Accounting Essentials
Our easy-to-use financial accounting course online builds hands-on experience with best-practice techniques used to analyze the financial results of a company.
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10
Hours to Complete
9
Topics
75
Practical exercises
Accounting Essentials includes
- The purpose and different types of accounting (financial versus management accounting)
- Users of financial statements
- Introduction to the three main financial statements and explanation of key elements
- Overview of the contents of financial reports
- Introduction to accounting standards
- The accounting equation
- Explanation of accrual accounting, the matching principle, and capitalization
- Making entries and ensuring the balance sheet balances
- Preparing a balance sheet
- Preparing an income statement from the entries to retained earnings
- Preparing a cash flow statement from the entries to the cash account
- A review of the different categorizations on the income statement, balance sheet, and the cash flow statement
- Revenue recognition issues
- Cost recognition issues
- Identifying non-recurring items from the income statement, the MD&A, the notes to the accounts and the financial statement press release
- Calculating EBIT and EBITDA for the historical year, and on an LTM basis
- Understand the difference between basic and diluted earnings per share and calculate recurring diluted earnings per share
- Review company profitability compared to its peer group
- Basic EPS calculations including weighted average shares
- Dilutive securities: options (treasury method) and convertibles (as if converted)
- Calculating recurring EPS
- Inventory accounting including the impact on EBIT of LIFO and FIFO accounting choices (where relevant)
- Accounts receivable and bad debts (identifying when companies are manipulating sales)
- Accounts payable and accruals and the difference between them from a due diligence perspective
- Other items including taxes payable, deferred revenue, and pre-paid items
- Working capital and operating working capital and the cash impact of changes in operating working capital
- Credit implications of working capital movements
- Day ratios
- Gross PP&E, accumulated depreciation, depreciation expense and net PP&E
- Building a simple forecast of fixed assets
- Establishing the age of a company’s fixed asset base
- Finite, and infinite intangibles including goodwill
- A review of key methods of accounting for financial investments
- At fair value through the income statement
- Available for sale
- Associate (equity method) accounting
- Debt issues and repurchases
- Simple yield to maturity and all in cost calculations and understanding Original Issuer Discounts
- Calculating net debt
- Equity issuance and repurchases
- The difference between authorized, issued and outstanding shares and multiple share classes
- Other capital items: preference shares and convertible bonds
- Leverage ratios
- Debt liability maturity analysis
- Profitability ratios, including margins
- Liquidity ratios, including operating working capital
- EBIT and EBITDA for the historical year, and on an LTM basis
- Leverage ratios, including net debt and interest coverage
Asset ratios - Understanding how to categorize cash flows between operating, investing, and financing
- Deriving a cash flow statement from two balance sheets and an income statement
- Deriving a balance sheet from a cash flow statement and an income statement
- Different cash flow statement presentations
Accounting Essentials
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Accounting Essentials
12
Hours
75
Practical exercises
Develop the skills that underpin a huge range of finance roles. Quickly and confidently interpret financial data and statements, evaluate them and use the calculated information to build high-quality reports.
Accounting Foundations
72 video minutes
0 excel exercises
Video minutes 72
Excel Exercises 0
Financial Accounting Review
34 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 34
Excel Exercises 3
Income Statements
60 video minutes
15 excel exercises
Video minutes 60
Excel Exercises 15
Earnings Per Share
29 video minutes
11 excel exercises
Video minutes 29
Excel Exercises 11
Working Capital
56 video minutes
13 excel exercises
Video minutes 56
Excel Exercises 13
Non-Current Assets
38 video minutes
11 excel exercises
Video minutes 38
Excel Exercises 11
Capital Structure
50 video minutes
14 excel exercises
Video minutes 50
Excel Exercises 14
Accounting Ratios
41 video minutes
5 excel exercises
Video minutes 41
Excel Exercises 5
Cash Flow Statements
25 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 25
Excel Exercises 3
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