Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
Broaden your corporate finance knowledge and add value to your organization.
The CPA Ontario Certificate in Corporate Finance program will provide aspiring and experienced CFOs with an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of key corporate finance subject areas in a focused setting. This intensive hands-on course includes group work, case studies, and practical exercises where participants will broaden their knowledge and skills in the corporate finance area. With increased awareness, the program will help you to see opportunities where you can become more involved in your organization's financial transactions, strategy and structures. Come prepared with a laptop running Excel. as well as a functioning internal microphone to experience the full audio portion of the course. Participants who complete the program are eligible to write an optional certificate exam included in the course. The exam is not mandatory, and Certificates of Completion will be awarded only to those who successfully complete the exam. CPD hours will be granted regardless if the exam is taken.
There is an optional exam included with the course that can be taken after the last session has concluded in Blackboard available for one week.
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Schedule
- December 4, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- December 5, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- December 6, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- December 7 to December 14, 2024 - 2-3 hour online optional exam to be done on your own time during this week (can be done in parts)
Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will learn how to:
- Improve cash flow forecasting system.
- Bank operating lines and margin provisions.
- Negotiate with bankers and lenders.
- Outline the initial public offering (IPO) process.
- Review and improve capital structure.
- Calculate weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
- Manage foreign exchange and interest rate risk.
- Lease versus buy analysis.
- Debt ratings and issuing debt.
- Public and private equity offerings.
- Cross currency interest rate swaps.
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Who Will Benefit
CFOs, Directors of Finance, Controllers, Treasury Analysts, Senior Financial Analysts, and accounting and finance professionals looking to develop a deeper understanding of specific corporate finance subject areas.
Prerequisite(s)
Participants are required to use a laptop or computer with Excel. An external mouse is strongly recommended for the hands-on work, as well as a functioning internal microphone to experience the full audio portion of the course.
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How to Access the Course
We're pleased to invite you to register for our Certificate courses. Whether or not you're a CPA, you're more than welcome to join us on this learning journey. To get started, you'll need to create an account. Don't worry if you don't have a CPA Ontario ID yet; you can easily set up your account right here. Let's begin your learning adventure together.
This CPA Ontario course is a live webinar, delivered over three, full-day, sessions. We recommend you join five minutes prior to the scheduled starting time of each session. Recordings of all sessions will be available to all registrants.
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the seminar to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Frank Hayes has over 30 years’ experience as a finance practitioner in a broad cross section of industries including software, heavy equipment, consumer packaged goods, mining and manufacturing, including roles as Treasurer of Toromont Industries Inc. and Commercial Account Manager at Bank of Montreal. Frank is also a lecturer in Finance in the MBA program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He holds an MBA from the University of Alberta and a BBA from the University of New Brunswick, and is a Certified Management Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers (FICB). Frank is also active in various financial and industry associations including Financial Executives International, Canadian Venture Capital Association, and York Technology Association.