Location
Austria, - Vienna
Dates
Dates flexible
Course Type
Professional Training Course
Accreditation
Yes (Details)
Language
English
Price
$4,500

Course Overview

This programme will challenge delegates to:

Learn how to use financial statements to evaluate the financial / strategic performance of an organization. Understand discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques and their application to financial decision making. Use ratios to quickly pinpoint areas of concern. Identify key success factors weak financial signals and strong financial signals in your own industry sector Learn the metrics used by the world's leading companies how to use them & why Confidently project your firm's future performance through real-world budgeting.

Who should take this course

Financial professionals who wish to test their high performance and high potential knowledge skills and attitudes with other similar individuals will find they need and can use Financial Analysis Evaluation and Budgeting. Functional managers who have recognized their need for a bigger picture and a more integrative financial view will benefit from Financial Analysis. Professionals who wish to refresh their financial knowledge base will find added value in Financial Analysis and beyond.

Accreditation

CPD

Course content

Day 1 - Getting started with Financial Analysis. The role & responsibilities of financial management. The relationship between accounting & finance in analysis. A review of the basic financial statements and their roles. Why ROI is still a good place to start. Identifying key success factors in your industry sector.

Ratios - What they are which ones to use & why. Financial review compared to targets and expectations. Financial performance measurement systems. Key accounting assumptions. Case study. Beginning to analyse example.

Day 2 - Moving beyond the basics in financial analysis. The two kinds of Free cash flow (FCF). Altman's Z-Score and what it really means. Du Pont analysis and what it tells us. Scenario analysis - How to calculate it & what it tells us.

Sensitivity analysis - how to calculate it & what it tells us. Trend analysis - when is a trend a trend? What to do? Improving Return on Equity (ROE) Case study. Continue the example analysis.

Day 3 - Evaluation of the information. How do I interpret these details? What are the important metrics & why? Annual reports footnotes and beyond; what can they signal? Short-term success evaluations process and measures. Industry data sources & uses. Benchmarking for evaluation purposes. EVA RONA EBITDA etc. what do they mean & how to use them? Calculating the results of analysis. Case study. Complete the example analysis.

Day 4 - Budgeting and the Management Process. Strategy - direction and vision. Implementing strategy - the operational planning process. Budgets - the financial expression of the operating plan. The purpose of budgets - control. The human side of budgeting. Elements of the budget framework. Advantages and limitations of budgets. Reporting - the key to control. Case study. Beginning to prepare the budget.

Day 5 - Completing the budget using the tools we have learned. Assumptions, Master budget, Proforma financial statements - Income statement balance sheet cash flow statement. Capital expenditure (CapEx) budget, Sales & marketing budget, Production budget, General & Administrative budgets, Case study - Complete the budget.

About Course Provider

London Training for Excellence offer a wide range of training courses in London for organisations and individuals who wish to advance their skills and knowledge in the business world. With a great training centre in London, London TFE have everything that is needed to understand the basic needs of a business. Each course focuses on the ‘real-life’ issues a business could face and how to tackle them with ease.

London TFE have a team of enthusiastic leaders and instructors who share a passion for education and want to deliver that same passion to every individual who wish to take a business to succession. Each training courses London encourages individual to aim high and reach their full potential.