Advanced Financial Analysis

Course Outline

Financial Analysis: Part 1

• Financial statement analysis for investment purposes
• Other users and their needs
• Horizontal analysis and trend analysis
• Vertical analysis
• Ratio analysis
• Weaknesses and limitations

Financial Analysis: Part 2

• The drive for information
• Stakeholder management
• Corporate social responsibility reporting
• Earnings announcements, conference calls and investor presentations
• Media relations: press releases and newspaper coverage
• Social media and internet bulletins

Target audience

• Managers who wish to improve their analytical skills and use accounting and finance tools for managerial advantage.
• Those who wish to understand and use accounting knowledge for operational and management decision making.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to understand:

• The main aspects of performance that can be evaluated through financial statements.
• How apply horizontal, trend, vertical and ratio analysis to the financial statement contained within an organisation’s annual report.
• How to evaluate a company from the viewpoint of current and potential investors as well as other stakeholders.
• That financial information is communicated through varying means and in different forms.
• That corporate communication may be factually accurate but it might be presented, written or distributed in a way that sends out information signals.

What is included

• 12 hours of classroom-based training
• Lunch and light refreshments
• Course certificate
• Branded merchandise