Certified CFO

Financial Leader provide top quality input (Beyond Numbers) for ﬁnancial analytics and strategic decision-making.

APPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP

Business Value Analyses
Financial Planning
Informed Business Analytics
Business Strategy & Strategic Decisions Making
Leading the business through proper leadership

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The course is primarily – but not exclusively – aimed for senior accounting and ﬁnance professionals working in industry, business and ﬁnancial services like:

CFO & CEO
Finance Directors
Directors Country Managers
Other Senior Professionals etc.

Program Aim

This strategic program aims to help participants fulﬁl their role as coaches and strategic ﬁnancial leaders by addressing these key areas:

1-Analytical – to accurately diagnose the organization' strategic position and to recommend appropriate responses using business strategy analysis, value chain analysis and big data analysis, artiﬁcial intelligence and design thinking skills.

2-Financial skills – the ability to understand strategic corporate ﬁnance, strategy analysis, strategic costing, budgeting, and strategic planning.

3-Strategy – To inculcate what strategy, strategic planning and how to make strategic decisions.

4-Leadership Skills – the ability to achieve leadership excellence, problem solving and negotiation skills

5-Finance Digital Transformation – the understanding to new skills required for ﬁnance leaders including data sciences, Strategic Financial Analysis & Visualization

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬:

-Live interactive Training -Practice Files -Case studies

-Trainer Presentation -Recordings -E-Certiﬁcate

Program Beneﬁts

Complete a strategic-level qualiﬁcation alongside your current role
Build your professional networks with fellow ﬁnance professionals and senior executives
Gain exposure to the top ranks of business and ﬁnancial practice
Boost your conﬁdence and credibility at a senior level
Stand out from the crowd with competitive advantage

Contents of The Program

Strategic Finance & Decision Making

Enterprise Value and its importance in Corporate Finance
Business Restructuring and Financial Position
Eﬀective ﬁnancial planning and analysis
Phasing of Budgets
Financial Reporting Priorities
Business Risk and Financial Risk
Cost Optimization and Controlling Working Capital
Strategic Financial Decision Making

Finance Business Partnering and Practical Issues in Becoming a CFO

Role of a Finance Business Partner
Value Chain Analysis
Adaptability of modern business models
Practical challenges in becoming a strategic CFO

Strategy

Organizational goals and strategies
Industry analysis and how to achieve competitive advantage
Strategic benchmarking –measuring the performance of other companies ·
Strategy and change
Strategy Analysis as a tool to solve problems/make better decisions
The impact of business strategy on shareholder value added
Global strategy
Key performance indicators (KPIs) and the Balanced Scorecard
Design effective partner strategy balancing sales imperatives with ﬁnancial constraints
Industry Analysis

Personal & Leadership Skills

Strategic Communication and Pesentaations
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Personal Action Plan
Negotiation Skills
Alignment of Organizational, Functional, Departmental & Individual Goals
Achieving Leadership Excellence - Situational Leadership
Business Processes & Change Management
How to become Finance business partner working with non-finance functions or overall business growth
Personal branding and networking
Work Life Balance

Financial Digital Transformation

Technology and future of Finance
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Cloud Computing and new technology Trends

Strategic Financial Analysis & Visualization

Data Analytics with Power BI
Business Intelligence with Power BI
Advanced Financial Analytics and Visualization
Strategic Financial Dashboards in Power BI

Screenshots from CFM & Power BI Trainings

Demo Lecture

Live Trainings

With Jonathan Barber Executive Director (IFA UK)

July 2024

With "Clara Robinson" Regulatory Compliance Manager (IFA UK)

July 2024

Certified Financial Modeler

At London South Bank University

IFA UK Annual Conference

June 2024

Conference by IMA Middle East & Africa and CIPD Middle East

Waldorf Astoria Dubai (Palm Jumeirah)

Conference by IMA Middle East & Africa and CIPD Middle East

Waldorf Astoria Dubai (Palm Jumeirah)

Seasoned International Trainers

Zafar Aziz Osmani

CEO,Excelerate (Pvt) Ltd

Mian Ahmad Farhan- FCA

International Trainer

Abdul Shakoor

CMA US, FFA UK, AFM

Mian Ahmad Farhan- FCA

30 plus years of experience

He is fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), fellow member of Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA) and Affiliate member of the Accountants and Auditors Association (AAA), Dubai, UAE.

He is:

-International Trainer

-Principal Partner “MFKS & Co Chartered Accountants”

-CEO "EdSkills Educational Services Pvt. Ltd"

-Principal “Edskills Centre of Finance”

-Director “Value Education Pvt Ltd”

-Founding partner of “Ahmad Alagbari - Chartered Accountants”, Dubai.

-Member of ICAP Education Committee

He has served:

-ICAP UAE Chapter as Vice President for three consecutive terms (2012 – 2018)

-ICAP Education Committee.

-Accountants and Auditors Association (AAA), Dubai, UAE in the Capacity of Executive Director (2016-17).

-Professional education providing Institutes and Universities in Pakistan & UAE from 2001 to 2021.

Zafar Aziz Osmani

He is a renowned business professional with vast management and leadership experience, spanning over a period of three and a half decades. He is expert in strategic HR interventions aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness.

He is engaged in advising & training, locally as well as abroad, in the domains of HRM, Leadership, Organization Designing, Capacity Building, Institutional Transformation and Change Management, Rationalizing Staff Structure, Business Process Reviews, Training Needs Analysis, Job Evaluation and Job Proling etc.

During his long professional career, he had been associated with a number of well-known organizations where he held senior-level positions like Member, Head, Director and SEVP, these organizations include, KE, HBL, FBR, Pak Kuwait Investment Co., Meezan Bank, American Express Bank, Gulf International Bank, Exxon Pakistan, Ministry of Finance etc.

At present, he is CEO of Excelerate (Pvt.) Limited, where he has been providing management consultancy and HR Advisory services to various public and private sector organizations. In addition, he has also participated as a guest speaker in various organizations in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

Abdul Shakoor

CMA USA, FFA UK, AFM

Abdul currently working as Chief Financial Ofcer (CFO) for TOSHIBA TV and BOSS Home Appliances is an experienced professional having diversied experience in the eld of accounting, nance, Financial Modeling, Data Analysis in Powe Excel, Power BI, teaching, and training. He is also serving as Regional Director of Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)-UK for Pakistan and heading LEXICON Global organization as well.

Previously he had been teaching as an adjunct faculty member in University of the Punjab and PAC Group. Academically he is an Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM) by Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) Canada, Fellow Member of Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) UK, Bachelor of Law (LLB), Master of Science in Economics and Master of Philosophy in Management Sciences He has provided open house and on-premises training on Financial Modeling, Data Analysis in Power Excel, and Data Analysis in Power BI to leading organizations in Pakistan and Auditor General Ofce of Papua New Guinea. He has trained hundreds of professionals from UK, Canada, South Africa Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kuwait, Ghana, Nigeria

He is an approved Trainer for Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) Canada, National Business Development Program of Small and Medium Enterprises & Development Authority (SMEDA) Pakistan

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