Finance Strategies for Business Leaders

Learn how business leaders approach strategic financial decisions, and how leaders outside finance can support the finance team to maximize business and professional success.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Finance from a business perspective
• Important roles in corporate finance
• The future of finance strategies

1. Building a Team

• How leaders outside finance can support finance
• Runways and controls

2. Strategic Tradeoffs for Finance Leaders

• Growth vs. earnings
• Assets and investments
• Growing revenue vs. cost leadership
• The value of leverage
• Issuing equity or taking on debt
• Going public or staying private

3. Financial Risk Management Tactics

• Financial market risks
• Interest rates and risk
• Currency rates and FX rates
• Auditing for financial risks

4. Planning Ahead Steps for Long-Term Strategies

• Consistency is key for financial strategies
• Finance forecasts as decision inputs
• Finance decisions are business decisions
• Set your financial team, tradeoffs, and tactics in place

Conclusion

• Building your financial strategy