Strong skills in budgeting and planning are in demand for a variety of roles - whether you’re interested in starting a career as an accountant, business analyst, or consultant, or even if you want to start your own business and need to manage these areas yourself. this course provides an introduction to financial analysis, showing you the main tools that you have in order to start analyzing and optimizing for business performance. You will learn to find your way around a balance sheet, understand financial performance analysis, and determine which analysis tools to use for each. financial analysis includes interpretation of a business’ financial statements to diagnose profitability, helping the business to make sound decisions with full knowledge of its performance, expected revenue, and margins. You’ll learn to differentiate and deploy different analysis tools to provide business insights.
Introduction to planning, budgeting and forecasting
Fundamentals of effective budgeting
Fundamentals of effective forecasting
Technology driven success
Effective planning, budgeting and forecasting in the digital age
What is financial analysis?
Types of financial analysis
Set financial targets and performance metrics
Explain the key function and purpose of financial planning and budgeting, and how they contribute to various business goals
Perform and interpret key analyses, creating a set of performance metrics to inform business planning and operations
Determine the appropriate use case of key analysis tools to provide required business insights
Explain the key function and purpose of financial planning and budgeting, and how they contribute to various business goals
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