L7-03: Strategic Financial Management
Align financial strategy with corporate growth—investment, risk, capital structure, and shareholder value at executive level.
What is L7-03 — Strategic Financial Management?
The L7-03 Strategic Financial Management unit equips leaders to make capital allocation, financing, and risk management decisions that sustain competitive advantage.
Learners apply advanced valuation, investment appraisal, and treasury techniques within strategic and regulatory contexts.
This paper is essential for finance directors, consultants, and general managers overseeing P&L and balance sheet performance.
Core Strategic Value
- •Investment Appraisal: Evaluate NPV, IRR, and strategic options under uncertainty.
- •Capital Structure: Optimise debt-equity mix and dividend policy decisions.
- •Risk & Treasury: Manage FX, interest rate, and liquidity exposures professionally.
What You Will Study
This unit develops practical, industry-aligned competencies across 4 core learning modules:
1. Financial Strategy & Shareholder Value
Link financial goals to corporate strategy and ESG commitments
Analyse shareholder value creation and economic profit metrics
Evaluate dividend, buyback, and reinvestment policies
Assess agency problems and executive incentive alignment
2. Investment & Business Valuation
Apply DCF, multiples, and real options valuation techniques
Evaluate M&A synergies and post-merger integration risks
Model capital budgeting under inflation and currency volatility
Assess project portfolios and stage-gate investment governance
3. Financing, Risk & Treasury Operations
Compare debt, equity, and hybrid financing instruments
Design hedging strategies for financial and operational risk
Manage working capital and cash conversion cycles
Review banking relationships and covenant compliance
4. Board Financial Recommendations
Prepare CFO-level investment and financing memos
Stress-test financial plans under adverse scenarios
Communicate financial strategy to non-finance executives
Integrate sustainability metrics into financial reporting
Structure & Parameters
Assessment Policies & Logistics
Submission Windows
Internal and external assessment deadlines follow Pearson BTEC session calendars. Confirm key dates with ICT Business School at enrollment.
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