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Finance for Senior Executives

Finance for Senior Executives
    Status: Accepting Applications
  • Dates: 15–30 SEP 2023
  • Format: Blended Combines both in-person and virtual learning.
  • Locations: Virtual, HBS Campus
  • Fee: $14,000
    • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
    Modules:
    • 15 SEP and 22 SEP 2023 — Module 1 (Virtual, Live Online)
    • 27–30 SEP 2023 — Module 2 (HBS Campus)
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    • 15 SEP and 22 SEP 2023 — Module 1 (Virtual, Live Online)
    • 27–30 SEP 2023 — Module 2 (HBS Campus)
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C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives

"FSE helps nonfinancial senior executives become big-picture thinkers."

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C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives

"FSE helps nonfinancial senior executives become big-picture thinkers."

C. Fritz Foley
Faculty Cochair
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Email: executive_education@hbs.edu

Summary

When you can speak the language of finance, you have the power to build stronger strategies, expand your influence, and make better business decisions. Finance for Senior Executives delivers a foundation in corporate finance that is essential for leaders across every functional area. Exploring the flow of financial resources, capital markets, and systems for financial management and control, this executive finance program positions you to drive new levels of profitability for your organization.

This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More

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Summary

When you can speak the language of finance, you have the power to build stronger strategies, expand your influence, and make better business decisions. Finance for Senior Executives delivers a foundation in corporate finance that is essential for leaders across every functional area. Exploring the flow of financial resources, capital markets, and systems for financial management and control, this executive finance program positions you to drive new levels of profitability for your organization.

This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More

Key Benefits
By examining corporate finance from both internal and external perspectives, this executive finance program provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of finance. You will build the skills and confidence to immediately apply financial analysis techniques, set realistic performance goals and compensation incentives, and play a bigger role in helping your company optimize its financial resources and strengthen its bottom line.

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  • Make informed strategic decisions regarding capital structure
  • Utilize capital markets for the most profitable outcomes
  • Balance profit, growth, and control in dynamic environments
  • Implement restructuring strategies
  • Understand the implications of financial reports
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  • Develop successful and realistic performance plans, incentives, and financial controls at corporate and divisional levels
  • Recognize and address biases within financial systems and structures
  • Identify the best performance metrics
  • Forecast and monitor outcomes with greater confidence
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  • Become a more effective leader through greater financial acumen
  • Communicate effectively about finance with executives from all functional areas
  • Engage in more productive discussions with financial specialists in your organization and ask the right questions
  • Address the concerns of colleagues who are not financial specialists and present information in ways that support their decision-making
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  • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
  • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

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By examining corporate finance from both internal and external perspectives, this executive finance program provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of finance. You will build the skills and confidence to immediately apply financial analysis techniques, set realistic performance goals and compensation incentives, and play a bigger role in helping your company optimize its financial resources and strengthen its bottom line.
Details

Apply strategic financial insight

  • Make informed strategic decisions regarding capital structure
  • Utilize capital markets for the most profitable outcomes
  • Balance profit, growth, and control in dynamic environments
  • Implement restructuring strategies
  • Understand the implications of financial reports

Establish optimal systems for management and control

  • Develop successful and realistic performance plans, incentives, and financial controls at corporate and divisional levels
  • Recognize and address biases within financial systems and structures
  • Identify the best performance metrics
  • Forecast and monitor outcomes with greater confidence

Improve collaboration with senior-level peers

  • Become a more effective leader through greater financial acumen
  • Communicate effectively about finance with executives from all functional areas
  • Engage in more productive discussions with financial specialists in your organization and ask the right questions
  • Address the concerns of colleagues who are not financial specialists and present information in ways that support their decision-making

Expand your personal and professional network

  • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
  • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Who Should Attend

  • Executives from a variety of functional areas, including operations, marketing, information technology, human resources, research and development, legal affairs, and financial administration
  • Financial executives seeking to update their core skills in a broad strategic context

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

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Who Should Attend

  • Executives from a variety of functional areas, including operations, marketing, information technology, human resources, research and development, legal affairs, and financial administration
  • Financial executives seeking to update their core skills in a broad strategic context

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 5 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

Dive Deeper into the Experience
Play video
Play video
Inside the ClassroomInside the Classroom
See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
Watch the VideoWatch the Video
Play video
Play video
We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
Watch the VideoWatch the Video
C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives
What Every Executive Should Know About Finance
In an increasingly complex business environment, senior executives need basic knowledge of finance.
Read More
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Blended Learning and Living at HBS

When you participate in a blended Executive Education program at Harvard Business School, you get the best of both worlds—a powerful learning experience that combines highly immersive in-person modules on the HBS campus with highly interactive virtual modules. The blended format provides opportunities to apply new skills and frameworks in your organization during the program.

Both case-based formats are led by HBS faculty, who share their latest research and engage you in a dynamic exchange of ideas with a global community of peers. Each module is carefully designed to maximize the impact, enable immediate application, and accelerate leadership growth.

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Blended Learning and Living at HBS

When you participate in a blended Executive Education program at Harvard Business School, you get the best of both worlds—a powerful learning experience that combines highly immersive in-person modules on the HBS campus with highly interactive virtual modules. The blended format provides opportunities to apply new skills and frameworks in your organization during the program.

Both case-based formats are led by HBS faculty, who share their latest research and engage you in a dynamic exchange of ideas with a global community of peers. Each module is carefully designed to maximize the impact, enable immediate application, and accelerate leadership growth.

Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols

Admissions Criteria and Process

We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

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Answering Your Questions

Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

Application Submission

We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

Application Review

To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

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We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

Answering Your Questions

Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

Application Submission

We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

Application Review

To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.
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Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.
C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives

"FSE helps nonfinancial senior executives become big-picture thinkers."

C. Fritz Foley
Faculty Cochair
Read More
Apply
Download Brochure
Program Finder
Need Help? Contact Us:
Program Advising team
Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives

"FSE helps nonfinancial senior executives become big-picture thinkers."

C. Fritz Foley
Faculty Cochair
Read More
Need Help? Contact Us:
Program Advising team
Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
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Status

Accepting Applications

Date 05–08 MAR 2023
Format In-Person Learning takes place on the HBS campus or a designated location.
Location HBS Campus