Advance Financial Statement Analysis

Overview

This course brings together the key elements of financial statement analysis. We help participants develop their skills, enabling them to ask the right questions and see the real risks facing businesses and investors. The course uses the IFRS reference reporting framework. Each credit issue will be analyzed from theoretical and practical perspectives, using recent market examples for learners to assess cash flow and credit implications.

The financial statement analysis course equips participants with the skills to examine and interpret financial statements in depth. It provides a clear understanding of the purpose and structure of financial statements and demonstrates how they can be used effectively to assess a company’s financial performance, position, and overall financial health.

Objective

• Interpret financial statements to assess their effectiveness, relevance, and potential weaknesses
• Analyse how different accounting and reporting choices affect key financial ratios
• Identify and anticipate signs of declining cash flow quality
• Recognise high-risk and sensitive reporting areas, particularly in revenue recognition
• Identify many of the creative accounting techniques used by companies.
• Analyze and evaluate an organization’s financial strengths and weaknesses.
• Assess the liquidity and solvency positions of the organization.
• Determine the organization’s financing requirements and options.
• Evaluate management’s stewardship of the organization’s economic resources.
• Forecast the organization’s future performance based on financial statement analysis.