CAS Financial Decision-Making

Das Know-how von Wirtschaftsinformationen und das Verständnis von Finanzen sind entscheidend für eine erfolgreiche Entscheidungsfindung. The CAS Financial Decision-Making provides you with all financial tools for management decisions, performance measurement and risk management in a fast changing environment

Audience

The CAS Financial Decision-Making is designed for managers and employees working in companies of the private or public sector who want to get a solid understanding about finance and accounting.

Deadline

Application deadline: 2.12.2024

Study start: 13.01.2025

Fees

10’800 CHF

All modules of this CAS have an integrated view and are organized around central subject areas, the development of which has been identified by employers and economic experts as the basis for a successful management.

Prof. Dr. Michael Burkert
CAS scientific coordinator

Content

The CAS Financial Decision-Making consists of the following modules and a supervised CAS thesis.

Basics of Accounting

The focus of this module is to provide participants with an introduction to accounting basics. It showcases the role of financial and managerial accounting for effective decision-making and control. It also addresses some common pitfalls when making important decisions and ways to overcome them.

Introduction to Financial Accounting
Understanding and Creating Financial Statements
Relevance of Financial Statements in Managerial Decision-Making
Managerial Accounting, CVP Analysis and Cost Assignment
Common Pitfalls in Cost-Based Decision-Making
Cost Management

Prof. Dr. Michael Burkert
Dr. Matthias Klein
13 + 14 January 2025

Financial Statement Analysis

The financial diagnosis of a company relies on its financial statements. This module focuses on the use of financial statements, to analysis both:

The performance of the firm & its value drivers,
And its credit and solvency risks.

The module also introduces the preparation of pro-forma financial statements. This provides participants the necessary tool to forecast potential financial risks (and/or opportunities) within their organisation.

10 + 11 February 2025

Managerial Finance

The aim of this module is to provide participants with a hands-on understanding of the principles of finance, financial valuation and value-based management. We focus on concepts and tools of modern finance that are generally applicable to investment and corporate finance decisions. Topics include:

Risk and return
Cost of capital
Discounted Cash Flow & Economic Value Added
The Value of Flexibility
Protecting Value Creation: Hedging Exchange Rate Risk

10 + 11 March 2025

Management Control Systems

The aim of this course is to provide participants with a hands-on understanding of the design and use of common management control systems. This includes discussion of the planning and budgeting process, financial and non-financial performance measurement, and questions of target setting and performance evaluation. Participants learn about the usefulness of management control systems, but also about potential challenges and pitfalls.

Planning, budgeting, and variance analysis
Financial performance and value creation
Performance measurement systems
Target setting and relative performance evaluation

Prof. Dr. Martin Messner
7 + 8 April 2025

Fin Tech & Risk Management

This course introduces you to Risk Management & FinTech, the emerging world of applications, concepts and developments at the interface of Finance and Technology. Participants will learn important aspects of risk management in a digitalized world, the application of artificial intelligence in finance, and the nature and use of digital assets. The course emphasizes a personal learning experience and is based on case discussions and lectures.

Risk Management Techniques for Market and Credit Risk
Corporate Risk Management in a Digitalized Bank
Artificial Intelligence in Finance
Digital Assets
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain

Prof. Dr. Florian Weigert
12 + 13 May 2025

Monte Carlo Simulations for Enhanced Financial Decision-Making

This course introduces participants to a powerful tool that enables decision-makers to address uncertainty and risk explicitly when making financial decisions. The approach overcomes the weaknesses of traditional scenario analyses and is directly applicable to participants after completing this module. Participants learn how to make enhanced decisions that positively impact EBIT and how to identify hidden financial risks.