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Part 1 (13 Topics) Part 2 (12 Topics)
Domain A Domain A
1. Finance Principles & Processes (5) 1. Sales Volume & Revenue Projections
2. Strategy (4) 2. Financial Statements Projections
3. Financial Accounting & Reporting (6) 3. Valuing Projects, Customers, Deals & Products
4. Ratio Analysis (6) 4. Risk Analysis
5. Managerial & Cost Accounting 5. Analyzing Information & Giving Feedback
6. Macroenvironment
7. Microeconomics Domain B
6. Specifying Outputs & Getting Inputs
Domain B 7. Improving the quality of information
8. Using Worksheets & Worksheet Functions 8. Refining Data, Risks, Opportunities & Plans
9. Working with Data 9. Building & refining Models
10. Using Models & Sensitivities / Scenarios
Domain C 11. Making Conclusions & recommendations
10. Information & FP&A
11. Organization Domain C
12. Industry 12. Effective Communication
13. Managing FP&A Projects
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Chapter 2
1 Nature of Strategy
4 Risk
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Nature of Strategy
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What is Strategy?
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Chapter 2: Strategy
Topics Overview
• The nature of strategy in an organization and its
significance to FP&A
• The strategic planning process
• Using performance measurement to align the organization’s
actions with its strategy
• Risk frameworks
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Strategy Defined
Strategy
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Strategy Defined
Strategy is about clearly defining what you will focus on and how you plan to “win” in your
competitive space. Developing a clear strategy for your organization is vital to its success. Your
entire organization needs to understand it, bring it to life, and execute against it.
clear-cut choices on how to compete
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Strategy Defined
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Nature of
Considerations for Sustainable Strategy (Strategic Fit):
1.Org. capabilities & future (if we come up with strategy but we don’t have
Strategy resources to accomplish, its not going to be sustainable)
2.Industry forces (competitive landscape, market share)
3.External environment
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Drive Support
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Functions of Strategy
Can increase
Can force the
coordination and
organization to stretch
cohesion
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Mission Value
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Strategic Planning
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1. Internal
and external
analysis
6. Measure- 2. Goal
ment setting
Mission
Vision
Values
3. Strategic
5. Resource
develop-
allocation
ment
4. Plan
develop-
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Sales
Cash
Profit
Time (years)
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SWOT Analysis
Advantages Challenges
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SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
Internal factors which already exist and have contributed to the current position and
may
continue to exist.
Opportunities Threats
External factors which are contingent events. Assess their importance based on the
likelihood of them happening and their impact on the company. Also consider whether
management have the intention and ability to take advantage of the
opportunity/avoid the threat.
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Strategic goals
Goals are influenced by 3
primary levers of value: • Satisfy reporting requirements
1. Earnings • Encourage progress
• Signal external stakeholders and
2. Efficient use of assets motivate internal stakeholders
• Provide a rational and systematic
3. Ratio of equity to debt basis for organizational activity
• Measure progress
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3. Strategic Development
Strategic
Specific
Goals
strategic
initiatives
Supporting
strategies
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Horizons of Growth
1st Phase: focus on Org. current businesses – perfecting core skills &
processes.
2nd Phase: Generate values when the 1st phase slows. Finding ways to
apply the organization’s existing strengths to emerging opportunities that
may become core businesses in the future.
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4. Plan Development
FP&A may:
• Conduct its own SWOT analysis.
• Set its own goals and targets for the period.
• Implement its own strategic initiatives
• Allocate budget to strategic priorities
• Establish a process for reviewing the function’s
performance and reporting to management.
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5. Resource Allocation
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Stars
Marks
Low High
market share market share
Cash
Dogs
Cows
Co. should invest or discard these “?,” Co. should significantly invest in these “stars” as they
depending on their chances of have high future potential.
becoming stars.
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Investment on basis
High
of growth potential
Selective
Attractiveness
Medium investment on basis
of industry
of earnings
Low Divestment
6. Measurement
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Strategy & Measurement
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Value Drivers
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KPI
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What is a KPI?
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Financial Customer
• Increased shareholder value • Quality
• Minimization of risk • Right price
• Solvency • Care
Strategic
Goals
Internal Processes Learning and Growth
• Operational efficiency & integration • Capital investment
• Efficient supply chain management • Knowledge management
• Innovation • Employee communication
• Sustainability • Change management
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Balance Scorecards
FINANCIAL
• Sales growth
• Operating margin
• EPS
• ROA/ROE
PEOPLE CUSTOMERS
• Qualified staff availability MISSION • Loyalty levels
• Retention levels AND • Brand image
• Performance levels STRATEGY • Customer satisfaction
• Employee satisfaction • Customer spend
OPERATIONS
• Inventory availability
• Productivity measures
• % orders on time/in full
• % IT budget on R&D
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KPIs examples:
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Getting the right strategy means you have to assume your competitors
are damn good, or at the very least as good as you are, and that they
are moving just as fast or faster.” “If the rate of change on the outside
exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”
Jack Welch
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KPIs examples:
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Definition of Risk
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• Assess probability, impact of those risks (ex: FX exposure to Yen, hm does its volatility impact the firm).
• Monitor.
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Risk Formula
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ERM Framework
Risk Assessment
COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations Control
Monitoring
Environment
Enterprise Risk Management Framework
2004
Information and Control
Communication Activities
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ERM Framework
• A control environment—the ethical tone of the organization and
the way in which these values are reflected in organizational
behavior
• Risk assessment—setting objectives for risk levels and identifying
risks and vulnerabilities
• Control activities—policies and procedures that support the
implementation of plans to manage risk
• Information and communication—communication of expectations
and rules downward throughout the organization and
communication upward to management aimed at improving
practices
• Monitoring—assessing the quality of the system over time
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Classifying Risks
1 2 3
Strategy Operations Financing
4 5
Compliance Reputation
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Types of Risks
• Strategic risk: risk of entering the wrong market, wrong product, country
risk, or sovereign risk—the risk associated with investing in a particular
country (Financial Times Lexicon).
• Financing risk: get the funds at the right price, interest rate volatility,
trouble in getting financing because of high risk, Capital support, credit
default swap agreement defaults on its obligations. This is referred to as
counterparty risk, the risk that the other side of a transaction will be unable
to meet its obligations (Financial Times Lexicon).
Risk Matrix
Impact
Probability
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Risk Treatment
• Avoid entirely
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Risk Management
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Managing Risk
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