Dates for this course

06/08/12 - 17/08/12

10/12/12 - 21/12/12

Who should attend:
• Financial analysts wanting to upgrade financial analytical skills
• Accountants who seek to use financial analysis as a tool for making business decisions
• Accountants who want to acquire an insight into wider concepts and applications of costing and budgeting techniques
• Investors and business promoters who wish to familiarise themselves with advanced financial analysis

Course objectives:
• To gain a wider exposure to financial analysis tools its business applications
• To enhance one’s knowledge of evaluation methods to measure business performance
• To demonstrate the use of financial analysis techniques in cross functional decision bottlenecks

Course content:
• Analysis of balance sheet
• Analysis of income statement
• Analysis of cash flow statement and integration with treasury management
• Synergy between financial and management accounting
• Budgeting process and use as control tool
• Costing techniques and business applications
• Analysis of investment options
• Project progress evaluation using the balanced scorecard
• Capital composition and cost of capital
• Financial risk analysis techniques
• Use of non financial information with financial implications
• Form, content and use of notes to accounts