Introduction
The first worldwide Chief Value Officer Executive MBA!
Become The Next Chief Value Officer
The MBA Chief Value Officer is a graduate degree from Audencia, a school that is triple accredited (EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA) and the first MBA in the world dedicated to transforming the measurement, control, and audit professions to get them through the “multi-capital” world.
Integrated Thinking, Value Creation, Responsible Strategic Leadership, and International Dimension are the distinctive elements of our MBA Chief Value Officer. We offer you a very high-quality education with exceptional guest speakers and experienced faculty, as well as strategic partnerships.
Our Chief Value Officer Executive MBA is delivered in the blended format:
PARIS on Campus and Online combined + 2 learnings expedition
Part-time, 65% online courses
At the end of this course, each participant obtains the Executive MBA Chief Value Officer degree from Audencia Business School.
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Key Features
Training duration: 18 months, part-time
Criteria of admission: Minimum of 8 years of relevant post-graduation full-time work experience and 5 years of managerial responsibilities (hierarchical, project or functional)For candidates who do not have these prerequisites, an internal test at Audencia will be taken during the selection jury.Bachelor’s degree or equivalentFull ACA Advanced Level from ICAEWAccessible through validation of academic credits due to experience (French system “VAE”)
Selection: Online application and interview
Training price: € 38,500 (not subject to VAT) - Eligible for the CPF
Next session: September 6, 2021
Application deadline: applications will be accepted until August 27, 2021
Location: Paris, Online
Goals
Position yourself as a key player in your organization, and acquire the capacity to measure and communicate the value creation process of your organization.
Understand and anticipate the financial, environmental, and social implications of your decisions.
Become the change navigator by supporting the evolution of your company's business model thanks to an integrated and multi-capital vision.
Master the methods and techniques of measurement, control, reporting, and audit of the key capitals of your organization.
Manage and optimize the value creation process internationally, understand the implications of new technologies on the management of multi-capital value.
Strengthen your personal and professional network thanks to your membership, upon registration, in the Alumni community of Audencia Business School.
Course Delivery
The Audencia MBA Chief Value Officer is a part-time, 100% English-speaking program, which takes place in Paris and online for 18 months.
The pedagogies are participative and experiential, that is to say, geared towards practice learning and developing skills.
There are many and varied learning methods: e-learning, case study, role play, simulation, community project, etc.
The courses are structured according to the philosophy of the flipped classroom:
Prior reading and understanding of concepts, from the virtual campus.
Review by the professor of fundamental concepts, work on real case studies of companies from very varied sectors, exchanges with participants to put your knowledge into perspective.
The program is based on an alternation of theoretical and practical sequences where each theme will be the subject of exchange in class.
The Learning Perspectives:
Sustainable Development expert and business partner: understanding and integrating planetary boundaries and sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Strategic thinking and forward-looking: understand and master the impact of technology on multi-capital accounting and have an international, strategic, and political vision of multi-capital accounting methods.
Key contributor to business strategy: measure, control, report, and audit all strategic capitals.
Architect of and force for change: supporting the ecological and social transition of business models.
The Targeted Skills:
Technical skills
Managerial skills
Measure the multi-capital performance of your organization
Be an expert in multi-capital performance reporting and audit
Master strategic sustainable development linked to performance measurement
Learn to think with an integrated and systemic vision
Become a responsible leader
Acquire a long-term vision focused on multiple stakeholders
Become a change navigator
Support business models in their transformation
Courses Offered
Learning Expeditions
Ivey Business School: Impact Assessment in the North America Context
Incae Business School: Impact Assessment in the Central America Context
Two Key Projects
Consultancy Project for an SME, in teams, 12 months
Individual Project, 18 months
Participant Profiles
Business Unit managers who wish to acquire skills in strategic measurement & use of their different capital,
Financial specialists / accountants / auditors / internal auditors,
Directors/Administrators,
Chief Finance Officer wishing to become Chief Value Officers,
CSR managers who wish to acquire skills in sustainable development accounting.
The size of the promotion varies between 15 and 30 participants.
Career Perspectives
Many companies have starting transforming their finance team for sustainability: Olam, L'Oréal, Danone, Ecochain, SSE, etc. You can find more examples on the "Finance for the Future" awards, in the A4S CFO Network, the UN Global Compact CFO Taskforce for the SDGs.
Read More About the Chief Value Officer and Career Perspectives
ICAEW Article (August 2020)
We need a radical new accounting (Ethical Corp, May 2020)
Podcast "When Finance meets Sustainability" (2019)
Sustainability CFO report (2018)
Testimonies
Julien RivalsCo-Managing Partner, Deloitte Sustainability
"The CVO MBA responds to a growing and urgent need for companies to rethink the measurement and management of their performance, from a more global perspective, allowing a real transformation of their business models. By enrolling in this program you will acquire both technical skills to define, measure and audit the multi-capital performance of an organization, but also managerial skills to support change through an integrated, systemic and long-term vision, responsible leadership and openness to stakeholders."
Bernard BlezFounding President of Passion For Energy, former director R&D at ENGIE
"I think that the CVO MBA meets a strong market expectation, with a balanced mix between academic contributions and very operational testimonies to illustrate the ongoing transformation of the measurement, control and audit professions to get them to the “multi-capital” world. I am proud to make my contribution by teaching green investment strategies, especially those related to the energy transition."
Career services @ Audencia
Here is just a sample of Audencia’s comprehensive career services:
Individual career coaching and advising
Internship Fairs
15,000+ employment opportunities posted each year on our dedicated intranet
Employment fairs with 120+ companies
Mentoring programme
Interview preparation and mock interviews
Publication of a CV book for corporate recruiters
CV workshops
Assessment centre preparation
Personal development programme on topics including leadership skills, communication skills, ethics, intercultural management and networking
Auditing sector fair
Information resources and online tools
Company visits
Panel discussions with professionals and alumni
Access to 100 + career events on various topics
