Financial Voyages LLC. goes beneath the numbers. We skillfully design and deliver real-world, on-the-ground solutions empowering customers internationally to turn knowledge into action. Our on-the-ground solutions are packaged in Executive Coaching, On-Line, On-Site and On-Demand Training, Facilitation and Advisory Services.
Our Mission
Financial Voyages LLC. transforms essential business topics into the most insightful, engaging learning experiences to help people in the international community significantly transform their businesses, lives and communities for the better.
Quality Policy: Financial Voyages LLC is committed to our journey for improvement to our products, services and systems that comply with ISO 9001 requirements and continually improve the effectiveness of the QMS. The goal of all managers, employees and contract staff is total customer satisfaction. We meet our customer requirements by providing superior service through consistent service delivery and ensuring a customized client experience.
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Our Solutions and Services
To successfully address the most pressing issues faced by leaders and their teams operating in global diplomacy, development and defense, our on -the-ground-solutions approach accelerates skills mastery in business acumen, financial management and project management.
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Our Professional Services
Executive Coaching Services includes confidential one-to-one executive coaching for senior leaders, international and government officials seeking to accelerate growth, development and performance. Executive Coaching is an action-oriented program between the executive and the coach aimed to bridge the gap between where the executives and their organization are today and where they want to be. Areas of focus include, but not limited to:
Business Growth
Conflict Resolution
Culture
Executive Development
Leadership Development
Performance Results
Self-Awareness
Strategy Implementation
Succession Planning
Time Management
Integrated Consulting Services includes all services related to the practice of helping organization to improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement. Service areas included under Integrated Consulting Services includes, but not limit to the following:
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Private Sector Development
Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Workforce Development Strategies
Strategic Planning Workshops
Control Self-Assessment Workshops
Meeting and Group Facilitation Services includes the art of facilitation through:
Focus Groups
Meeting Facilitation
Small Group Facilitation
Facilitating Breakout Sessions
Facilitating Conferences
Facilitating Strategic Planning Sessions
On-Site, On-Line and On-Demand Training Services include instructor-led training, web-based training and education courses, course and curriculum design and development services, test administration, learning management and internships. Courses have a defined title, length of time (e.g., hours, days), description of material to be taught (e.g., syllabi, table of contents etc.).
Description: This virtual instructor-led training (VILT) course offers hands-on experience in dealing with common financial issues in acquisition that include cost estimating, earned value management (EVM) analysis; Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE); congressional enactment; and budget preparation and execution.
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: BCF221—Intermediate Financial Management Concepts
Advance Preparation: N/A
Recommended CPE: 40 CPEs
CPE Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge and Application
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of the course, learners will be able to:
Identify cost-schedule-performance tradeoffs in light of Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) given a Capability Production Document (CPD), an Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), an Acquisition Strategy in a team role-play scenario.
Develop a Component Cost Position given a Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD), Program Office Estimate (POE), and a Component Cost Analysis (CCA).
Apply escalation indices and basic funding policies to build a program budget given a scenario, program documentation, and an electronic spreadsheet.
Perform impact analysis and prepare responses required to achieve full funding for the program in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) given prepared program information (master plan/schedule, program budget, acquisition strategy), Program Issues, and a service's preparation of the Program and Budget submission.
Prepare program budget exhibits for procurement (P-5, P-5A, P-21, P-40 forms) and RDT&E (R-2, R-2a, R-3, and R-4 forms) given program information (master plan/schedule, program budget, acquisition strategy), a service Program Decision, a published budget call letter, Financial Management Regulation (FMR) budget exhibit preparation instructions, current "fact of life" program execution information, and prior-year budget exhibits
Develop responses as required for comptroller/budget analyst advance questions, budget hearings, and Resource Management Decisions (RMDs), given a scenario and prepared program budget exhibits.
Determine the best outcome given various congressional situations.
Evaluate Earned Value Management (EVM) information to program performance, trend analysis, budget impact, and program documentation given a scenario, program documentation, cost data, and computer support.
Prepare a request for reprogramming given a scenario and funds management documentation.
Assess program execution funds status given a scenario, funds management documentation, and /or reports.
Assess the impact of expired and canceled funds given a scenario.
Assess the propriety of funds given a scenario.
Additional Information: Refund for courses sold for a fee/Cancellation Policy 30 days prior to the start of the course. Registration; Schedule; Complaint resolution policy available upon request. Students must meet prescribed mastery standards by achieving 80% or higher on all assessments and/or 80% or higher on the weighted measure of all coursework.