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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Principles of corporate financial planning

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 1 of 16

CourseAB503
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

Principles of corporate financial planning

  1. Strategic financial objectives
  2. Long-term vs short-term forecasting
  3. Master budgeting integration
  4. Operational variance analysis
  5. Lecture 6 – Financial Planning and Forecasting – Part 1
  6. Business Strategy 13 - Budgeting & Financial Planning
  7. Planning and Operational variances - Variance analysis - ACCA Performance Management (PM)

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the features of corporate financial planning.
  • 1.2 Explain the key requirements to formulate a corporate financial plan.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the features of corporate financial planning.

Study materials

Videos

  • Business Strategy 13 - Budgeting & Financial Planning · YouTube · Ajarn Olli · 30 min · for registered students
  • Planning and Operational variances - Variance analysis - ACCA Performance Management (PM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 30 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P1 Advanced Variances - Planning and Operational variances · YouTube · OpenTuition · 24 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 18: Financial Forecasting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 537–566 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 7: Budgeting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 327–376 · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 10: How Do Managers Evaluate Performance Using Cost Variance Analysis? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 619–709 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Principles of corporate financial planning
  • Week 2: Formulating the corporate financial plan
  • Week 3: Sources of business finance
  • Week 4: Financing risks and capital structure
  • Week 5: Financial and money markets
  • Week 6: Investment appraisal and business strategy
  • Week 7: Global financial risk environment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global financial risk management and hedging
  • Week 10: Corporate governance and financial oversight
  • Week 11: Practical implications of governance on financial control
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Planning and Control in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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