1 – Financial diagnosis and planning

1 – Financial diagnosis and planning
2 – Budgeting & Financial Planning in Excel
3 – Management Control & Cost Analysis

The “ Financial diagnosis and planning » training is the first of the 6 modules of our “Finance for Managers” program in Luxembourg.

The English version is taught from March to June 2025.

Financial diagnosis and planning : module 1/6 – 3 days

English

March 10, 11 and 12, 2025

Luxembourg-city

20 participants max.

2.400 € HTVA

2.472 € TVAC

Taux de TVA : 3%

Training objectives

Master the basics of financial management and put
them into practice.

Learn how to analyse financial statements to better manage your company’s resources, and how to present your figures clearly.

Introduce executives and managers to the basic notions of financial management,
Know how to analyze financial statements, manage cash flow,
Edit and present a financial report.

Module content | Financial diagnosis and planning

Interpret a company’s financial statements

Balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
Working capital, working capital requirements and cash flow
Critical analysis of commonly used ratios
The sources of performance
Understand the difference between accounting and financial analysis
Why can a profitable company from an accounting point of view be loss-making and go bankrupt?

Plan your cash flow needs

Assessment of financial flows and cash flow needs
Financial forecasts
To what extent is the company generating money or not (not synonymous with generating profit)?

Carry out a financial analysis

Real business case studies
Sustainable growth threshold in terms of financial resources. Impact of growth on company turnover.

Your teacher

Professeur et fondateur

Doctor in management sciences, Mathias is a part-time Professor of Finance at
the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université Libre de Bruxelles).

For more than 20 years, Mathias has shared his career between the academic world and the business world. Mathias is also founder of SAGORA, a consulting and training company specializing in financial management, microfinance, risk management governance and the impact of Basel II/III banking regulations on business conduct.

Also, he intervened or intervenes in
numerous institutions such as INSEAD, TiasNimbas, the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, the universities of Aix-en-Provence Marseille, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh etc.

He is also a company director.