BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 12.2//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: Finance professionals who are able to transform data into act ionable knowledge are in demand. Treasury professionals have also witnesse d the scope of their responsibilities increase dramatically. Treasury depa rtments continue to assume new roles including capital structure planning\ , enterprise-wide risk management and are increasingly participating in th e formulation of comprehensive\, long-term business strategies. \n\nIn thi s five-part series\, explore key topics in FP&\;A that will help partic ipants excel in your job and drive the organization&rsquo\;s future growth . \nWednesday\, June 6: Strategy\, Organization\, Industry \nFinance prof essionals use information to create actionable business intelligence. Prov iding analysis and recommendations about how the organization can create v alue begins with an understanding of strategy. This session addresses the way the strategic value proposition interacts with the specifics of the o rganization. \;\nKey concepts covered include:\n\n FP&\;A&rsquo\ ;s connection to overall strategy \n Strategy development\n Interact ions between industry\, value drivers\, and business strategy\n Links b etween strategy and the modeling process\n\nWednesday\, June 13: Planning and Analysis of Budgets\nAn understanding of budgets\, demand\, and cost s tructure is essential. Developing financial models may require forecasts of variables ranging from product demand to pricing to staffing costs. Pa rticipants learn about the factors that influence product demand and prici ng\, types of cost\, cost allocation\, and cost-volume-profit analysis. \n Key concepts covered include:\n\n Demand and price elasticity\n Cost behavior patterns\n Cost classification\n Cost-volume-profit analys is\, scenarios and sensitivity analysis\n Variance analysis of budget a nd actual results\n\nWednesday\, June 20: Overall Modeling Process\nThe po wer of a financial model comes from the ability to change the inputs and a nalyze the impact on outputs. Learn how to ensure the model building ident ifies all of the inputs\, variables\, indirect consequences and interrelat ionships of the business opportunity or situation. Determine the crucial a spects and analyzing information.\nKey concepts covered include:\n\n Th e process of determining the desired outputs\, gathering data \n Identi fying outliers in the data\n Refining assumptions and scope\n Develo ping scenarios\n Analyzing risks and opportunities\n Model building and design\n\nWednesday\, June 27: Worksheets and \;Building Financial Projections\nProjections are the basis for business decisions. The decisi on to enter a new market\, acquire another firm\, or build a new plant wil l be based on forecasted cash inflows and outflows. Discover what is need ed to assemble data and build forecasts that drive the various functions i n an organization. Participants learn how to interpret and use financial p rojections. \;\nKey concepts covered include:\n\n Forecasting metho ds\n Financial statement projections\n Valuing projects\n Syntax for common worksheet functions\n Pivot tables\n Data validation\n DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20180606T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T134022Z DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20180606T110000 LOCATION: RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=4;BYDAY=WE SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:FP&A Essentials UID:RFCALITEM638472984225813933 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Finance professionals who are able to tra
nsform data into actionable knowledge are in demand. Treasury professional
s have also witnessed the scope of their responsibilities increase dramati
cally. Treasury departments continue to assume new roles including capital
structure planning\, enterprise-wide risk management and are increasingly
participating in the formulation of comprehensive\, long-term business st
rategies.
\n
\nIn this five-part series\, explore key topics in
FP&\;A that will help participants excel in your job and drive the org
anization&rsquo\;s future growth.
Wednesday\, June 6: Strategy\, Organization\, Industry
\nFinance profess
ionals use information to create actionable business intelligence. Providi
ng analysis and recommendations about how the organization can create valu
e begins with an understanding of strategy. This session addresses the wa
y the strategic value proposition interacts with the specifics of the orga
nization. \;
\nKey concepts covered include:
Wednesday\, June 13: Plannin
g and Analysis of Budgets
\nAn understanding of budgets\, demand
\, and cost structure is essential. Developing financial models may requi
re forecasts of variables ranging from product demand to pricing to staffi
ng costs. Participants learn about the factors that influence product dem
and and pricing\, types of cost\, cost allocation\, and cost-volume-profit
analysis.
\nKey concepts covered include:
Wednesday\, June 20: Overa
ll Modeling Process
\nThe power of a financial model comes from
the ability to change the inputs and analyze the impact on outputs. Learn
how to ensure the model building identifies all of the inputs\, variables\
, indirect consequences and interrelationships of the business opportunity
or situation. Determine the crucial aspects and analyzing information.
\nKey concepts covered include:
Wednesday\,
June 27: Worksheets and \;Build
ing Financial Projections
\nProjections are the basis for busine
ss decisions. The decision to enter a new market\, acquire another firm\,
or build a new plant will be based on forecasted cash inflows and outflows
. Discover what is needed to assemble data and build forecasts that drive
the various functions in an organization. Participants learn how to inter
pret and use financial projections. \;
\nKey concepts covered inc
lude: