The Best Professional Conferences, Workshops and Seminars


Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control Conference

Introduction

This corporate financial planning and budgeting training is designed to enable delegates to make corporate financial decisions in an increasingly volatile international marketplace to increase profitability, maintain liquidity, and reduce financial risk.

The module follows the growth of a company from the development of a strategic corporate financial plan, the raising of finance, the preparation and management of budgets to support the plan, the management of financial risk, and, ultimately, the measurement and evaluation of performance.

The corporate financial planning, budgeting, and control conference is designed as a training workshop to equip financial personnel, decision-makers, planners, and analysts with a deep understanding and practical skills in corporate financial planning and budgeting.

This engaging corporate finance conference will explore controlled financial corporations' strategies for increasing profitability, maintaining liquidity, and reducing financial risk.

The Corporate Financial Planning Process: Best Practices

The conference also integrates a focus on the corporate financial planning process, exploring the best practices in establishing robust financial planning corporate frameworks. From utilizing the most influential corporate financial planning tools, such as financial models and cash flow forecasting, to fostering a mindset attuned to strategic imperatives, attendees will gain insight into how leading finance professionals construct and refine plans that steer their organizations toward sustained success.

Targeted Groups

  • Financial Personnel.
  • Financial Decision-Makers.
  • Financial Planners and Analysts.
  • Managers are involved in planning and decision-making.
  • Persons with aims to work in finance-related fields.
  • Persons involved in risk management.

Conference Objectives

At the end of this corporate financial planning and budgeting conference, the participants will be able to:

  • Develop effective corporate financial plans aimed at maximizing return and minimizing risk.
  • Evaluate the various methods of finance and make successful capital investment decisions.
  • Prepare, manage, and control budgets to support the corporate financial plans.
  • Identify and manage financial risk effectively.
  • Measure and manage performance effectively.
  • Create opportunities for your personal development and increased financial awareness.
  • Understand today's significant issues in international corporate finance and budgeting.
  • Develop their professional skills, powers of analysis, evaluation, and decision-making.
  • Make improved finance and capital budgeting decisions, increasing their importance to your organization.
  • Liaise effectively with other departments on matters of finance and budgeting.
  • Identify areas where they can improve your company's financial performance, which will help your career development.

Targeted Competencies

Upon the end of this corporate financial planning and budgeting conference, the target competencies will be able to:

  • Strategic planning.
  • Financial planning.
  • Analytical skills.
  • Communication skills.
  • Building financial models.
  • Budgeting.

Conference Content

Unit 1: Corporate Financial Planning

  • Strategic Planning.
  • The Objective of the Firm – meeting Shareholder and Stakeholder Objectives.
  • Agency Theory – The Relationship between Shareholders and Management.
  • Creative Accounting and the Case of Enron.
  • Preparing a Strategic Plan.
  • Financial Management and Financial Planning – the Scope, Role and Responsibilities of Financial Management.
  • Preparing a Financial Plan – The Master Budget.
  • Forecasting Future Cashflows.
  • Time Series Analysis.
  • Correlation and Regression.
  • Financial Modelling.

Unit 2: Financing The Plan

  • Sources of Finance – Long-Term and Short-Term
  • Evaluation of the Types of Finance.
  • Equity Finance.
  • Debt Finance.
  • Hybrid Finance and Financial Engineering.
  • The Dividend Decision.
  • The Cost of Capital.
  • Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
  • Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
  • The Capital Investment Process.
  • Payback.
  • Accounting Rate of Return (ARR).
  • Net Present Value (NPV).
  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
  • Capital Investment Appraisal.
  • Capital Rationing.

Unit 3: Preparing and Managing Budgets to Support the Financial Plans

  • Definition of Budgets.
  • The Budgetary Process.
  • Types of Budgets:
    • Fixed.
    • Flexible.
    • Incremental.
    • Zero Based.
  • Activity-Based Budgets.
  • The Purpose/Benefits and Problems/Limitations of Budgets.
  • Setting/Implementing Effective Budgets - Eliminating the Problems.
  • Budgetary Control.
  • Responsibility Accounting and Absorption Costing.
  • Activity-Based Budgeting/Costing (ABB, ABC).
  • Variance Analysis.
  • Cost Behaviour and Break-Even Analysis.
  • Sensitivity/What-If Analysis.
  • What-If Analysis combined with Du-Pont Analysis.

