An Intensive 10-day Training Course

The Oxford Advanced
Finance Leaders Programme

Team Leadership, Time Management, Investments Analysis and
Business Performance

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

The training course on Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme offers comprehensive, high-impact experience designed for professionals aiming to excel in both financial leadership and people management. This training course integrates two critical dimensions of leadership, effective team leadership and strategic financial management, equipping participants with the capabilities required to lead cross-functional teams while driving financial performance.

Through a dual-focus approach, participants will step beyond the narrow focus of day-to-day operations and develop a broader understanding of how leadership decisions align with financial planning, analysis, and strategic control. The training course builds core leadership competencies while also strengthening financial acumen, enabling participants to lead with clarity, influence, and accountability in dynamic business environments. Whether addressing performance improvement, strategic forecasting, or capital needs, this course empowers leaders to make confident, informed decisions.

Key Focus Areas of the training course on Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme:

  • Mastering team leadership, communication, and people development strategies
  • Applying financial tools for planning, performance evaluation, and risk control
  • Building forward-looking financial models to support decision-making
  • Understanding the role of finance in achieving strategic business outcomes
  • Gaining confidence in both financial analysis and leadership effectiveness

This training course is split into two modules:

Module I - Mastering People Management & Team Leadership

Module II - Financial Analysis, Planning & Control

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

By completing the training course on Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme, participants will strengthen their leadership impact while acquiring practical financial skills to support business planning and execution.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Clarify leadership roles and drive team alignment
  • Set and manage performance expectations with measurable goals
  • Apply effective delegation, prioritization, and time management techniques
  • Enhance their ability to influence and motivate others
  • Develop and utilize the potential of individuals within their teams
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training course use a range of approaches to learning, including experiential group activities, individual exercises, mini case studies, role plays and syndicate discussions.

The financial elements of this training course include numerous practical examples and real life illustrations. The training course methodology combines presentations, discussions, team exercises and case studies. The emphasis is on gaining the theoretical knowledge and practical application of all the topics covered.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organizations will benefit from professionals returning with an expanded leadership mindset and sharpened financial decision-making skills. The training course on Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme helps build a leadership culture grounded in accountability, analytical thinking, and strategic alignment.

Key organizational advantages include:

  • Leaders equipped with emotional intelligence and strategic vision
  • Enhanced capacity to translate strategy into financial outcomes
  • More confident decision-making based on financial insight and control
  • Stronger cross-functional collaboration supported by financial understanding
  • Improved planning, budgeting, and resource allocation effectiveness
  • A leadership approach aligned with shareholder value creation
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants in the training course on Oxford Advanced Finance Leaders Programme will elevate their professional effectiveness by integrating leadership skills with robust financial understanding. They will leave better prepared to manage teams, budgets, and business results with clarity and confidence.

Personal development outcomes include:

  • Broader perspective on leadership styles and effectiveness
  • Refined communication and persuasion techniques for team engagement
  • Increased confidence in managing team performance and development
  • Practical experience with financial tools to support planning and control
  • Ability to analyze and interpret financial information to inform decisions
  • Strategic insight into how financial leadership supports overall business growth
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Professionals who are in charge of teams and/or departments
  • Business Professionals from sales and marketing
  • Operations, Engineering, Planning
  • Project Management, Logistics and Procurement Professionals
  • Human Resources and other Non-financial Areas
  • Accountants
  • Financial Analysts
  • Auditors
  • Financial Personnel and Senior Finance Professionals who require an update or a refresher in the topics covered
  • Professionals who want to better understand the financial aspects of their roles

DAILY AGENDA

Module 1: Mastering People Management & Team Leadership
Day 1: Understanding Your Role
  • Leader or manager
  • Self-perception
  • Beyond the job description: Finding-out what your organisation requires of you
  • Balancing conflicting stakeholder demands
  • Understanding the nature of change
  • A model for implementing change
Day 2: Personal Effectiveness, Time Management and Delegation
  • Understanding yourself and your organisational environment
  • Outcome orientation
  • Setting personal and team objectives
  • Managing performance
  • Finding and using time effectively
  • A model for effective delegation
Day 3: Communication, Influence and Conflict Management
  • Channels of communication
  • Effective listening skills
  • Emotions and rapport
  • Persuasion and negotiation: The keys to personal influence
  • Managing conflict assertively
Day 4: Team Building, People Management and Motivation
  • How high-performing teams work
  • Identifying team roles
  • Motivation and reward
  • Building and sharing a vision
  • Different approaches to leadership
Day 5: Enhancing Team Performance through Coaching and Development
  • How people learn
  • Coaching for personal and team growth
  • Feedback skills
  • Development planning
  • Next steps
Module 2: Financial Analysis, Planning & Control
Day 6: The Challenge of Financial Economic Decision-Making
  • The Practice of Financial / Economic Analysis
  • The Value-creating Company
  • Corporate Value and Shareholder Value
  • A Dynamic Perspective of Business
  • The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance
  • What information and data to use?
  • The Nature of Financial Statements
  • The Context of Financial Analysis and Decision-making
Day 7: Assessment of Business Performance
  • Ratio Analysis and Business Performance
  • Management’s Point of View
  • Owners’ Point of View
  • Lenders’ Point of View
  • Ratios as a System – Pyramids of Ratios
  • Integration of Financial Performance Analysis
  • Economic Value Added (EVA)
  • Predicting Financial Distress and Z-score Model
Day 8: Analysis of Investment Decisions
  • Applying Time-adjusted Measures
  • Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)
  • Strategic Perspective
  • EVA and NPV
  • Refinements of Investment Analysis
  • Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)
  • Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Simulation, and NPV Break-even
  • Dealing with Risk and Changing Circumstances
Day 9: Projection of Financial Requirements
  • Interrelationship of Financial Projections
  • Operating Budgets
  • Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
  • Cash Forecasts and Cash Budgets
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Dynamics and Growth of the Business System
  • Operating Leverage
  • Financial Growth Plans
  • Financial Modelling
Day 10: Valuation and Business Performance
  • Managing for Shareholder Value
  • Shareholder Value Creation in Perspective
  • Evolution of Value-based Methodologies
  • Creating Value in Restructuring and Combinations
  • Financial Strategy in Acquisitions
  • Business Valuation
  • Business Restructuring and Reorganisations
  • Management Buy Outs (MBOs) and Management Buy Ins (MBIs)
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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