The purpose of this course is to help a business professional understand the financial accounting process and to develop skills necessary to evaluate an enterprise’s financial position and it’s operating, investing, and financing activities. This course emphasizes the measurement concepts and the mechanics of moving from business transactions to the principal financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash Flows. Also introduces tools for analyzing financial statements, with an emphasis on integrating industry economic and business strategic factors into the analysis and interpretations.
Why analyze financial data?
Users of Financial Information
Sources of Financial Information
Published Annual Reports and Accounts – What is their purpose?
The Structure and Contents of an Annual Report and Accounts
Creative Accounting, Financial Scandals, and the Agency Problem
Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Ethics and Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting
The Three Main Financial Statements
Using Ratio and Other Analyses of the Annual Report and Accounts to Assess Financial Position and Financial Performance
Profitability and Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
Efficiency and Working Capital
Liquidity and the Short-term Solvency
Investment and Growth
Financial Structure and Long-term Solvency
Ratio Analysis using Excel
Excel Trend Analysis using Common-size HorizSHIl Analysis and Vertical Analysis for Comparability
Using Ratio and Other Analyses of the Annual Report and Accounts to Assess Financial Position and Financial Performance
Profitability and Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis
Efficiency and Working Capital
Liquidity and the Short-term Solvency
Investment and Growth
Financial Structure and Long-term Solvency
Ratio Analysis using Excel
Excel Trend Analysis using Common-size HorizSHIl Analysis and Vertical Analysis for Comparability
Analysis of the Balance Sheet to Identify Long-term Debt and Equity, and Short-term Financing
Capital Cost Models: Cost of Equity using Dividend Growth and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM); Cost of Debt
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Optimal Capital Structure Models to Minimise WACC
Future Values, Present Values, and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Using Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) and Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC) to Analyze and Evaluate Capital Projects
The Reasons for Business Valuations
Business Valuation Models
The DuPont System of Ratio Analysis and Pyramids of Ratios
Segmental Analysis and Value Added Analysis of the Annual Report and Accounts
The Fundamental Statistical Tools and Graphical Representations
Using Statistical Techniques to Analyze and Forecast Financial Data
The Impact of Alternative Asset Valuation Methods on the Balance Sheet and Profitability
Working Capital and the Cash Flow Operating Cycle
Direct and Indirect Cash Flow Analysis and the Cash Flow Forecast
Predicting Financial Distress and Corporate Raipur
Risk and Uncertainty
Risk Analysis using Expected Values, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation
Sensitivity, Simulation, Scenario and Break-even Analysis Techniques
The Analytical Tools to Manage Risk
Systematic Risk, Unsystematic Risk, Business Risk and Financial Risk
Financial Risk– Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Exposures
Using Insurance, Hedging and Derivatives to Mitigate and Minimize risk
Analyze and interpret an organization's annual report and accounts
Use ratio analysis to evaluate financial position and financial performance
Use analytical techniques to forecast future performance
Critically evaluate the impact on financial position
Performance of the subjective nature of accounting policies
Identify the impact of profit, cash flow and risk on capital investment projects and business valuation
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