
Finance for Non-finance Executives – Saudi Arabia
Equip yourself with the skills, financial knowledge and abilities to step-up from operational manager to strategic leader.
In one week, gain the confidence to apply critical accounting and corporate finance concepts to your own work.
Learn the financial language and terminology needed to communicate confidently and accurately at all levels.
Gain in-depth insights into best practice corporate financial management and apply them to your daily business decisions.
Master creating budgets and forecasts for operations and simulate models to solve short-term ‘what-if’ questions.
Develop the financial skills needed to understand and compare your company’s economic performance.
Perform successful project appraisals through the application of discounted cash-flow principles and net present value (NPV) techniques.
Demonstrate your value to board-level colleagues by effectively communicating your new knowledge and understanding of financial reports.
Gain the financial expertise that will allow you to foresee problems and take advantage of emerging possibilities.
Attendees include:
CEOs
Managing directors
Senior managers running divisions aiming to build company growth and shareholder value
Become an invaluable asset as you unravel the terms that will define your career and increase your value with senior stakeholders.
Learn to perceptively analyse financial data through three key concepts of financial management:
Interpret company accounts – develop a comprehensive understanding of the information contained within balance sheets and income statements and identify what this means for your company’s performance.
Make management decisions informed by accounting – accurately predict events to make successful, insightful decisions for your company’s future by analysing financial performance, customer profitability, project appraisals and product and service costs.
Analyse shareholder value – use company valuation, risk and return, and performance measures to leverage your decision making.

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Accounting
Experience
Dr Stefano De Cesaris’s has over 15 years of experience teaching financial analysis to professional and student audiences worldwide. His professional background is in investment banking; he worked at Goldman Sachs in M&A and Equity research at the start of his career and has subsequently continued to work with investment banks and investment funds as a consultant and trainer. Stefano’s key area of expertise is hands-on corporate financial analysis, along the spectrum of financial accounting and financial statement analysis, corporate financial forecasting, corporate valuation and transaction analysis (M&A and LBO analysis).
Build comprehensive expertise in finance, tailored to your career goals. Immerse yourself in a transformative learning journey and enhance your skills to shift your career to the next level.
The fee for this programme is US$12,200*
The programme fee covers all required study materials, programme activities, as well as refreshments and most meals. It does not include accommodation.
We offer a 25% discount for London Business School Alumni and for those who have completed four eligible Certificate in Management or Certificate in Finance programmes.
*All fees quoted exclude the mandatory 15% tax (VAT) that is applicable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on the consumption or use of goods and services within the KSA. Fees are subject to change.
*Fees are subject to change.
If you are keen to be part of this programme you can register your interest with us and we will be in touch with you.
Whether you are an individual or an organisation/group looking for a programme, get in touch and we can help find the best solution for you.