Executive Master
Executive MSc in Finance
- Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
- Oct 13 2025
- 36 days
- English
- 54000.00 €*
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Executive Certificate
Strategic Finance Strategic Finance
The Certificate in Strategic Finance is designed for executives, high performers, and finance professionals who aim to acquire in-depth knowledge and practical skills in key areas related to strategic finance. The program focuses on cutting-edge tools and techniques to analyze the major events in the life of a company, such as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged and management buy-outs, and initial public offerings, both from a financial and a strategic perspective. It provides a thorough analysis of the strategic issues facing entrepreneurs and financiers in connection with regulation, sustainability, climate, AI, macroeconomics, and FinTech. The certificate relies on world-class teaching by outstanding HEC Paris faculty, including renowned researchers with executive-education experience and high-level investment bankers and consultants. It provides access to the extensive HEC Paris Alumni network and to successful and dedicated EMiF alumni.
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Duration:
12 days
Format:
In-class
Next start(s):
Mar 24 2025
Language(s):
English
Cost:
18 000 €*
Objectives
- Acquire in-depth qualitative understanding of financial economics concepts and principles related to strategic finance.
- Enhance quantitative skills through hands-on problem solving
- Gain intuition for advanced finance concepts, topics, tools, and trends related to strategic finance.
- Optimize financing operations, risk management, and governance of an organization.
- Analyze the corporate impact of FinTech, regulation, sustainability, and macroeconomics.
- Improve business strategies and negotiation techniques.
- Develop global perspectives and boost networking opportunities.
Program
The program is comprised of a 10-day module with regular courses, courses, and the completion of a 2-day certificate project either in person or online. The certificate project gives participants the opportunity to apply the investing tools learned during the module on a challenging individual project. The project is done under the supervision of an experienced, world-class HEC faculty tutor.
New markets and franchising, joint ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) and Management Buy-Out (MBO), Initial Public Offering (IPO), restructuring and financial distress.
Value-based strategies, distributive vs. integrative negotiations, multi-issue negotiations, advanced integrative negotiations, ethical dilemmas, negotiation via agents, dispute resolution, emotions, negotiation styles and culture, coalitional games in negotiation.
Business evaluation and valuation, venture capital method, deal structure, financial contracts, information and incentives, angel investors, venture capital, corporate VC, social venture capital, exit (remain private, sell, go public).
Dodd-Frank, commercial vs. investment banking, European Banking Union, bank capital/liquidity requirements, Basel III, Sarbanes-Oxley, high-frequency trading (HFT), OTC derivatives, financial transactions taxes, short-selling bans, “too big to fail”, political economy of financial regulation, financial crises, regulatory capture.
Corporate social responsibility, pro-social preferences, corporate governance, managerial incentives, integrated capital budgeting, internal carbon price.
Ledgers and keys, blockchains, economics of money, cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi).
Capitalization
This Executive Certificate Financial Valuation is eligible for capitalization towards the Executive MSc in Finance.
Profile
Who is this program for? Is it right for you?
Participant Profile
The program is intended for finance directors in all sectors, current and aspiring corporate executives, bankers and financial services experts, and other experienced professionals: managers who wish to move to a more senior role (CEO, CFO, CIO, COO), executive board members, senior leaders, or private equity/venture capital/startup/family office founders.
Prerequisites and Admission Criteria
Our certificate is designed for all executives, senior managers, and functional or operational leaders with at least 5 years of professional experience who wish to develop, enhance, or update their skills in the field of finance.
Faculty
Ioanid ROSU
Associate Professor, HEC Paris
An exciting journey into the world of Strategic Finance, our program is cutting-edge yet accessible, providing practical tools and insights you can immediately apply to drive impactful change in your organization.
Learning methods & Evaluations
Learning methods: Most courses in this program are delivered by alternating between lectures, case studies, exercises, simulations, applications, group work, and in-class presentations. Most courses require preparation before class: reading case studies or articles, answering preparatory questions, or solving a pre-class assignment. In the certificate project part, each participant chooses a tutor (supervisor) from the HEC Paris faculty to work on a certificate project. The project gives participants the opportunity to specialize in a particular area of strategic finance by applying what they have learned during the certificate on an original individual project. In this process they capitalize on the input and guidance of faculty and field experts from the world of finance who act as tutors.
Evaluations: Participants are evaluated along several dimensions: group writing or presentations on projects or case studies, quizzes, in-class or home exercises, multiple-choice quizzes, final exams, post-class analyzes and class participation. The weightings that instructors choose from all of these dimensions vary for each class.
Admission
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This program is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Please contact us to discuss any additional needs 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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