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Strategic Finance

Today’s leading organizations require executives to apply vigorous financial analysis in order to make strategic decisions that effect growth and competitive edge in all industries.

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Workshops & Programs

Strategic Finance

Strategic Finance is a three-day workshop that explores the linkages between business and financial strategy.

Dates

May 23 - 25

Exec Ed

Workshops

Strategic Finance

Unlike most financial courses, this multidimensional workshop focuses on integrating strategy, management and finance through real simulations that allow learning tools that are applicable to your organization. The goal of this workshop is to enhance your critical thinking the following areas: – Financial and analytical skills when applied to business and financial strategy – Ability to understand and validate the fundamental assumptions inherent in financial valuation and modeling, and the strategic “bets” that are part of those models – Ability to evaluate whether business strategy is focused on enterprise value creation and supported by the company’s financial structure and strategy.

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze businesses to determine if the business is creating value for shareholders, particularly through the use of cash based metrics like EVA and CFROI.
  • Develop a 360-degree understanding of the impact of business acquisitions, focusing on acquisitions from strategy conceptualization to valuation to deal structure to post-acquisition integration
  • Explore the role of ‘real options pricing’ in finance and strategy, determining the nature and value of strategic bets and options.
  • Explore the evolution of traditional strategic planning to modern strategic thinking

Faculty & Expert Speakers

Daniels faculty teach from experience as well as textbooks. Most are leaders who have steered major corporations, organizations and business initiatives, and many are internationally consulted, business professionals. 

 

 

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Ron Rizzuto

Professor

Ronald Rizzuto is an award-winning Professor of Finance in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver an Endowed Professor in International Executive Education. He designs Executive Education programs globally and he teaches courses in capital expenditure analysis, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and strategic finance. Rizzuto’s book, Managing By The Numbers: A Common Sense Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company’s Financials, is a highly acclaimed in the finance world.

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Randel Lewis

Professor

Randel Lewis is an award-winning adjunct professor at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, teaching the graduate level capstone course in strategy and finance. Lewis is an executive coach and a strategy consultant, and a regular contributor to executive and continuing education programs. He has extensive experience in mentoring clients and serves as a mediator, expert witness, consultant and a court-appointed fiduciary for distressed business. Lewis is also a guest lecturer at the Strum College of Law, University of Denver.

 

 

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Bill Daniels

Instructors were all fantastic, very patient, and demonstrated a great deal of insight and knowledge. It was a very enjoyable experience and I would like to get more of my colleagues into this program so we could get closer to being on the same page and work more efficiently as a team.

Previous Participant

Kerry is a "leadership renaissance man" in my opinion. As leaders in the public sector we are hungry for this kind of learning.

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