 English Dutch German Project - Investment Appraisals / CAPEX Day(s): 2 English Dutch Budgeting for Performance Day(s): 1 English Dutch French Cost Accounting for Decision Making Day(s): 2 English German Ratio's / KPI's and financial dashboards Day(s): 1 English Dutch CORPORATE FINANCE (Senior & Executive Management) Corporate Financial Strategies Day(s): 3 English The Cost of Capital Day(s): 1 English Company Valuation Techniques Day(s): 2 English Dutch Treasury: Cash Management Day(s): 1 English Dutch Business Valuation & Deal Structuring Day(s): 6 English Understanding Consolidated Financial Statements Day(s): 1 English Treasury: Financing and Risk Management Day(s): 2 English CAPITAL MARKETS (Senior & Executive Management, Bankers and Insurance) How The Financial Markets Work Day(s): 3 English Investment Funds Xplained Day(s): 3 English Corporate Actions Day(s): 1 English Corporate Actions and Processing Day(s): 2 English The Investment Management Process Day(s): 3 English Bonds and Fixed Income Day(s): 3 English ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS (Starters, Senior & Executive Management) Understanding Strategy Day(s): 3 English Enterprise Wide Risk Management Day(s): 2 English Fundamentals of Senior Management Day(s): 3 English Managing People Day(s): 3 English Dutch The Manager as Coach Day(s): 2 English Dutch Managing Projects: A Pragmatic Approach Day(s): 2 English Managerial Finance Whatever your background, finance is or will become an essential part of your work to do the job right! Why? The top will provide you with yearly or quarterly results for you to digest, you converse with the finance department, you are involved in budgeting and analyse/approve new project investments, you are involved in pricing or need to manage costs. You understand past performance but need to predict the future based on your targets! To equip you with the required skills, we offer you these key learning programs: - Start with finance for non-financial managers, it gives you the big picture, the links and the basic skills on how it all works. - Become an expert in financial statements and performance analysis - You will have the ability to go beyond the numbers and learn to decipher the facts behind the numbers. You learn to thoroughly analyse and interpret statements on your or any company performance and its position in the competitive market place. - Become an expert in budgeting (OPEX) The training will provide you with all the tools and techniques available, the strengths and weaknesses and the importance of this critical process. - Become an expert in project & investment appraisals (CAPEX): As these projects go over time, you will learn how to support your business case and provide proof to colleagues that you are generating company value. - Become an expert in Costing Accounting for Decision Making! Understanding costs is one of the best investments you can make to promote your professional career! The way you manage these costs are key for a successful business! - Learn how to build a financial dashboard and a deeper understanding of the ratio's and steer your department or organisation in the right direction. Understanding Ratio's is one thing, learning how to use them practically is another! Register for: Finance For Non-Financial Managers 2 day(s) English Dutch French German Effective management depends on solid financial decisions. As a manager, or any other individual with budget responsibility, you have to be able to interpret financial data, cash flow statements and balance sheets. This course is designed for absolute beginner in finance and covers the major finance topics Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Financial Statements and Performance Analysis 2 day(s) English Dutch German A 2-day comprehensive training course providing delegates with the understanding of the financial statements a company provides and how to interpret them through ratio analysis. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Project - Investment Appraisals / CAPEX 2 day(s) English Dutch A 2 day comprehensive training course providing delegates with the skills in developing capital expenditure projects, the estimation and calculation of returns in a national and international context and the financing choice of the selected projects. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Budgeting for Performance 1 day(s) English Dutch French Attend this one day and learn a perfect balance of theory and practice on managing and planning, controlling and costing budgets. You will learn about key budgets, budgets as a planning and control ... Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Cost Accounting for Decision Making 2 day(s) English German Understanding cost accounting is one of the best investments you can make to promote your professional career! Costs and the way you manage them are key for a successful business – from small local firms to large multinational corporations. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Ratio's / KPI's and financial dashboards 1 day(s) English Dutch A 1-day comprehensive training course providing delegates with the understanding of company performance through the use of ratio analysis. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Corporate Finance You are an executive, or you deal with or work in the finance department! in “Finance at corporate level”, we provide you the latest corporate finance thinking, how it all works, the decisions to be taken and the interrelationships. We go indepth on many topics, learn about the key differences between finance and accounting and that profit does not mean necessary value! To equip you with the latest corporate finance thinking, we offer you these key learning programs: - Corporate Financial Strategies gives you an in-depth and helicopter view on corporate financial thinking and decision making. - You can learn how to value a company through the latest methods and techniques and determine the economic value in the books, the price on the market or discounted cash flows. - Or focus on one of the key components of corporate finance and learn the “cost of capital” , set it as the benchmark, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses and adjust it for potential risk. - Learn how to measure shareholder value creation on a monthly or a quarterly basis by using Economic Value Added (EVA). - Get an insight on how consolidation of accounts occurs, who owns what or learn the challenges of treasury management at basic or advanced level. Register for: Corporate Financial Strategies 3 day(s) English A 3 day complete practical guide to the mechanics of modern corporate finance. Key areas covered include, the role of corporate Finance, the financial statements, the cost of capital and capital budgeting and company valuation. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... The Cost of Capital 1 day(s) English Long term financial decisions should be based on the question if making the investment (in a new project or asset), will provide the required rate of return. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Company Valuation Techniques 2 day(s) English Dutch Learn in these two days the fundamentals of corporate valuation, while equipping you with the latest strategies to help you successfully tackle the book based, market based and DCF valuation methods. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Treasury: Cash Management 1 day(s) English Dutch Treasury management is a vast area within finance and is becoming a top priority for most senior finance leaders. As a consequence, the treasurer is getting more exposure and the finance team as a whole is more Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Business Valuation & Deal Structuring 6 day(s) English This is a practical 6-day training in Business Valuation & Deal Structuring (Investment Banking M&A) and the main topics are: valuation, leveraged buyouts (LBO’s) and mergers & acquisitions (M&A’s). Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Understanding Consolidated Financial Statements 1 day(s) English The purpose of this course is to enhance your ability to understand and analyse consolidated financial statement and to explain how to compare more effectively consolidated financial statements with individual financial statements. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Treasury: Financing and Risk Management 2 day(s) English The course is tailored to provide participants with the understanding of financial risk management, how to quantify it, determine the exposure and the use of financial instruments to mitigate the exposure. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Capital Markets In finance, we learn about equity and debt, but for financial markets these are financial instruments, a different perspective! Corporates need to enter the market and investors look at them for a required rate of return. These instruments have market prices which are often very different from book value and are influenced by many risk factors. To reduce the risk, they are often packaged into funds, constructed and managed by investment professionals. To equip you with the required skills, we offer you these key learning programs: - Learn how the financial markets work and gain a full insight into the different markets, its structure, the instruments and factors that influence prices. - Gain insight into the investment universe, the different types and risk profiles available and the nature of these funds. - Or understand the fund construction process, learn how specified investment goals are set for the benefit of the investors. - As positions and portfolios exist out of corporate financial instruments, learn which actions corporates undertake and the consequences of these corporate actions. - Or take it a step further for those in banking, insurance and the investment industry and learn what the impact is on positions, who is involved in the chain of events and how each player is required to act, process actions and keep the books in balance. Register for: How The Financial Markets Work 3 day(s) English Attend this 3 day intensive training course and equip yourself with a clear practical understanding of capital markets, financial instruments and the role of all the institutions and players in global markets … Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Investment Funds Xplained 3 day(s) English This intensive and highly practical 3 day programme will give you a thorough grounding in fund management, how portfolio's are constructed and managed, the risks and the associated costs. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Corporate Actions 1 day(s) English On this one day you will benefit from in-depth training in corporate actions. You will learn 50 different types of corporate actions as a result from financial decisions related to income and redemption, rewarding shareholders, capital restructuring, governance and tax, default an liquidation … Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Corporate Actions and Processing 2 day(s) English A 2-day comprehensive training course providing delegates with the understanding of Corporate Actions, the processing , the different types of events and the required market communication. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... The Investment Management Process 3 day(s) English Gain in these 3 days a thorough theoretical and practical overview of the investment management process, by learning. the principles of the investment philosophy. Learn to set financial targets, understand the global risk, the markets, risk tolerance, the research needed, asset allocation techniques, portfolio and performance measurement. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Bonds and Fixed Income 3 day(s) English In 3 days you will expand your knowledge on debt instruments, the structure and application of bonds , the pricing, the mathematics, bond portfolio concepts, the risks and the trading strategies. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Essential Management Skills Financial performance is key and is the reason why we are in business, next to providing a service to society. But, performance cannot be achieved without possessing the essential management and leadership skills. To equip you with the required skills, we offer you these key learning programs: - Learn how to manage "People" , or transform yourself as a "Coach" - Define "Strategy", and learn how to analyse, generate strategic options and make choices for implementation. - Equip yourself the Fundamental skills each manager should have! or learn how to manage projects. - Be alert of and manage enterprise wide risk by learning how to evaluate, monitor, report and mitigate the risk your department or company is exposed to! Register for: Understanding Strategy 3 day(s) English The strategy pursued by an organization has a major influence on the day to day working lives of its employees and the contribution they make to achieving their organization’s goals and objectives. This is true irrespective of the sector, type of organization and the level at which an individual works. Therefore an understanding of the key issues Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Enterprise Wide Risk Management 2 day(s) English A 2 day training course outlining the foundations of Corporate Risk management, the building block of risk assessment, how to measure and quantify the risk and managing the projects. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Fundamentals of Senior Management 3 day(s) English These 3 days will develop understanding of the core and current management frameworks, theories and tools and to assess their relevance to the issues of twenty-first century leading and managing Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Managing People 3 day(s) English Dutch People are the biggest asset a company has! They become the key differentiator for organisations that need to be agile in order to compete and survive. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... The Manager as Coach 2 day(s) English Dutch Line managers are increasingly expected to coach staff and move away from command and control towards autonomy and self-direction. Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options... Managing Projects: A Pragmatic Approach 2 day(s) English Having made the investment decision, this course will help you develop the essential skills and apply them in a pragmatic way to bring your project to a successful conclusion by answering the following questions Click here to view course details, pricing and registration options...