CFO of the Future 3 - Cost & Profitability Analysis
Why should you attend this course?
- Sometimes you need to look beyond budgets and ledgers to find cost-cutting opportunities and new ways to generate profits. This workshop will teach you to use modern tools to look at familiar topics differently.
- Each topic covered in the course is backed up with many examples from different organisations to make it easier for you to understand and make changes in your organisation.
- Together with the other modules, the CFO workshop will allow you to develop and become an even better leader.
Language of the course
English
Training level
intermediate
Who is this course for?
- For current and aspiring chief financial officers.
- For financial controllers, managers, strategic and business planners, mid-level financiers and other professionals interested in improving the efficiency of financial operations in an organisation.
What will you learn during the course?
- How to use lean practices (including value stream costing, target costing, lean accounting).
- How to use process maps and cost drivers to identify and eliminate non-value-generating costs.
- How to apply lean practices in manufacturing and service organisations.
- How to identify strategic and profitable products and customers (and how to deal with unprofitable ones).
- How to reduce expenses (e.g. travel, marketing, IT) using various techniques and practices, e.g. benchmarking, shared service centres, internal markets, outsourcing, peer review.
„The presenter was very good, gave good examples and was very communicative. He is able to explain everything in a simple way.”
From a feedback form on tailored training provided in 2023.5,57/6
Average evaluation of tutors and training materials among participants of workshops for companies organized in 2023-2024.„Training delivered in an understandable manner and at the right pace.”
From a feedback form on tailored training provided in 2024.97%
of all participants of the 2023-2024 tailored workshops for companies would recommend our training to their friends!
Open courses
Our open courses are short courses taught by experienced tutors whose role is to give you practical knowledge and skills that you can use immediately in your daily work.
It's a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and enhance your skills, whether you're motivated by an internal desire to develop or by your employer.
Bespoke programmes for companies
Does your team need training on this topic? Or, would your organization benefit from additional focus on specific issues in the course program, allowing some elements to be explored in greater depth?
With bespoke programs, we can adjust the training content to meet your organization’s specific needs. This includes adding topics not covered in the standard program or omitting sections less relevant to your team. The final cost of customized training is set individually at the proposal stage.
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