Strategic Finance Business Partnering

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Our Strategic Finance Business Partnering micro-credentialed online courses equip you with the essential skills and knowledge required by finance professionals working in management accounting roles today, and into the future.

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Strategic Communication and Influence

Technology and stakeholder expectations have transformed the role of professionals within management accounting roles. It has also meant that finance professionals need communication and leaderships skills to contribute to discussions, planning and to present ideas which influence the bottom line. This course provides the tools and techniques to help build a well-rounded skill set.

20 CPD hours, $220 AUD (Member price, inc GST)

Topics

Through three key topics, this course provides practical guidance for mid- to senior-level finance professionals, on communicating information to a broad range of audiences, on negotiating and influencing for success in their roles, and on providing strategic leadership in an increasingly dynamic and uncertain environment.
- Building relationships through effective communication
- Negotiation and influence for success
- Strategic leadership.
Assessment

CPA Australia will assess how you apply your acquired knowledge against the key learning objectives, allowing you to demonstrate the skills you've learned.

When you successfully complete the inbuilt formal assessment, you'll be awarded a micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.

Learning objectives
- Deliver accurate, succinct and insightful financial and non-financial information to a range of diverse stakeholders.
- Use active listening and questioning to understand the unique requirements of a range of diverse stakeholders.
- Use a range of negotiating techniques to secure mutually beneficial agreements.
- Use different influencing strategies to build consensus, provide perspective and opinion.
- Understand underlying motivations, value differences of opinion and finding common ground to drive performance.
- Improving performance through the setting of clear goals, managing expectations, tracking progress and addressing performance issues.

Financial Leadership in a Volatile World

Finance professionals must provide value through data-supported insights and recommendations. In times of increased volatility and uncertainty organisations place a higher level of trust on sound financial expertise to guide decision-making. This course provides finance professionals with the practical tools and approaches needed to evaluate the changes in the macro-environment.

20 CPD hours, $220 AUD (Member price, inc GST)

Topics

This course covers higher-level financial decision-making concepts, focused on macro-environmental analysis, strategy execution and business planning. It will provide finance professionals and leaders with the skills and knowledge to assist them in making more informed financial decisions that support performance and strategy.
- Environmental analysis and business planning
- Strategy development and execution
- Aligning the business model for success.
Assessment

CPA Australia will assess how you apply your acquired knowledge against the key learning objectives, allowing you to demonstrate the skills you've learned.

When you successfully complete the inbuilt formal assessment, you'll be awarded a micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.

Learning objectives
- Utilise environmental scanning tools and techniques to identify threats and opportunities to the organisation.
- Use scenario analysis, stress testing and financial modelling to provide insight into a range of probable future states.
- Provide recommendations on the potential impacts of a range of potential future states with a focus on the financing, investment and operational strategies of the organisation.
- Critically evaluate the suitability of the organisation’s risk management methodology and advise on suitable changes.
- Critically evaluate and advise on the short, medium-and long-term impacts of opportunities and threats to the organisation.
- Review the suitability of the organisation’s suite of KPIs to address the impact of uncertainty and volatility and advise on suitable changes.
- Align budgeting practices to support the impact of increased uncertainty on the organisation.

Value Preservation and Creation

This course focuses on how organisations create and preserve value. It explains how various stakeholders define and measure value, can optimise their costs and drive efficiencies in supply chains and pricing strategies during times of increased uncertainty. This course will also look at how changing stakeholder expectations require a deepened focus on sustainability concerns.

20 CPD hours, $220 AUD (Member price, inc GST)

Topics

The four topics within this course will evaluate the impact of uncertainty on an organisation’s value chain. Firstly, by looking at stakeholders’ requirements of value and how value is determined. Then secondly, optimisation within organisations will be scrutinised.
- Strategic value analysis and business valuation
- Strategic cost optimisation
- Pricing
- Accounting for sustainability.
Assessment

CPA Australia will assess how you apply your acquired knowledge against the key learning objectives, allowing you to demonstrate the skills you've learned.

When you successfully complete the inbuilt formal assessment, you'll be awarded a micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.

Learning objectives
- Use strategies and techniques of valuation to provide a base case for value creation or protection.
- Use strategic cost optimisation principles and techniques during increased states of uncertainty.
- Evaluate different contemporary techniques to build resilient supply chains.
- Use contemporary techniques to review and adapt an organisation's pricing policies to adapt to increased states of uncertainty.
- Discuss the impact of sustainability reporting on creating growth and safeguarding value.

Strategic Cash Flow Management

During times of uncertainty disruptions to supply chains and customer behaviour place pressure on business operations. This course gives guidance to get through times of crisis or change, as well as provides a strategic understanding of cash flows and how to make sustainable improvements to the cash position. It also provides strategies and processes aimed at maximising cash flow.

20 CPD hours, $220 AUD (Member price, inc GST)

Topics

Through three key topics, this course offers practical guidance to navigate times of crisis and change, while providing a strategic understanding of cash flows, including sustainable improvements and enhanced process to maximise cash flow.
- Building a cash focused infrastructure
- Aligning processes for a cash focused organisation
- Leading the implementation of a cash focused culture
Assessment

CPA Australia will assess how you apply your acquired knowledge against the key learning objectives, allowing you to demonstrate the skills you've learned.

When you successfully complete the inbuilt formal assessment, you'll be awarded a micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.

Learning objectives
- Advocate for the introduction of a cash centric approach to support organisational strategy planning and execution.
- Use scenario planning and stress testing to clearly determine cash requirements.
- Advise on governance structures required to support a risk-based approach to safeguard liquidity.
- Recommend appropriate changes to working capital policies to support short, medium and long-term planning.
- Define and implement a range of dedicated KPIs to support a cash-based focus as part of a broad suite of metrics.
- Lead the deployment of a cash centric approach to the broader finance function within the organisation.

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Strategic Finance Business Partnering

Content Summary

Enrol to start learning today

About the courses

Explore the micro-credentials in this suite

Strategic Communication and Influence

Course summary

Topics

Assessment

Learning objectives

Financial Leadership in a Volatile World

Course summary

Topics

Assessment

Learning objectives

Value Preservation and Creation

Course summary

Topics

Assessment

Learning objectives

Strategic Cash Flow Management

Course summary

Topics

Assessment

Learning objectives

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