Executive Short Program
Finance pour non financiers
- Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
- Jun 17 2025, Oct 07 2025,
- 4 days
- French
- 5900.00 €*
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Executive Short Program
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Many executives rise to board-level jobs with limited or no prior experience in finance. At an executive level, they are constantly faced with finance questions: building and assessing business plans, deciding on issuing equity or debt, choosing between retaining cash or paying it out, valuing new projects or acquisition targets, etc. This program aims to provide tools to navigate with rigor across all these questions. It will provide non-finance executives with the necessary resources to analyze relevant questions in a board meeting, and provide valuable input to firms.
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Duration:
4 days
Format:
In-class
Next start(s):
Nov 24 2025
Language(s):
English
Cost:
5 900 €*
Objectives
- Have a foundational understanding of a company’s financial statements, and ask relevant questions about them in a board meeting
- Think strategically about a company’s financing policy (leverage, cash, payout), and ask relevant questions about them in a board meeting
- Value a firm, a project or a business unit
- Understand and apply the key concepts to corporate transactions such as IPOs and M&As
Program
- Balance sheet and income statements.
- Key ratios (profitability, leverage, liquidity, etc.)
- Financial policy
- Weighted average cost of capital (the WACC)
- Key valuation tools: net present value, internal rate of return, payback period.
- Free cash flows
- Estimation of a firm or a project’s terminal value
- Corporate transactions (IPOs)
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
Profile
Who is this program for? Is it right for you?
Participant Profile
This program is designed for all executives or future executives with limited or no experience in finance.
Prerequisites and Admission Criteria
Our Executive Short Program is aimed at all senior managers, executives, leaders, functional or operational managers and professionals, with 5 years of professional experience, who wish to acquire, develop, strengthen or update their skills.
FACULTY
Alexei OVTCHINNIKOV
Affiliate Professor, HEC Paris
Understanding finance means making better decisions. This program provides non-financial executives with the key insights to analyze performance, drive profitability, and engage effectively with financial experts for informed strategic choices.
Learning methods & Evaluations
Participants will be evaluated based on three items: periodic quizzes with questions related to the course, in-group work on cases, and a final exam (multiple choice questions).
Registration
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This program is accessible for people with disabilities. Please contact us if you have any specific requirements or to obtain the Public Accessibility Register.
Tuition Fees and Funding
The program fee includes tuition and meal costs during training hours (lunch and breaks).
Not included: Dinners (except in specific cases), transportation costs, and accommodation costs (except in specific cases).
Funding Options: Depending on your profile and chosen program, several solutions may be available to you. Visit our funding section for more information.
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