Financial Strategy
General
- Post-graduate
- 50 learners; teams of 5
- 210 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 5/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any industries
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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October 2, 2023Experience start
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October 20, 2023First meeting (between 16th - 20th October 2023)
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November 3, 2023Meeting to agree research proposal (by 3rd November 2023)
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December 8, 2023Watching and marking the presentation (between 4th - 8th December 2023)
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December 8, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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October 2, 2023Experience start
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October 20, 2023First meeting (between 16th - 20th October 2023)
Students and their academic supervisor arrange this meeting to discuss the project with you. They will ask questions to confirm their understanding of the project requirements. This meeting typically lasts 60– 90mins.
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November 3, 2023Meeting to agree research proposal (by 3rd November 2023)
Students should by this date or soon afterwards have agreed with you a research proposal.
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December 8, 2023Watching and marking the presentation (between 4th - 8th December 2023)
The students will present their work in the form of a short verbal presentation plus Q&A session. We will ask you to input into the marking of the presentation, using a standardised marking sheet.
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December 8, 2023Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Are you looking for some fresh thinking for your business? Bring on students from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. A team of around 5-6 students will work on one challenge over the course of the project, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Students undertaking these projects will apply their learning about financial reporting and analysis as an aid to decision making, current issues in the ethics and sustainability, and analytical techniques and theoretical bases (e.g. cost analysis, such as efficiency saving; models for calculating cost per product, e.g. quantifying costs; balance scorecard etc.).
Please note: If you are interested in this project contact between Nottingham Business School and your organisation will take place outside of the Riipen platform. Likewise, the student project will take place off-platform. This format has been agreed with Riipen in advance.
- Learner skills
- Financial statements, Online communication, Analytical techniques, Ethical standards and conduct, Decision making, Research
- Deliverables
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At the end of the project the team of students will report back to you their research findings conclusions and recommendations.
This will be delivered in the following formats:
- A 30 minute oral presentation facilitated by their academic supervisor, including a Q&A
- A 3,000 - 4,000 word report summarising their research, analysis, insights and recommendations, plus any appendices and references
Project Examples
Students in groups of approximately 5-6 will work with your company on a challenge to provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Employer partners please select one of the following challenges:
- Develop a finance strategy that is reflective of the short, and long-term, financing needs of the client. The strategy should be reflective of the internal and external factors that affect the cost of capital.
- Develop a financial model that will be used in an early-stage investor pitch event. This should include projected cash flows, enterprise valuation, alternative capital structure and investor exit scenarios.
By the time the students start work on their project they will already have completed most of their postgraduate qualification. The following list details some of the topics students will have studied:
Core modules – skills obtained:
- Financial reporting and analysis as an aid to decision making, using a range of analytical techniques and theoretical bases (e.g. cost analysis, such as efficiency saving; models for calculating cost per product, e.g. quantifying costs; balance scorecard)
- In depth analysis of financial statements (e.g. cash-flow evaluation and analysis, cost analysis (making efficiency savings)
- Current issues in the ethics and sustainability of businesses
Non-core (optional) modules (NB: Not all students take every optional module):
- Develop financial models (models of calculating cost per product (quantifying costs)
- Identifying and evaluating key risks
- Apply strategies for assessing and controlling financial risk
- Aid financial decision making
- Critically advise on corporate restructuring, including sells offs, spin offs and management buy out
- Critically evaluate corporate governance frameworks, including board structures, ownership and regulations, and recommend solutions
- Assessing financial impact of external factors to the organisation
- Competitor analysis, and industry analysis
- Strategic Management Accounting, including evaluation of current techniques
- Corporate reporting, including analysis of social and cultural diversity and its impact on corporate reporting in different countries
- Theory of valuation and investment
- Theory of derivatives market
- Theory of portfolio management
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for an initial virtual meeting with Nottingham Business School Experiential Learning Team to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.