Become a High-Performing Finance Professional
Example Curriculum
Introduction
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Module 1: Analysis
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Module 1: Analysis - Variance analysis
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Module 1: Analysis - Profitability - PVM Analysis (Methodology)
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Module 1: Analysis - Profitability - PVM Analysis (Real Life Application)
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- Other PVM Applications - including Margin Analysis (5:53)
- Real Life Application: Part 1 (9:10)
- Real Life Application: Part 2 (6:42)
- What to do next in your organization (3:33)
- Vizualizations (7:23)
- Exercice (2:36)
- Solution: Part 1 (4:56)
- Solution: Part 2 (5:42)
- Solution: Part 3 (3:57)
- Solution: Part 4 (4:51)
Module 1: Analysis - Profitability - Other analysis methods
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- Standard costing - Methodology (5:01)
- Standard costing - Example (4:29)
- Standard costing - Application in real life (6:08)
- Margin analysis (12:57)
- Overhead analysis - How to analyse overhead costs (6:27)
- Overhead analysis - How to reduce salary costs (6:35)
- Overhead analysis - How to deal with group recharges (5:07)
- Overhead analysis - How to reduce external services (4:32)
- Project variances - Intro (7:23)
- Project variances - Role of finance (5:43)
- Project variances - KPIs to follow up the performance of projects (7:38)
- Profitability analysis - Recap (3:59)
Module 1: Analysis - Other analysis methods
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- Sensitivity analysis (12:53)
- Sensitivity analysis - Example (2:23)
- Horizontal analysis (2:20)
- Vertical analysis (3:53)
- Headcount analysis - Definitions & ratios (6:21)
- Headcount analysis - Application in real life (9:13)
- Back of the envelope calculation - Method (8:35)
- Back of the envelope calculation - Example and advices (7:18)
- Other tools for analysis - Get insights from raw data (7:02)
- Other tools for analysis - Pareto analysis (4:00)
Module 2: Budgeting Methods
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Module 2: Budgeting and Forecasting - How to manage a budget
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Module 2: Budgeting & Forecasting - Sales Forecasting Technniques
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Module 3: Reporting
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- Module Reporting - Intro (1:33)
- The 5 steps method to improve your reporting (3:58)
- Step 1: Challenge the requirements (4:44)
- Step 2: Delete parts of the report (5:50)
- Step 3: Simplify or optimize (4:15)
- Step 4: Accelerate cycle time (9:55)
- Step 5: Automate (8:25)
- Make your reporting more valuable - Add value to your organisation (6:34)
- Make your reporting more valuable - Adapt your reporting to your stakeholders (2:16)
- Make your reporting more valuable - Make your reporting self explanatory (6:53)
- 5 steps method - example in Excel (Video + Excel File) (18:44)
- Link IBCS Standard
Module 4: Business Partnering
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Module 5: Storytelling
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- Module: Storytelling - Intro (1:22)
- Tips on storytelling Intro + Content (9:18)
- Tips on storytelling - Visualisation, Format and Colors (9:10)
- Tips on storytelling - Giving the message (7:07)
- How to make the best chart in 10 steps (21:42)
- How to choose the right graph
- How to make a PowerPoint presentation professional in 5 minutes
- My 10 visualization tips (PDF)
Module 5: Storytelling - Lead a presentation
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- Lead financial presentations - What to do before the presentation (5:31)
- Lead financial presentations - What to do at the beginning of the meeting (4:15)
- Lead financial presentations - What to do during the presentation (9:05)
- Lead financial presentations - What to do after the presentation (4:41)
- Lead financial presentations - Going the extra mile (7:40)
Module 5: Storytelling for FP&A
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- Intro
- Lesson 1: How to gather and prepare data for a presentation (6:19)
- Lesson 2: How to select the right visualisation (7:47)
- Lesson 3: How to deal with last minutes change requests (6:46)
- Lesson 4: How to come across as more credible (6:40)
- Lesson 5: What can you do to make people pay more attention (4:20)
- Lesson 6: How to start and learn presentation for beginners (1:33)
- Lesson 7: How to use executive summary in presentations (2:01)
- Lesson 8: What to do when you can't find recommendation (3:01)
- About Christian's course (3:19)
BONUS
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BONUS - Excel tips
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