Advanced Business Financial Analysis

Start Date: 2023-03-13 End Date: 2023-03-17

Scheduled Dates:

        13-17 March 2023

        16-20 October 2023

Venue:                          Windhoek, Namibia

Duration:                      5 days

Course Fee:                 USD 1850.00

Course Description

Understanding the philosophy and principles underlying financial statements is key to investment decisions. Financial analysis is a vital part of any sustainable and profitable organization because only a professional in financial statement analysis can control the performance indicators and the overall budgeting health of an organization. It is however designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the key techniques in financial analysis.

The Aims of the Course

The course aims to:

• Provide deep knowledge and skills on financial statement analysis, corporate finance, and the valuation of stocks.
• Bring together the key elements of financial statement analysis to help participants improve their financial analysis skills.
• Enable delegates to see the real risks facing businesses and investors, feel more confident in their ability to comment on business activities, performance and analyse financial health for growth and sustainability.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training, delegates should be able to:

• Perform a comprehensive financial analysis of any organization using a variety of ratios derived from its financial statements.
• Perform robust vertical and horizontal income statement analyses using various performance ratios.
• Interpret financial statements for their effectiveness, relevance, and vulnerabilities.
• Analyse the impact of certain financial statement choices on key financial ratios.
• Identify many of the creative accounting techniques used by companies.
• Explain financial statements' ratios and formulate Excel sheets and graphs for financial statements analysis
• Assess the quality of financial reports and evaluate quality of earnings and cash flows reported
• Analyse the financial position and performance of a company over a period of time and draw conclusions regarding its sustainability.

Target Group

• Senior Accountants,
• Finance Directors,
• Finance Managers,
• Financial Analysts,
• Financial Controllers,
• Financial Accounts Managers,
• Heads of Finance Departments,
• Credit Controllers,
• Corporate Financiers,
• Credit Risk Analysts,
• Bankers,
• Accounting Managers,
• Relationship Managers.

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