Advanced Analysis of Financial Statements

This one-day course is designed to build on the introductory course. It
focuses on more complex aspects of financial statements, allowing delegates
to analyse more deeply a company’s performance and financial standing.

What will I get out of it ?
• a comprehensive grounding in group accounting and the impact on financial performance
• more detailed understanding of some of the more complex aspects of financial statements
• ability to more comprehensively assess the potential financial risks facing the business
• ability to calculate a number of performance metrics.

Key features
• group accounting including treatment of associates and joint ventures
• foreign exchange effects on the performance of the business
• corporation tax including deferred taxation and effective tax rates
• revenue recognition on long term contracts
• employee benefits including pensions and share option schemes
• financial instruments including accounting for debt and equity, financialassets and liabilities, derivatives and hedging
• gearing and how it can be measured, including off-balance sheet issues
• calculating some advanced measures of performance including NOPAT, ROIC and SVA.

Who should attend ?
Those looking to build their practical financial accounting knowledge, and
those seeking to understand the accounts in more depth. Those analysing
accounts from a lending or credit risk perspective would also benefit.

Lecturer
David Bowman BSc ACA CFA IMC
Senior Consultant, IDG Limited

Dates and Location
8 July (09.15 – 17.00), London
7 December (09.15 – 17.00), London