When organisations invest, acquire, or partner, rigorous financial due diligence is what separates value-creating deals from costly mistakes. This advanced programme equips senior finance professionals to lead financial due diligence and support transactions with the analytical depth and judgment that high-stakes deals demand.
Designed for an international audience from officer to director level, the programme covers the due diligence process, quality of earnings, net debt and working capital analysis, deal structuring inputs, valuation interaction, and reporting findings that shape negotiation and decisions. It addresses the analytical techniques and emerging practices in modern transaction services.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Critically appraise financial due diligence
- Understand the transaction and deal process
- Scope and plan due diligence
- Analyse quality of earnings
- Assess maintainable and adjusted earnings
- Analyse net debt and debt-like items
- Analyse working capital and the normalised level
- Assess cash flow and capital expenditure
- Identify risks and deal breakers
- Inform valuation and pricing
- Support deal structuring and SPA inputs
- Assess forecasts and the business plan
- Conduct vendor and buy-side due diligence
- Report findings to inform negotiation
- Support post-deal integration
- Anticipate emerging trends in transaction services
Course Outline
- Module 1: Financial Due Diligence
- Module 2: The Transaction & Deal Process
- Module 3: Scoping & Planning Due Diligence
- Module 4: Quality of Earnings
- Module 5: Maintainable & Adjusted Earnings
- Module 6: Net Debt & Debt-Like Items
- Module 7: Working Capital Analysis
- Module 8: Cash Flow & Capital Expenditure
- Module 9: Identifying Risks & Deal Breakers
- Module 10: Informing Valuation & Pricing
- Module 11: Deal Structuring & SPA Inputs
- Module 12: Assessing Forecasts & the Business Plan
- Module 13: Vendor & Buy-Side Due Diligence
- Module 14: Reporting Findings for Negotiation
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Transaction Services
Who Should Attend
This advanced programme is designed for corporate finance and M&A professionals, financial analysts, controllers, investment and transaction staff, and senior finance officers involved in deals and due diligence internationally.
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