Programme Content
Module 1: The corporate purpose
The modern corporation: purpose, governance and stakeholder management.
The critical interplay between strategy and finance in value creation.
Introduction to the Strategy-Finance Framework.
First team exercise: C-suite simulation analyse company fundamentals.
Module 2: Financial health assessment
Comprehensive P&L and balance sheet analysis.
ROIC methodology and key performance drivers.
Product profitability analysis and unit economics.
Team case work: acting as the C-suite, teams apply the learnings to diagnose financial performance challenges in their assigned industry case study.
Module 3: Defining winning ambition
Setting strategic objectives that create sustainable value.
Aligning organisational capabilities with market opportunities using the Balanced Scorecard framework.
Framework for quantifying strategic ambition and translating it across financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth perspectives.
Team case work: C-suite teams define their company’s winning ambition with SIA.
Module 4: Competitive landscape analysis
Industry structure and competitive dynamics assessment.
Market sizing and opportunity prioritisation.
Threat identification and quantification.
Team case work: C-suite teams work with rich, in-depth industry data to define the playing field and the related opportunities and threats using SIA.
Module 7: Funding strategy and capital structure
Optimising capital mix for strategic initiatives.
Funding approaches for different strategic scenarios.
Strategic deployment of capital across business units.
Team case work: C-suite teams finalise funding approaches with SIA’s scenario planning tools.
Module 5: Building strategic advantage
Assessing operational capabilities and the ‘right to win’.
Strategic choice frameworks and decision processes.
Priority setting and strategic focus.
Team case work: C-suite teams determine strategic priorities using SIA’s decision frameworks.
Module 8: Integration and action planning
Developing integrated strategic and financial plans.
Implementation frameworks and governance.
Action planning for immediate application in participants’ organisations.
Module 6: Capital requirements & funding strategy
Translating strategy into resource requirements.
Capital allocation frameworks for maximising returns.
Financial impact modelling and KPI projection.
Team case work: C-suite teams model capital allocation strategies with SIA’s financial analytics tools.
Module 9: Team presentations
Teams present comprehensive strategic and financial plans.
Panel of experts feedback.
