Chief Financial Officer ProgramNEW
- Requirements
- Participants should have a minimum of ten years of work experience in finance and fluency in written and spoken English
Chief Financial Officer Program
Overview
The Chief Financial Officer Program from Columbia Business School Executive Education will help financial leaders take the next step in their careers. Through a comprehensive curriculum driven by world-class faculty and the latest industry research and insights, senior leaders will develop the knowledge and skills to seamlessly transition into a CFO role. This program will help participants drive financial frameworks that embrace global business strategies while preparing them to manage investors, analysts, and the boards to optimize business efficiency.
It tackles various themes during the multimodal learning journey of 9 to 12 months structured around value creation, capital markets, risk management, leadership, and relevant skill development for the CFO role. At the end of this program, participants will emerge equipped with the skills, tools, and frameworks needed to lead financial transformation and handle increasingly complex challenges being faced by their organizations.
Please contact our partners at Emeritus at columbia_cfo@emeritus.org or +1 567-587-1669 for a personal conversation to learn more.
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Highlights
With the Chief Financial Officer Program, you will gain the necessary tools and frameworks to enhance your financial leadership, sharpen your decision-making skills, and lead digital transformation in your organization.
Some of the program highlights include:
- CORE CURRICULUM
Kick-start your program journey with 18 weeks of core online learning, imparting essential skills for the CFO role. - WEEKLY LIVE SESSIONS
Experience live online sessions with success coaches, as well as periodic guest lectures from faculty, industry leaders, career advisors. - WORLD-RENOWNED FACULTY
Learn from Columbia Business School faculty, thought leaders, and financial industry experts. - PEER LEARNING
Learn from high-achieving peers from around the globe and build your network.
- CAPSTONE PROJECT
Work on a capstone project to refine your skills by applying program learnings to a challenge and drive immediate on-the-job impact in your organization. - SUCCESS COACH
Craft your learning journey in line with your career goals with a success coach assigned to your cohort. - FLEXIBLE LEARNING JOURNEY
Balance learning with your busy work schedule by dedicating just three to five hours each week toward program sessions and learning activities. - NETWORKING EVENT
Interact with faculty, peers, and global industry leaders at an optional two-day on-campus networking event. - SELECT ALUMNI BENEFITS
Receive select Columbia Business School alumni benefits upon completion of the program.
Program Structure
Strategic Leadership
The modern CFO is expected to drive an organization's direction and growth through strategic decision making. This program looks at a CFO’s leadership and its role within the C-suite, drawing on the insights of top CFOs.
Module Topics
- Measuring Strategy
- Qualities of a Financial Leader
- CFO as Strategic Partner to the CEO
- Raising Capital and Managing Investors
- Regulatory Compliance
Leveraging Financial Data and Analytics
To maximize an organization's financial performance, CFOs must utilize a growing volume of data and include analytics within their decision-making process. This program provides a framework for understanding and forecasting a business and its potential value.
Module topics
- Operating Cycle and Value Drivers
- Defining Good Stewardship of Capital
- Macro Revenue Factors, Materials, and Supply Chains
- Capacity and Capital Expenditure
- Capital Structure
- A Global Market: Foreign Currency
- Bringing It All together: Valuation
Driving Innovation and Transformation
To create long-term value for their organizations, CFOs need to forecast risks and uncertainties. This program covers key factors and complex challenges that impact long-range planning, providing the tools needed for a CFO to lead transformational change at their organization.
Module Topics
- Financial sustainability
- Capital allocation
- Mergers, acquisitions, and integration
- Labor, talent, and compensation
- Managing performance and compensation
- Information systems and tomorrow's CFO
Note: Session topics and electives are subject to change.
Participant Profile
The Chief Financial Officer Program is uniquely designed to suit professionals with a strong finance background from diverse industries. Individuals new to the CFO role or stepping into a financial leadership role will benefit from the in-depth curriculum, expert faculty, and invaluable networking opportunities.
Participants should have:
- A minimum of ten years of work experience in finance
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- International exposure (preferred)
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Impact
The Chief Financial Officer Program will enable you to:
-Establish a long-term vision that balances fiscal outcomes with performance goals, ensuring alignment with overarching business strategies and objectives
-Identify and drive the implementation of strategic choices that lead to sustainable value creation and organizational growth
-Acquire and utilize effective strategies to improve communication, increase influence, and exert a more significant personal impact on both internal and external stakeholders
-Lead change and transformation efforts that create lasting value for the finance function and the wider organization
-Transform culture across the organization to ensure it is risk aware and financially aligned
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