Mini MBA Finance, Accounting and Governance

This DIXONTECH Mini-MBA equips professionals with integrated finance, accounting, and governance capabilities. It develops advanced understanding of financial reporting, corporate governance, risk management, and value-based decision making. Participants strengthen budgeting, CAPEX evaluation, valuation, and performance analysis skills, while enhancing their ability to interpret, challenge, and communicate financial information for strategic leadership and sustainable organizational performance.

TRAINING TOPICS

• Corporate Financial Reporting and Standards
• Corporate Governance and Risk Integration
• Value-Based Management and Performance
• Budgeting, Forecasting, and Decision Making
• CAPEX, Valuation, and Business Performance

BY THE END OF THIS TRAINING COURSE, DELEGATES WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Interpret corporate financial reports professionally
• Integrate governance and risk perspectives
• Evaluate financial performance using statements
• Apply budgeting and forecasting techniques
• Analyse investment decisions using DCF
• Communicate financial insights confidently

TRAINING IS TAILORED TO

• Finance and accounting professionals
• Supervisors managing financial operations
• Accounting and reporting specialists
• Business and functional managers
• Aspiring finance and governance leaders

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The DIXONTECH methodology blends expert-led instruction, real corporate cases, financial models, and interactive discussions. Participants apply concepts through structured exercises, scenario analysis, and group work. Emphasis is placed on analytical thinking, governance judgment, and practical decision-making aligned with real organizational finance challenges.

DAY 1

NAVIGATING CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING CHALLENGES

• Understanding value creation within modern corporations
• Corporate financial reporting purpose and challenges
• Global financial reporting bodies and frameworks
• Dynamic interpretation of financial statements
• Strategic planning and financial alignment
• Budgeted financial statements fundamentals
• Forecasting strategic, tactical, operational horizons
• Investor relations roles and analyst expectations

DAY 2

EVALUATION OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING & GOVERNANCE

• Financial reporting from management perspective
• Owners, lenders, and investors’ expectations
• Capital flow and financing structures
• Business planning and value drivers
• Short-term versus long-term performance focus
• Pro forma statements and cash budgets
• Strategic intent and analyst interpretation
• Governance failures and lessons learned
• Independence, accountability, and alternatives

DAY 3

RISK MANAGEMENT, VALUE-BASED MANAGEMENT, AND CASH VS PROFIT

• Understanding uncertainty, risk, and opportunity
• Strategic, operational, and financial risks
• FRM and ERM performance frameworks
• Defining value for investors and stakeholders
• Business valuation perspectives and methodologies
• Managing for shareholder value creation
• Profit versus cash flow differences
• Working capital and funding cycles
• Cash forecasting and improvement strategies

DAY 4

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ACCOUNTING POLICIES, AND BUDGETING

• Assets, capital employed, and funding structures
• Financial and management accounting comparison
• Accounting concepts and reporting standards
• Financial statement analysis and interpretation
• Forecasting challenges and financial modelling
• Pro forma statements and cash budgets
• Sensitivity analysis and leverage effects
• Cost behaviour and CVP analysis
• Master budgets and business cases

DAY 5

CAPEX ANALYSIS, VALUATION, AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

• Time value of money principles
• Capital project evaluation processes
• NPV, IRR, and investment criteria
• Sensitivity and Monte Carlo simulations
• Cost of capital and return standards
• Post-implementation project audits
• Budgetary control and variance analysis
• Responsibility centres performance measurement
• Business valuation and EVA concepts