Further Details
Is it right for me?
Suitable for delegates with a working knowledge of company accounts who want to develop their skill further. This is the third in the series of three company accounts courses and delegates are advised to attend ‘Analysing Company Accounts’ prior to this course, or to have attained that level of knowledge.
What will I learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Undertake more complex interpretation of company accounts by building on existing knowledge of ratio and trend analysis.
Assess risk using this knowledge.
Assess market risk and its potential impact on a business.
Recognise techniques adopted in company accounts to disguise potential problems.
Understand some of the non-financial sources of information available to assess company performance.
What will it cover?
Background
Understand what we mean by business and financial risk
Consider different business sectors and identify the key financial features in each
Refresher on the key financial statements
Recognise the typical problems with using company accounts
Using Accounts to Assess Risk
Refresher on the key ratios
Types of shares and capital structure
Types of debts and debt funding
Significance of funding structure
Understand the general warning signs of corporate ‘poor health’
Consider the financial warning signs
Factoring on and off the balance sheet
Group Accounts
Accounting for investment, associates and subsidiaries
Goodwill and how to account for it
Learn to identify the issues in group accounts
Advanced Interpretation
Drawing together the ‘soft’ and financial information
Predicting business failure: how to spot the problems early
Why businesses fail
Examples of creative accounting
Topical issues and accounting developments
Guide price
499 |
