Analyzing Financial Statements

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Course Summary:

This course provides valuable knowledge and skills for students and offers tangible benefits for companies seeking to optimize their financial management practices and achieve long-term success. Students learn how to evaluate the financial health of companies, assess investment opportunities, make strategic business decisions, and gain a comprehensive understanding of financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. This knowledge is essential for making informed personal financial decisions and for career advancement in finance-related fields.

Course Details:

Students are REQUIRED to take an accounting course prior to taking the Analyzing Financial Statements course.

A practical introduction to financial analysis from the viewpoint of the commercial credit analyst and commercial loan officer, the Analyzing Financial Statements course gives you the skills you need to effectively assess a commercial borrower's ability to repay loans. After successfully completing this course, you will be able to: identify the reasons why businesses need to borrow; how to structure a commercial loan properly; define the legal structures available to a business; analyze income statements, balance sheets, cash budgets, pro forma statements, and personal financial statements; calculate key financial ratios and use them to compare a company's performance with that of the company's industry; Identify and construct cash flow statements and analysis; develop a global cash flow and global debt service coverage for a business.

How This Course Helps You and Your Organization:

The Analyzing Financial Statements course provides valuable knowledge and skills for students and offers tangible benefits for companies seeking to optimize their financial management practices and achieve long-term success. Students learn how to evaluate the financial health of companies, assess investment opportunities, and make strategic business decisions. Students will also gain a comprehensive understanding of financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. This knowledge is essential for making informed personal financial decisions and for career advancement in finance-related fields.

Topics Covered:

• Business Sectors and Operating Cycles
• Business Legal Structures and Life Cycles
• How Business Financial Statements are Constructed
• Income Statement Analysis
• Ratio Analysis
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Cash Budgets and Pro Forma Statements
• Personal Tax Returns and Cash Flow
• Combining Business and Personal Cash Flow into Global Cash Flow

In addition to the learning content listed above, the course also provides direct email assignments, lecture readings, assessments, and discussions to enhance your retention of the textbook materials.

How The Course Works:

• This is an online course that you take at your leisure from your home or office; it should take approximately 45 hours to complete
• Upon registration, you will receive an email with course access instructions and information from your instructor
• You will have 13 weeks to complete the course materials and will have access to all course materials for six weeks after course completion

What You Receive:

• Online training content from a great instructor
• Access to the online textbook where you can highlight, take notes, use the audio book, and create flashcards!
• Lecture notes, discussion boards, and direct email assignments for each chapter used throughout the course
• Mid-term and final assessments
• Upon successful completion of the course, you'll receive an official grade report, highlighting your commitment to ongoing banking education