Description

Develop financial reporting expertise to conduct an accounting analysis and detect distortions in financial statements. Accounting savvy permits the business analyst to leverage financial information to manage and implement business plans. Gain the tools necessary to become skilled at such analyses. Review the impact of financial and accounting data on the function of capital markets in relation to the changing economic landscape and globalization.

Target Audience

CPAs and financial professionals.

Course Objectives

• Identify techniques to manage through higher-quality financial analysis effectively
• Determine areas of improvement for better asset utilization
• Implement superior business plans through informed financial analysis
• Determine costs and restructure a stronger revenue-generating balance sheet
• Identify a methodology consisting of six steps in analyzing accounting data

Subjects

• Accounting analysis and methodology
• Factors influencing the quality of accounting-based financial reports
• Impact of emerging business models on balance sheets
• Introduction to the Instructor's Open Balance Sheet