Description

• Introduction to financial accounting and reporting
• Measuring and reporting financial position
• Introduction to Financial Statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement
• Assets, depreciation and amortization
• Manufacturing and merchandising companies - COGS and inventory
• Introduction to financial analysis Profitability
• Liquidity and working capital Reporting and Analyzing Cash Flows
• Solvency and LBO
• Financial Performance and Global Returns

Finalité

The focus of this course is on the analysis and evaluation of businesses to provide managers with a clear understanding of how the business activities of a company are reflected in their financial statements. A manager, who uses accounting information to make well-reasoned decisions, can manage performance better.

Course objectives

• a. Acquire basic knowledge and enable students to become fluent in financial terminology. This course focuses on the numbers and their interpretation.
• b. Explain how financial measures of corporate performance are calculated and used to assess creditworthiness.

Compétences visées

Expected learning outcomes

• a. Understand how a company’s business and financing activities are reflected in its financial statements
• b. Set up financial statements from given details of transactions
• c. Understand the components of a company’s financial statements
• d. Measure operating, investing and financial performance using appropriate ratios e. Have a working knowledge of the following notions : working capital, cash flows, returns. Calculation and interpretation.

Public

• Bachelor’s Degree holder or equivalent
• 3 years of professional experience
• Proficiency in English: (TOEFL IBT 90 or IELTS: 6.5 or TOEIC 800) 
• Students require to show a minimum enthusiasm for numbers
• They are expected to be able to develop a critical analysis