Chief Financial Officer ProgramNEW

Date(s)
March 17, 2025–March 16, 2026
Cost
$30,000
CIBE Credits
18
Format
Modular, Blended
Requirements
Participants should have a minimum of ten years of work experience in finance and fluency in written and spoken English
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Chief Financial Officer Program


Date(s)
March 17, 2025–March 16, 2026
Cost
$30,000
CIBE Credits
18
Format
Modular, Blended

Overview

[2] of CFOs believe that evaluating finance strategy, scope, and design is their top priority.
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[1] of CFOs say the speed of their decision making has increased due to the need for reinvention.
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Highlights

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

Participant Profile

Faculty

Shiva Rajgopal | Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School Executive Education

Shiva Rajgopal

Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing

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Impact

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