Financial Analysis & Forecasting

What you will learn

• Introduction to financial analysis
• Fundamentals of accounting statements-the profit and loss account
• Fundamentals of accounting statements-the balance sheet
• Financial analysis techniques-ratio analysis
• Understanding cash flows
• Case study: Summarising cash flows
• Cash flow analysis-taking it further
• Case study: Growth and no-growth cash flows
• Accounting abuses and update
• Case study: major Travel group
• The time value of money
• Net present value -developing the concept
• Project analysis
• Evaluating capital investment projects
• Case study: Speculative housing project
• Case study: Eight Projects
• The responsibilities of management
• Case study: Management information
• Costing and break-even analysis
• Case study: Variance analysis
• Introduction to spreadsheets
• Case study: New low cost airline
• Case studies and presentation skills