Advanced Financial Analysis – Study Qualification

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Why Attend

This course brings together the key elements of financial statement analysis. It will enable participants to ask the right questions, see the real risks facing businesses and investors, feel more confident in their ability to comment on business activities and performance, and analyze financial health for management. These skills and the required technical knowledge will be put into practice throughout the course using interactive examples and case studies, putting theory and technique into context.

Course Methodology

The course uses a mix of interactive techniques, such as brief presentations by the consultant, group exercises and case studies using Excel to apply knowledge acquired throughout the course, followed by presentations by the participants.

Target Audience

Chief accountants, accounting managers, senior accountants, finance directors, finance managers, financial analysts, financial controllers, financial accounts managers, heads of finance departments, credit controllers, corporate financiers, credit risk analysts, bankers, and relationship managers.

Course Objective

List and differentiate between the important components of basic financial statements

Explain financial statements’ ratios and design Excel sheets and graphs for financial statements analysis

Give examples of creative accounting schemes and discuss the validity of the used accounting rules

Assess the quality of financial reports and evaluate quality of the reported earnings and cash flows

Forecast financial statements based on the analysis of the historical performance of a company

Target Competences

Understanding financial statements

Reading annual reports

Processing financial data

Financial analysis

Credit analysis

Risk management

Criticizing financial reporting standards used

Applying professional skepticism

Identifying financial fraud

Financial forecasting

Course Outline

Introduction to advanced financial analysis

Assessing quality of financial reports

Basics of industry analysis and analyzing ratios using Excel

Financial forecasting techniques for analysts

Financial cosmetics and creative accounting

Program Methodology

In person

Online