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Training Course Summary:

Topical issues and up to the minute examples bring alive this practical course. Building on knowledge of ratio and trend analysis, delegates consider some of the more technical issues and focus on analysing risk and how it is identified in the financial statements.

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.

Who Should Attend:

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.

Training Course Overview/Content:

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