COURSE OVERVIEW

Understanding financial statements (6 hours)

• Preparation of financial statements: income statement, statement of retained earnings, balance sheet, and cash flows.
• Determination of the company’s operating cash flow (OCF), free cash flow (FCF), economic value added (EVA), and market value added (MVA).
• Financial Planning and Forecasting: preparing pro-forma financial statements.
• Case study analysis

Providing readable reports (3 hours)

• The financial annual report: contents and structure
• Corporate Profile
• Audited financial statements
• Corporate governance
• Investor information
• Description of the board
• Additional Information

Assisting management in analysis of financial statements (4 hours)

• Understanding financial ratios
• Liquidity ratios
• Asset management ratios
• Profitability ratios
• Debt management ratios
• Market value ratios
• Using ratios in the financial decision process.
• Conducting trend and industry analysis through ratios
• Case study analysis

 Notes and footnotes of financial statements (2 hour)

• Off-balance sheet accounts
• Importance of notes in preparing financial statements
• Cases and examples

International standards (6 hours)

• International accounting standards: introducing the most important IASs
• The international financial reporting standards (IFRS 1 till IFRS 8)
• IFRS1: Preparing financial statements based on international standards
• Case study analysis

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