Financial Management

Learning Outcomes

• Show the main functions of the financial decision maker
• Provide conceptual elements related to the financial decision in the company or organization, namely in obtaining and investing funds
• Provide the essential tools of forecast management and their usefulness in modern management

Study Program

1. Types of decisions by the financial manager
2. Sources of Financing:
   • Short-term
     • Banking (secured current accounts, discount of bills and promissory notes)
     • Factoring (with and without recourse)
     • Other sources of short-term financing

(2) Medium and long term

(a) Equity

• Capital increases
• Other Equity Instruments (Supplementary installments)
• Other sources of medium and long-term financing

(b) Third Party Capital

• Banking
• Leasing
• Obligations
• Other sources

(3) The comparison between solutions and the effective interest rate

1. Treasury and financial investments of companies
2. Current Asset Management: customers, inventories and cash
3. Financial Planning
   • Budget Management
   • The estimated financial statements
   • Objectives and performance measurement

• Structural financial decisions
  • Capital Structure
  • Investment policy

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