HR7003 Sem A – Academic Year 2025/26
Finance – Coursework Brief
Teaching Term: Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Module Leader
Name: Indra Widiarto
Email: [email protected]
Room: DL4.01
Student Hours: TBD
Further can be requested or Online
Co-Module Leader
Name: Syed Naqavi
Email: [email protected]
Room: DL4.01
Student Hours: TBD
Assessment
Individual Coursework – Finance
22nd December 2025 @ 1400hrs
This assignment accounts for 50% of the module marks.
Your Task:
You have recently been appointed as the new Vice President in Finance at FA Monsoo’s holding company. The management realises that in order to strengthen its foothold in the global FMCG business, they have to embark in a more aggressive expansion strategy, as well as strengthening its existing operation. As the VP in Finance, your first task is to advise the CFO on these four cases:
Task 1:
The management has a concern about the financial performance of one of their subsidiaries in the UK, i.e. Spiky Hairgel, that seems to miss its production target in Sep 2025. However, the management of this subsidiary is still arguing that they are still producing higher income from operations and total contribution that are higher than the budget, based on flexible budgeting analysis. The CFO needs you to undertake the
