Introduction to Financial Analysis

Categories: Business
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About Course

Understanding a company’s numbers is not reserved for accountants. Financial analysis is a language: once you know the basics, you can read a company’s health as easily as a weather forecast.

This course starts from scratch: you will discover the balance sheet, the income statement, the key figures and the essential ratios. By the end, you will be able to interpret financial statements, spot signs of strength and weakness, and make informed decisions with common sense.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the balance sheet and the income statement
  • Tell revenue, margin and profit apart
  • Master the intermediate performance measures
  • Calculate and interpret the essential ratios
  • Understand cash and working capital requirement
  • Analyse a company with method and common sense

Course Content

Module 1 — Understanding financial statements
What financial analysis is for, the balance sheet and the income statement.

Module 2 — Reading the key figures
Revenue and margins, intermediate performance measures, profit.

Module 3 — The essential ratios
Measuring profitability, liquidity and debt.

Module 4 — Analysing and deciding
Interpreting ratios, managing cash and working capital, keeping common sense.

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Group workshop

124,17 

Two hours in a small group, 8 seats. The price shown is per person. To move forward with others and leave with a first deliverable.

  • 1 session of 120 minutes
  • Remote (video call)
  • Written reply within 48 business hours
  • To be used within 3 months
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Kick-start

790,00 

Two sessions to unblock a specific point, with a review of your work. The format to try it out.

  • 2 sessions of 45 minutes
  • 1 deliverable review
  • Remote (video call)
  • Written reply within 48 business hours
  • To be used within 3 months
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Ongoing support

1 490,00 

Four sessions spread across your course, two reviews of your deliverables. The format that suits most learners.

  • 4 sessions of 45 minutes
  • 2 deliverable reviews
  • Remote (video call), On site at our premises
  • Written reply within 48 business hours
  • To be used within 6 months
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Intensive

2 290,00 

Eight sessions and four reviews over a year, on site if you wish. For a career change or a full professional project.

  • 8 sessions of 45 minutes
  • 4 deliverable reviews
  • Remote (video call), On site at our premises, On site at the client's (in-house)
  • Written reply within 48 business hours
  • To be used within 12 months
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