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    Finance for Senior Executives

    Finance for Senior Executives
    • Dates: TBD
    • Format: In-Person
    • Location: HBS Campus
    • Fee: TBD
      • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, distance learning, on campus accommodations and most meals.
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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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    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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    Need Help? Contact Us:
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    Email: executive_education@hbs.edu
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    The information below is based on the prior program session and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for future program offerings. For a list of upcoming programs, visit our program finder.

    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.

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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.

    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
    Establish optimal systems for management and controlEstablish optimal systems for management and control
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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
    Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
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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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    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.
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    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.
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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
    Image/@Alt Play video
    Image/@Alt 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
    Image/@Alt Play video
    Image/@Alt 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

    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

    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. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals 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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    Admissions Criteria and Process Dropdown down

    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. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals 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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    C. Fritz Foley - Finance for Senior Executives

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

    C. Fritz Foley
    Faculty Cochair
    Read More
    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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