Unit 4: Managing and Controlling Cashflow to Support The Financial Plan

  • Cash VS Profit.
  • The Cash Conversion Cycle.
  • Calculating and Managing the Cashflow Cycle.
  • Cash Flow Ratios.
  • Working Capital.
  • The Cost of Maintaining Working Capital.
  • Maintaining the Optimum level of Working Capital.
  • Working Investment Ratios.
  • Preparing a Monthly Cash Flow Forecast.

Unit 5: Managing Financial Risk

  • Risk Management.
  • Types of Risk.
  • Identifying Risk – SWOT Analysis.
  • The Major Quantitative and Qualitative Risks Facing Companies.
  • Establishing a Risk Management Strategy.
  • Financial Risk Management and Hedging Techniques.
  • Financial Risks.
  • Managing Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Risk.
  • Derivatives.
  • Forwards.
  • Futures.
  • Options.
  • Swaps.
  • Risk Management Glossary of Terms.

Conclusion

This corporate finance workshop combines insights into corporate financial planning and its vital role in the strategic decision-making process. Delegates who serve as corporate financial controllers or those looking to enhance their expertise will find this corporate budgeting conference indispensable in achieving a high degree of fiscal prudence and innovation in their daily workflow.


Online
18 - 22 May 2025
1900 Euro
Lisbon (Portugal)
26 - 30 May 2025
5300 Euro
Geneva (Switzerland)
02 - 06 Jun 2025
6500 Euro
Boston (USA)
09 - 13 Jun 2025
7200 Euro
Dubai (UAE)
20 - 24 Jul 2025
4400 Euro
Istanbul (Turkey)
20 - 24 Jul 2025
4900 Euro
London (UK)
28 Jul - 01 Aug 2025
5500 Euro
Barcelona (Spain)
11 - 15 Aug 2025
5300 Euro
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
17 - 21 Aug 2025
4400 Euro
Online
31 Aug - 04 Sep 2025
1900 Euro
Milan (Italy)
01 - 05 Sep 2025
5900 Euro
Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)
07 - 11 Sep 2025
4500 Euro
Vienna (Austria)
15 - 19 Sep 2025
5500 Euro
Manama (Bahrain)
28 Sep - 02 Oct 2025
4500 Euro
Barcelona (Spain)
29 Sep - 03 Oct 2025
5300 Euro
Munich (Germany)
29 Sep - 03 Oct 2025
5300 Euro
Amman (Jordan)
05 - 09 Oct 2025
3200 Euro
London (UK)
06 - 10 Oct 2025
5500 Euro
Istanbul (Turkey)
12 - 16 Oct 2025
4900 Euro
Dubai (UAE)
19 - 23 Oct 2025
4400 Euro
Brussels (Belgium)
20 - 24 Oct 2025
5300 Euro
Paris (France)
03 - 07 Nov 2025
5300 Euro
Rome (Italy)
24 - 28 Nov 2025
5900 Euro
Madrid (Spain)
24 - 28 Nov 2025
5300 Euro
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
24 - 28 Nov 2025
5300 Euro
Cairo (Egypt)
30 Nov - 04 Dec 2025
3500 Euro
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
30 Nov - 04 Dec 2025
4400 Euro
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
28 Dec 2025 - 01 Jan 2026
4400 Euro
London (UK)
05 - 09 Jan 2026
5500 Euro
Barcelona (Spain)
05 - 09 Jan 2026
5300 Euro
Cairo (Egypt)
11 - 15 Jan 2026
3500 Euro
Manama (Bahrain)
11 - 15 Jan 2026
4500 Euro
Paris (France)
12 - 16 Jan 2026
5300 Euro
Madrid (Spain)
26 - 30 Jan 2026
5300 Euro
Rome (Italy)
02 - 06 Feb 2026
5900 Euro
Casablanca (Morocco)
09 - 13 Feb 2026
4000 Euro
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
09 - 13 Feb 2026
5300 Euro
Amman (Jordan)
22 - 26 Feb 2026
3200 Euro
Online
01 - 05 Mar 2026
1900 Euro
Vienna (Austria)
02 - 06 Mar 2026
5500 Euro
Istanbul (Turkey)
08 - 12 Mar 2026
4900 Euro
Dubai (UAE)
15 - 19 Mar 2026
4400 Euro
Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)
05 - 09 Apr 2026
4500 Euro
Cairo (Egypt)
10 - 14 May 2026
3500 Euro

The Best Professional Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control Conference (C)

 

Mercury dynamic schedule is constantly reviewed and updated to ensure that every category is being addressed at least once a month, if not once every week. Please check the training courses listed below and if you do not find the subject you are interested in, email us or give us a call and we will do our best to assist.