5 Financial Risk Management courses in London

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course is specially designed, this 5-day Financial Risk Management training course works to expand delegate's understanding and practical skills in the field of financial risk management. Specifically, this training course investigates the inter connection of risk in terms of markets, credit, operations, liquidity and reputation. Via intensive instruction and practical exercises, delegates will explore relevant techniques and methodologies, such as value-at-risk, credit modelling and stress testing.

The “ISO 22301:2019 Lead Implementer ” course provides comprehensive training in the ISO 22301:2019 standard and all its requirements from the Implementer ’s point of view, as well as basic skills necessary to execute the requirements. It’s a practical-oriented training that should be considered “a must” for every ISO 22301:2019 Implementer. This intensive course is specifically designed to participants to serve as ISO 22301:2019 Lead Implementers. The interactive training program, complete with quizzes, will provide the necessary technical knowledge and understanding of all ISO 22301:2019 requirements to implement the requirement of the standard.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For internal employees who want to understand and expand their roles related to financial reporting, as well as those who simply need a refresher on financial accounting, this course is the ideal way to get up to speed. By exploring concepts that go beyond basic accounting, this course will enable participants to approach financial auditing with renewed confidence. The programme will walk participants through an analysis of an organization's financial statements using case study exercises, where participants will calculate key ratios and analyze trends over time. Engaging in discussions on both historic and current fraud cases, participants will learn how to recognize “red flags” in financial statement reporting.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Having a detailed understanding of financial statements is critical to assessing financial risk, and the rate of change in financial statement standards makes this a continuing challenge for users. This course brings together the key elements of financial statement analysis to help participants develop their skills in this area and enable them to ask the right questions to really get under the skin and see the real risks facing businesses and investors in these challenging times. The reference reporting framework used will be IFS. 

Where should management effort be directed? In controlling costs and ensuring proper engineering in live projects? - yes, of course, but true cost control comes by understanding, eliminating and minimising risk prior to a business committing any funds. This course studies the stages required for practical financial and business appraisals of projects and capital expenditure. This course has two primary objectives: * To impart the knowledge and skills required to ensure as risk-free as possible expenditure of that scarce resource, cash - the investors', governments' or shareholders' money must not be squandered * To improve the quality of the appraisal process in the widest sense - demonstrating how the process of project and capital expenditure appraisal can be used to dramatically improve cost control and deliver as risk-free as possible expenditure As a result of the course, participants will be able to: * Understand the economics of appraisal * Be in control of their projects from the start * Understand the economics of their projects - and devise the most appropriate mode * Carry out sensitivity analysis and identify risk * Improve their methods of appraisal and approach * Focus on the risk areas and take out risk and control costs before they over-run The benefits of attending this course will be demonstrable from day one. Thorough appraisals and risk assessment follow through to success in project management and detailed cost control and project management. 1 INTRODUCTION * Why appraise? * Taking risk out of investment * The short- and long-term results of not appraising business expenditure 2 DEVELOPING AN APPRAISAL PROCESS * The process - overall and stage-by-stage objectives * Understand business and technical risks * Manage resources and time * Do you invest enough time and effort at this stage? * Take out the risks - control costs before you are committed to contracts and action * Checklists 3 APPRAISAL ARITHMETIC * Review of the arithmetic of appraisal * The time value of money * The effects of different interest or required rates * The effects of inflation (or deflation) in prices and costs * Understanding the economics of appraisal is essential 4 APPRAISAL MEASURES * Meaning and use of appraisal measures * Identifying the most appropriate measures for your particular business * Payback * Discounted cash flow measures - NPV and IRR * Other measures - FW, AW, Profitability Index * The meaning of the measures and their application in practice 5 COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS * The effect on decision-making of more intangible benefits * Cost benefit analysis * Ensuring costs are genuine * Measuring intangible benefits * Environmental issues * Consideration of intangible benefits in the appraisal decision-making process 6 DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE MODELS * Developing models - examples of spreadsheet models and measures for many different situations * Modelling investment opportunities - summarising outcomes * Sensitivity analysis - identifying, quantifying and taking out risk 7 DEVELOPING AN APPRAISAL PROCESS * The process - managing risk from the outset * Using the process in risk management, negotiating and project management * Take out risk by thoroughly knowing your project - developing your own process