Advanced management control

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that supports major corporate decisions of the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors.

Very few, if any, companies can be consistently profitable and grow without careful financial planning and cash flow management. The job of managing a corporation’s cash flow typically falls to its FP&A team and its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Corporate financial planning and financial analyst professionals utilize both quantitative and qualitative analysis of all operational aspects of a company in order to evaluate the company’s progress toward achieving its goals and to map out future goals and plans. FP&A Analysts consider economic and business trends, review past company performance, and attempt to anticipate obstacles and potential problems, all with an eye toward forecasting a company’s future financial results.

FP&A professionals oversee a broad array of financial affairs, including income, expenses, taxes, capital expenditures, investments, and financial statements. Unlike accountants who are in charge of recordkeeping, financial analysts are charged with examining, analyzing, and evaluating the entirety of a corporation’s financial activities, and mapping out the company’s financial future.

The course discusses in-depth the different aspects of the management controller within organizations:

• Strategy/mission
• Organisation structures
• Budgeting/variance analysis
• Performance measurement and incentives

• Individual/group work
• Oral or written exam

Support(s) de cours

• Syllabus

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Examen écrit
• Examen oral
• Travail de groupe

Examen écrit

Examen oral

Travail de groupe

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais