Business performance analysis - Workshop SG 2019

Overview

This workshop describes the effective tools to discern and influence the valuation of a firm. From a unified perspective, the deliverables focus will anchor on operations forensics, i.e. looking at operations management and not from traditional point of view of a manager but from that of an investor or/ and shareholder.

Equally important in this era of data-filled world, the business analysis tools to be taught are designed with the principal consideration of filling up the gap of HOW, i.e. many business and technology leaders are aware of the opportunities advanced analytics can bring to their business but struggle to define HOW exactly Value is going to be generated. 

Key Topics Covered:

• Operations Forensics- What Financial Statements may and may not reveal. (To illustrate with Singapore Listed Companies Financial Reports) and how Forecasting Analysis helps as part of Predictive Business Analytics
• Operational Indicators
  • Indicators of Stock Market Performance
  • Indicators of Disruption (i.e. unexpected events)
  • Indicators of Distress
• Operational Due Diligence
  • Assessing the Customer Base
  • Assessing Lean Management
  • Assessing Risks
• Operational Turnarounds
  • Turning around Purchasing
  • Turning around Production
  • Turning around Distribution
  • Sustaining the Turnaround

This workshop is part of the Digital in Finance and is eligible for funding support of more than 40%* off the workshop fees.

Eligibility

• Be a Singapore Citizens and Permanent Resident
   
• Achieve at least 100% attendance at the workshop
 
• Not receive any other funding from government sources (with exception to UTAP and PIC funding)

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Enter code DIGITAL19 at checkout. To apply the promotional code, you must complete separate payment for each workshop.

*Discount based on member price

Trainer Profile:
Lawrence Poh

Mr Lawrence Poh is a full member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (SIATP). He is a Qualified Individual approved by Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).

Lawrence has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, audit, international tax, corporate finance, financial markets, ERP & Balanced Scorecard (BSC) system implementation and transformational leadership. He had assumed auditing, finance and accounting positions in Public Accounting Firms, Ministry and Process & Discrete Manufacturing Companies.

Lawrence remarkable training milestones included delivering of Corporate Courses to Scientec Consulting, The Tuas Power Group of Companies, Zuoyi Power Equipment (Wenzhou), Shibang Machinery (Shanghai), Greenfield Capital (Shanghai), JF Hillebrand Singapore and Olympus Singapore. 

Objectives

• Explain where financial statements might be useful in revealing the operations of a company, and where they might fall short.
• Articulate when and how forecasting analysis should be deployed and its limitation.
• Apply and articulate the outcome & implication of indicators for stock valuation-based measure of performance.
• Apply and articulate the outcome & implication of indicators for business disruption.
• Apply and articulate the outcome & implication of indicators for business bankruptcy.
• Explain the needs to dig below financial statements to better value a company’s customer base & Risks, thru customer analytics tools & Risk assessment techniques respectively. 
• Explain the needs to implement Lean Management even for service line industries thru its various analytics tools.
• Explain the importance of turnaround performance after investment through various initiatives and analytics tools.

Audience

This workshop is suitable for accountants, financial practitioners, auditors and CFOs who want to receive useful insights on use of effective business analysis tools to analyse business situations, unexpected events, business initiatives and business results.