Successful completion of the course enables the participant to: 

1. Appreciate and understand the objectives, role and importance of finance in business; 

2. Learn the concepts, related calculations and practical applications of the mathematics of finance and investments; 

3. Utilize basic financial planning and forecasting tools for business decisions;

4. Identify, define, analyze and manage the various types of risks the finance manager faces in the routine course of business; 

5. Efficiently manage a firm’s working capital accounts; 

6. Evaluate long-term investments/projects using the most effective evaluation methodologies; 

7. Identify, describe and evaluate the various short-, medium- and long-term financing sources available to a firm;

8. Calculate and understand the importance of a firm’s weighted average cost of capital.

MODULE 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS 

A. Review of key accounting principles and concepts 

B. Accounting and financial reporting rules 

C. Financial statements appreciation: contents, limitations 

D. Critical analysis areas 

E. Pragmatic review of financial statements 

F. Common danger signals 

MODULE 2 THE FINANCE FUNCTION: AN OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION 

A. Importance and goal in the corporate setting 

B. Responsibilities of the finance manager 

C. Key ideas in financial management 

D. Structure of the financial system 

MODULE 3 MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE AND INVESTMENTS 

A. Time value of money: concepts, principles, formulas 

B. Illustrative calculations 

C. Practical applications for decision-making 

MODULE 4 BASIC FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL 

A. Break-even analysis 

B. Operating and financial leverage 

C. Basic budgeting and financial forecasting 

MODULE 5 WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 

A. Working capital fundamentals 

B. Cash management 

C. Short-term financing 

MODULE 6 INVESTMENT & FINANCING DECISIONS 

A. Project evaluation techniques 

B. Risk/Return analysis 

C. Capital budgeting process 

D. Financial structure, use of leverage, and cost of capital 

E. Intermediate- and long-term financing methods

Mari Toni Bautista Ms. Mari Toni Bautista has established her footing in the banking industry for more than 10 years wherein she held various posts such as Derivatives and Structured Products Chief Dealer in BDO Private Bank, Head of Corporate Sales in Security Bank Treasury and Vice President handling Financial Markets Sales in ING Bank N.V. Manila Branch. Currently, she is Associate Director, still handling Financial Markets Sales in Standard Chartered Bank Philippines. Further to this, she has always been an advocate for continuing learning. She has been a resident resource speaker for Ateneo CCE handling topics such as Risk Management in Banking, Fundamentals of Derivatives and Business of Treasury – Banking Series. She is also a resident review instructor in the CFA Level 1 review class, handling the fixed income and derivatives modules.