Finance for managers : Diagnostic and financial planning
Understand. Decode. Act.
The Sagora Finance for Managers range consists of two complementary Executive Education programmes:
Financial Diagnostic and financial planning and
Company and Project Valuation.
From diagnosis to valuation: training decision-makers and managers to combine cash flow, strategic vision, and the human factor to create value.
Public
This first programme in Financial Diagnostic & Planning is designed for managers, senior executives, and financial officers who want to lend more weight to their decisions.
Open to professionals from both the private and public sectors, it welcomes participants from Luxembourg, Belgium, and Eastern France.
Its goal: to help you gain decision-making independence, better understand your organisation's financial drivers, and assert your leadership.
For more details on the second programme, Business and Project Valuation, please consult this page.
Objectives
Choose from the three modules according to your needs and objectives, or follow the complete programme:
- Financial Diagnostic and Planning → read your financial statements and steer your margins.
- Budgeting and Planning in Excel → Develop reliable and strategic budgets.
- Management Control and Cost Analysis → Optimise your performance and control your costs.
Why should you attend ?
By joining this first Finance for Managers programme, you will leave with:
- Autonomy and Time Savings → Read and interpret your financial statements accurately without depending on a third party.
- Practical Operational Tools → Apply methods and best practices immediately to your budgets and financial plans.
- Reinforced Leadership → Speak the language of financiers with confidence and credibility.
- Ability to Influence → Convince your teams, partners, and shareholders using solid, data-backed arguments.
- Strategic Vision → Link your financial decisions to sustainable performance.
- Creation of Lasting Value → Turn your financial decisions into drivers of growth and competitiveness.
"Business leaders need to have a global view of the business, and that includes the ability to talk to the CFO. Not understanding finance can lead to costly yet avoidable decisions. This programme helps our participants gain the confidence needed to navigate the financial world."
— Mathias SCHMIT, Professor of Finance and creator of the programme
Content
Module 1 : Financial diagnostic and planning
Master the basics of financial management
Learn how to analyse financial statements to better manage your company's resources, and how to present your figures clearly.
Module 2 : Budgeting and financial planning in Excel
Master budgeting tools
Learn how to use Excel to model your company's finances, manage your budget and plan accurately.
Module 3 : Management control and cost analysis
Understand and control your costs effectively
Learn how to identify the different types of costs and how they influence business performance.
- From 15/10/2025 to 21/12/2025
- Luxembourg-City
- From 12/02/2026 to 11/04/2026
- Brussels
Professors associated with the training
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FAQ
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The programme is for executives, directors, operational heads, and non-financial managers who wish to master financial language and make better strategic decisions.
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Greater autonomy with numbers, a better understanding of financial statements, the ability to challenge your financial counterparts, and enhanced leadership.
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The programme is structured into 3 complementary modules: financial diagnosis, budgeting and planning, and management control.
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Because it combines academic rigour with practical, real-life case studies tailored to both local and international contexts, and it is specifically designed for the executive education of managers and directors.
Did you know?
We are INFPC approved. As a Luxembourg company, you may therefore benefit from substantial co-financing for your continuous training via Luxembourg Lifelong Learning. For more information, click here.
