💼 Advanced Corporate Finance Training Course

Overview

📘 Course Description

This intensive course delves into advanced financial strategies and decision-making frameworks used by corporate finance professionals. Participants will explore valuation, M&A, capital budgeting under uncertainty, financial structuring, debt/equity optimization, risk management, and real options analysis. The course uses case studies from global corporations and energy/oil & gas sectors to connect theory with real-world application.

🎯 Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Conduct in-depth company valuations using multiple methods
Analyze and structure mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
Design optimal capital structures aligned with strategic goals
Manage financial risk using derivatives and hedging tools
Apply real options and scenario analysis in investment decisions
Communicate corporate finance strategies to stakeholders

👥 Who Should Attend

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
Corporate Finance Managers
Strategic Planners
Investment & Commercial Bankers
Financial Controllers
Treasury and M&A Professionals
Business Analysts and Advisors

🧠 Training Methodology

Instructor-led presentations
Financial modeling exercises in Excel
Harvard-style case studies
Simulated boardroom decisions
Scenario planning and role-play
Interactive group work

🗓️ Daily Agenda with Time Breakdown

📗 Day 1: Advanced Valuation Techniques

Time	Topic
08:30–09:00	Welcome & Course Introduction
09:00–10:30	Valuation Overview: Market, Income & Asset-Based Methods
10:30–10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45–12:15	DCF with Terminal Value & Cash Flow Forecasting
12:15–13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15–14:45	Relative Valuation: Trading Multiples, Precedent Transactions
14:45–15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00–16:30	Sensitivity, Scenario & Monte Carlo Simulations

📘 Day 2: Capital Structure and Financing Strategy

Time	Topic
08:30–10:00	Optimal Capital Structure: Theory and Practice
10:00–10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15–12:15	Cost of Capital – WACC and APV Analysis
12:15–13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15–14:45	Dividend Policy, Debt Covenants & Rating Implications
14:45–15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00–16:30	Case Study: Designing Capital Structure for a Multinational Firm

📙 Day 3: Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring

Time	Topic
08:30–10:00	Strategic Rationale for M&A and Restructuring
10:00–10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15–12:15	Deal Valuation: Synergies, Accretion/Dilution, LBO Models
12:15–13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15–14:45	Integration Planning, Anti-trust and Due Diligence
14:45–15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00–16:30	Restructuring Tools: Spin-offs, Carve-outs, Buybacks

📕 Day 4: Risk Management and Derivatives

Time	Topic
08:30–10:00	Identifying and Measuring Financial Risk (FX, Interest, Commodity)
10:00–10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15–12:15	Using Derivatives: Forwards, Swaps, Options in Corporate Finance
12:15–13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15–14:45	Hedging Strategies and Effectiveness Testing
14:45–15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00–16:30	Case Study: Designing a Hedging Program for an Oil & Gas Company

📒 Day 5: Strategic Finance & Real Options

Time	Topic
08:30–10:00	Investment Decisions under Uncertainty: NPV vs. Real Options
10:00–10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15–12:15	Real Options Valuation Models (Binomial, Black-Scholes)
12:15–13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15–14:45	Financial Strategy Simulation: Oil Exploration Expansion Decision
14:45–15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00–16:30	Group Presentations, Debrief & Certification

📂 Course Materials Provided

Advanced Corporate Finance Workbook (PDF & Excel)
Case Study Pack (including Energy, Banking & Tech examples)
Excel Valuation and Scenario Tools
Glossary of Terms
Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,800