A Practical Workshop for non-financial executives to understand the key aspect of financial statement analysis for informed business decisions

The workshop is designed for non-financial professionals and senior executives who need to use and analyse financial information in making corporate and other business and financial related decisions. The aim is to introduce participants to the fundamental principles of finance, including a basic understanding of the following: financial statements; analysis of financial performance; time value of money; project evaluation techniques; analysis of project risk; and valuing securities.

In order to enhance the learning process and to make learning more active and practical, Microsoft Excel will be used to illustrate the various topics. The workshop should help you acquire some basic skills in finance and in applying Microsoft Excel to analysing financial information. By the end of the training you should be able to communicate more effectively and confidently with your organization's stakeholders and business partners.

The emphasis throughout this program is on the practical aspect of financial concepts and techniques. The course will provide participants with a good understanding of terms and techniques that is applied in the industry. The course will provide non-accounting or finance trained managers with sufficient knowledge to enable them to be informed participants in discussions at their workplace on business financial performance.

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Benefits

• Awareness and understanding of basic financial concepts
• Interpret financial reports including income, P&L, cash flow and balance sheet statements
• Evaluate long and short term financing options for business expansion
• Review financial health of company's using ratios analysis
• Understand the various techniques of project & asset valuations
• Apply techniques for making critical financial decision decisions that create value
• Understanding of the structure of the financial statements of organizations
• Skills in analyzing and interpreting financial information to assist in both management planning and control

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International Course Director

Professor Ronny Manos
University of Birmingham (Ph.D Finance)

Professor Manos is a faculty of Baruch College, The City University of New York. Educated at the University of Birmingham (Ph.D Finance), her previous university appointment was at the Department of Economics, Loughborough University. She also lectured and taught at the Birmingham Business School. Her main areas of interest are in company finance in emerging markets, international finance and microfinance. She was nominated for the short list of finalists for the Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar Award, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2005. Her works appear in journals such as the Journal of Economics and Business and Advances in Financial Economics. She teaches on the MBA and undergraduate programmes, and her courses include the following: Investment Management; Introduction to Finance; Multinational Business Finance; and Corporate Finance.

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Expert Advisory

Receive complimentary advisory session with our expert trainer to discuss the issues that matter to your business.

• All participants will received a set of Proprietary Course Manual: comprehensive material tailored for professionals notes, Case Studies and Course Manual valued at US$3,500.
• Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be awarded a Certificate of Participation by Aventis School of Management, a recognition of professional excellence.
• Top quality advise and the most current knowledge of financial analysis tools and techniques

• The role of financial markets
• Reviewing key financial statements
• Financial ratios

• Future value
• Present value
• Interest rates
• Net present value

• Capital budgeting decision rules
• Estimating cash flows
• Issues in capital budgeting
• Risk in capital budgeting: sensitivity analysis

• General principles of security valuation
• Bond valuation
• Stock valuation