Foreign Exchange Risk Training

Introductory training about foreign exchange rates, exposure, and related risk analysis for the Corporate Finance professional: this training covers the basics of understanding foreign exchange rate volatility, the financial risk this volatility causes for a corporation, and standard approaches to quantify and analyze the risk. The course also covers Embedded Derivatives. (Training asset as of: July 2024)

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A Job in Corporate Finance

by: Ann Marie Svoboda
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I’ve recently talked to various Wall Street professionals that are considering a career move into corporate finance. These capital markets savvy people asked for input. How should they approach their search? What jobs should they target? Where would they fit best?

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Business Intelligence and Financial Data Strategy

by: Ann Marie Svoboda
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Advancements in business intelligence (“BI”) bring new quantities and dimensions of data to Corporate Finance. The combination of faster networks, cheaper data storage, and BI platforms such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI offer break-through opportunities for financial presentation.

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Financial Analysis and Remembering the Audience

by: Ann Marie Svoboda
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The art of presentation is a key attribute in quality financial analysis. Even short, summary tables can be indecipherable without directions. And yet many financial analysts neglect this reality. This blog post covers some basic rules to enhance every analyst's analytical output.

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Reviewing and Approving Spend: A Corporate Finance Guide

by: Ann Marie Svoboda
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Financial review and approval is a key component of a company’s internal control processes. Such controls typically include segregation of duties and also supervise accuracy, communication, reliability, and compliance around the spend request. Since specific requests are often cross-functional and/or international, that supervision can be complicated.

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Corporate Finance and the Art of Explanation

by: Ann Marie Svoboda
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If you work in corporate finance, you know it’s easy to get lost in a sea of numbers. But is that sea of numbers explaining anything? Does the analysis simply point to a variance, or does it get to The Point? Does it, more importantly, divulge the What Else?

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