Business Finance Course: Business Acumen & CIMA Prep [EN]

Name: Business Finance Course: Business Acumen & CIMA Prep [EN]
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What you'll learn

Align mission, strategy, and goals with financial and performance metrics
Build scalable and efficient business models from the ground up
Understand core financial principles that drive company performance
Translate strategic plans into actionable financial targets
Map and optimize business processes to eliminate inefficiencies
Apply goal-setting methodologies that inspire and drive execution
Build a pyramid of business strategy from mission to day-to-day tasks
Create clear, effective budgets and forecasts to guide decision-making
Use balanced scorecards and KPIs to measure financial, human, and operational results
Apply Lean and Six Sigma techniques to financial processes
Learn how to prepare a business for scalable growth and investor interest
Shift from efficiency-focused to innovation-driven business models

Course content

5 sections • 33 lectures • 25h 28m total length

Efficiency-Driven Business Models for HR and Finance Leaders59:29
How to optimize business operations and measure company performance through key financial metrics
Quiz: Business Efficiency, Finance Basics and Strategic Thinking
Business Modeling for Financial Planning and CIMA Prep46:36
Turning strategy into financial goals and scaling with clarity
Business Model Evolution: Startup, Growth and Enterprise Finance43:44
Adapting financial frameworks across business growth stages

Mission, Vision and Values: Link Culture to Financial Results43:46
Embedding purpose into measurable financial performance
Business Process Management for Efficiency and Cost Control42:03
Mapping process chains and identifying costly inefficiencies
Goal Setting Methods for Strategy, KPIs and Business Performance37:26
Motivating people to believe in and deliver against measurable goals
Business Strategy Pyramid: Connect Vision, Actions and Finance39:45
Ensuring every task supports the company’s mission and success
From Vision to Execution – Bridging Corporate Strategy and Department Goals

1. CFO Leadership, Finance Organization, CEO Support, and Board Governance1:05:53
2. Corporate Strategy, Forecasting, Risk Analysis, and Strategic Focus55:46
3. Treasury Risk: Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates, and Financial Exposure43:53
4. Accounting Controls, Risk Prevention, Detection, and Governance44:50
5. Performance Management: Cash Conversion, Free Cash Flow, and ROCE44:46
6. M&A Strategy, Due Diligence, Valuation, and Post-Merger Integration53:28
7. Budgeting, Rolling Forecasts, Variance Control, and Beyond Budgeting54:13
Explore budgeting and rolling forecasts, variance control, and beyond budgeting, and learn to build a financial structure with responsibility centers, KPIs, and flexible plans.
8. Pricing Models, Elasticity, Value-Based Pricing, and Demand Analysis51:07
Explore pricing models, elasticity, and demand analysis, including cost-based, competitive, demand-oriented, dynamic pricing, freemium, and psychological pricing, with break-even and return on investment implications.
9. Capital Budgeting: NPV, Payback, Bottlenecks, and Investment Selection43:46
Explore capital budgeting, including net present value, payback, and investment selection, while examining bottlenecks and internal and external capital sources and the time value of money.
10. Cash Forecasts, Liquidity, Concentration, and Notional Pooling56:52
11. Investment Policy, Money Markets, Bonds, and Effective Interest Rates57:18
12. Debt Funding: Factoring, Leasing, Loans, and Working Capital Finance44:57
13. Equity Funding: Shares, Warrants, Angels, VC, and Crowdfunding44:30
Explore equity funding through shares and stock markets, detailing issuance policy, share types, investors (angels, venture capital, strategic and portfolio, crowdfunding), IPO considerations, and employee stock options.
14. Credit Rating Process, Financial Risk, and Cost of Funding48:35
15. Public vs Private Companies, IPO Decisions, and Corporate Governance51:56
16. Stock Exchanges: NYSE, NASDAQ, Listings, and Delisting Risk51:35
17. Investor Relations: Earnings Calls, Roadshows, and Market Regulation50:18
18. Financial Reporting: Interim Results, EPS, and Public Disclosure52:39
19. Stock Plans, Options, Dividends, and Employee Share Administration35:32
Explore direct stock purchase plans, employee stock option plans, and dividend reinvestment to motivate employees and grow company capitalization, detailing vesting, cliffs, dilution, and buyout rules.
20. Finance Systems: ERP, Cloud Technology, Automation, and Digital Control53:09

Requirements

Basic understanding of how businesses operate
Interest in improving company performance through financial efficiency
Motivation to apply practical tools and build a business model
Readiness to complete assignments and engage with real company scenarios
Access to a business case or workplace context for applying concepts is a plus

Description

In today’s fast-paced business world, financial literacy is no longer just a skill for finance teams — it’s a strategic advantage for every employee. Whether you’re part of a 3-person startup or a multinational organization, understanding the financial mechanics behind your company’s goals is essential to making smarter decisions, driving efficiency, and creating real impact.

This course is designed to equip non-finance professionals with the tools and frameworks used by top CFOs to connect strategy, goals, processes, and performance into one cohesive system — a system that can be measured, managed, and improved.

Meet your lector

•Finance Director, CIMA CertPM, PhD in Economics.

•Former Finance Director of IT company "Intellias", CFO of Eleks

•Practicing trainer

•Taxation consultant

•Author of over 150 articles and 10 books on accounting, taxation, financial management

•PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, CIMA CertPM

You’ll build your own business model from scratch using a step-by-step approach across 12 engaging sessions. Each lesson builds on the last — guiding you through mission definition, strategic planning, business process design, budgeting, KPI development, and financial efficiency with Lean 6 Sigma principles. You won’t just learn concepts — you’ll apply them by building your own efficiency-driven business system.

By the end of the course, you will:

Understand the core principles of an Efficiency-Driven Business
Design strategic and operational goals linked to financial outcomes
Build a scalable business model for sustainable growth
Use KPIs to measure financial, process, people, and customer effectiveness
Apply Lean thinking to eliminate inefficiencies and boost ROI
Master financial planning and budgeting as decision-making tools
Translate mission and values into actionable financial objectives

This course is ideal for future-ready professionals who want to break silos, align teams around performance, and unlock their business’s full potential through financial insight. Don’t just work in the business — learn how to drive it forward.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. It ensures cutting-edge insights and the latest practices.

This course contains a promotion.

Who this course is for:

Business owners and startup founders who want to build a scalable, efficient financial foundation
Line managers and department heads aiming to understand financial impacts of their decisions
HR professionals and COOs seeking to align people, processes, and strategy with measurable business goals
Aspiring CFOs and finance managers looking to structure business operations around efficiency and performance
Employees from any function who want to become financially literate and contribute to business success
Non-financial executives and leaders who need to connect strategy, performance, and financial metrics

Business Finance Course: Business Acumen & CIMA Prep [EN]

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Business Finance Foundations: HR Business Acumen and Efficiency3 lectures • 2hr 30min

Strategy, Values and Process Alignment for Financial Performance5 lectures • 2hr 43min

Budgeting, KPIs and Financial Tools for Business Efficiency3 lectures • 2hr 10min

Extra: CFO Corporate Finance and CIMA Management Skills20 lectures • 16hr 45min

Scaling Strategy: From Efficiency to Innovation-Driven Growth3 lectures • 1hr 21min

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