SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING SCHEDULE

What comes into your

mind, when you hear the
word FINANCE?

DEPARTMENT OF DUCATION – BUREAU OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

What is Finance?
Finance is a field that
mainly deals with the study
of investments and the
management of business
resources o maximize
profits and increase the
company’s value.
What is Financial
Management?
Financial
management refers to
the planning, directing,
controlling, monitoring
and organizing the
monetary resources in
such way to achieve the
overall goals of an entity.
3 Keys in Financial
Management decisions:
Working • Ensures the firm has
Capital sufficient resources to
Managemen continue its day-to-day
t operations.
• Concerns the company’s
Capital long-term investments
Budgetin ensuring that the company
g makes the right
investment decisions.
• Concerns how the
Capital company obtains the
Structur financing it needs to
e support its long-term
investments.
Who are the key
individuals in the Finance
Department of a company
and what are their roles?
Chief finance Officer (CFO) is
primarily responsible for managing
the financial risks o the corporation
and is also responsible for financial
planning and record-keeping.
President and Chief
Operations Officer (COO)

Vice Vice
Vice President
President President
Finance (CFO)
Marketing Production

Treasurer Controller
The Treasurer is the person in
charge of the entity’s Treasury
function, which includes: managing
the firm’s cash and credit, its
financial planning and its capital
expenditures.
Treasurer

Capital
Cash Financial
Credit Manager Expenditure
Manager Planning
s
 Controller heads the
controllership function of finance.
Controllership includes Tax
Reporting, Cost Accounting,
Financial Accounting and Financial
Data Processing.
Controller

Cost Financial Data

Tax Manager Accounting Accounting Processing
Manager Manager Manager
Financial Market

Financial Institution

Financial
Instrument
A Financial Market performs
the function of channelling
funds from those who have a
surplus of fund to those who
are in need of funds.

Securities (Stocks or
Busines Bonds)
Dollars Savers
s
Financial Institution is a
physical establishment that
facilitates financial market
activities (channelling funds
from those with excess to
those who lack).
Business’s Intermediary’
Securities s Securities
Financial
Busines
Dollars Intermediar Savers
s y Dollars
Financial Instruments are
legal agreements between
the holder and the issuer
that gives the holder the
right to receive payment
with interest or a right to
share in company earning or
dividends from the issuer.
The following are types of
Financial Institutions, their
services, and a few examples:

Brokers & Dealers

Agents who match buyers
(investor/ lender) with sellers
(investee/ borrower).
Investment Bank
 Financial institution that
specializes in large and
complex financial
transactions such as
underwriting, acting as an
intermediary between a
securities issuer and the
investing public, facilitating
mergers and other corporate
Financial Intermediaries
 Match sellers and buyers
indirectly (e.g., banks
obtain cash from depositors
while they loan that cash to
borrowers)
 Offers service to help an
individual/firm to borrow
money.
 Helps facilitate the different
Quiz #1
Assignment: (1 whole sheet of
paper)

What are the uses of

financial instruments?
What are the types of
financial instruments?