FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS COURSE

Live-Online Training: N145,125
Classroom Training: N 220,375
3 - 4 participants: 5% discount
5 or more participants: 10% discount

(Available also for Customised Training by Duration, Venue & Fee) 

(PARTICIPANTS MUST BE WITH THEIR COMPUTERS) 

Programme Description

This course is oriented around interpreting financial results of live companies and financial institutions so candidates can gain a solid understanding of financial statements. It provides the participants optimal blend of accounting instructions needed to prepare them to be well-rounded financial professionals. They will build simple financial statements using a list of transactions.

Summary

DAY ONE

Module 1: General Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

Module 2: General Company Analysis

DAY TWO

Module 3: Banks Financial Statement Analysis

Module 4: Qualitative Issues in Financial Statement Analysis

DAY THREE

Module 5: Window Dressing of Financial Statements

Module 6: Predicting Business failure Using Financial Statements

Course Contents

DAY ONE

Module One: General Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

• Financial Statements Introduction
• Components of Financial Statements
• Users of Financial Statements
• Qualities of Financial Statements
• Usefulness of Financial Statements ratios.

Module Two: General Company Analysis

• Profitability Analysis       
• Liquidity / Solvency Analysis
• Investment Analysis
• Management Efficiency Analysis
• Gearing & Capital Structure Analysis
• Financial Stability Analysis.

DAY TWO

MODULE 3: Banks Financial Statement Analysis

• ​Capital Adequacy Analysis
• ​Asset Quality Analysis
• ​Management Efficiency Analysis
• ​Earnings Analysis
• ​Liquidity Analysis
• ​Other Issues in Bank Analysis
• ​Analyzing the financial performance of other Financial Institutions.

MODULE 4: Qualitative Issues in Financial Statement Analysis

• ​Limitation of Ratios
• ​Basis of Ratios Comparison
• ​Qualitative Factors to Be Considered In Financial Statement Interpretation
• ​Competitors Ratios
• ​Tax Matters and other regulatory issues
• ​Age of fixed assets
• ​Employee quality.

 DAY THREE

MODULE 5: Window Dressing of Financial Statements/Creative Accounting

• ​Looking Beyond the Figures
• ​How Companies Manipulate Financial Statements
• ​Why Companies Manipulate Financial Statements
• Consequences of financial statements manipulations
• ​Auditors Roles and Limitations.

MODULE 6: Predicting Business Failure Using Financial Statements

• ​Why Business Fails
• ​Financial Distress & Games
• ​Predicting Corporate Failures
• ​Altman Z Score
• ​Comparative Financial Statements
• ​Base Year Financial Statements
• Common Size Financial Statements.