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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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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.

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10.5 Hours

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Completion time

10.5 Hours

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Video Minutes

Excel Exercises

Financial Accounting Review

Video minutes30

Excel Exercises3

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

Income Statements

Video minutes59

Excel Exercises15

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

Earnings Per Share

Video minutes29

Excel Exercises11

Basic EPS calculations including weighted average shares
Dilutive securities: options (treasury method) and convertibles (as if converted)
Calculating recurring EPS

Working Capital

Video minutes56

Excel Exercises12

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

Non-Current Assets

Video minutes39

Excel Exercises11

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

Capital Structure

Video minutes50

Excel Exercises14

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

Accounting Ratios

Video minutes41

Excel Exercises15

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

Cash Flow Statements

Video minutes25

Excel Exercises3

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

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