Trainings
Open Training Programme

Strategic Financial Awareness

Reading financial statements as a strategic compass

Duration
1 day · 6 hours (09:30 – 17:30)
Format
In-person · Case study and scenario exercises
Target Audience
C-Level executives beyond finance such as CEO, COO, CMO, CHRO, CTO; senior leaders who collaborate with CFOs in strategic decision-making processes.
🎯Purpose

To enable C-Level executives to read financial statements from a strategic perspective, independent of technical detail. To show the impact of financial decisions on the company's growth, investment, cash flow and sustainability strategies.

🔑Why It Matters
  • Even profitable companies can face cash shortages.
  • Misallocation of capital can lead to missed growth opportunities.
  • In times of crisis, not only the CFO but the entire C-Level must act with financial awareness.
  • Financial awareness enhances the C-Level's power of strategic decision-making.
🛠Methodology
  • Real case analyses
  • Scenario exercises (crisis and uncertainty scenarios)
  • Group discussions and short simulations
  • Applied exercises that make concrete the impact of C-Level roles on financial decisions
📘Contents
  • Understanding the strategic language of finance
  • Capital allocation and investment decisions
  • Risk-return balance and crisis management
  • The difference between cash flow and profitability
  • Company valuation and investor expectations
  • The impact of behavioural biases on strategic decisions
🚀Outcomes
  • Ability to read financial data from a strategic perspective
  • Thinking like a CFO in times of crisis and uncertainty
  • Understanding your role in capital allocation and cash management
  • Grasping shareholder and investor expectations
  • Making more robust and repeatable decisions free from bias

❓ Why Attend?

A senior management team that speaks the language of finance fluently makes strategic decisions both faster and more accurately. This programme provides that language.

👤Instructors
Cemal Tosun

Cemal Tosun

Senior Instructor · Finance Leader

A CFO with a Schneider Electric background and deep field experience in sustainability and financial transformation. He delivers training on strategic financial awareness, cash flow management and post-COP corporate climate finance.