Interpreting Financial Statements
Short course
In Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and 4 other venues
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The aim of this one-day course is to provide a practical introduction to financial statements with an emphasis on relevant interpretation and evaluation techniques. It is intended for professionals who have little or no training in finance and who use company accounts and publicly available financial information to aid marketing, credit, procurement or other business decisions.
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About this course
An understanding of the purpose and content of the three financial statements and how they relate to one another.
Knowledge of ratios and other evaluation techniques
The steps necessary to make an assessment of the financial performance and health of a business.
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Subjects
- Interpreting
- Management
- Evaluation
- Cash Flow
- Balance Sheet
- Financial
- Financial Training
- Accounting Concepts
- Terminology
- Capital
- Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet
- Accounting Issues
Course programme
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives
10:00 - 11.15 Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet (Structure, content, terminology, purpose and inter-relationship)
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:15 Key Accounting Issues (Accruals, measurement issues, accounting concepts, accounting standards, groups, shortcomings of financial information)
12:15 - 12:45 Working Capital (The working capital cycle, management of working capital, variations from company to company)
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 - 14:30 Cash Flow (Cash flow statement, cash versus profit, importance of cash flow)
14:30 - 16:30 Evaluation Techniques (Liquidity, efficiency, risk, profitability, ratio analysis, limitations of ratios).
16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed
Interpreting Financial Statements