Re-imagine Finance & Accounting Made Simple. Three Webinars in one
Learn how transactions become financial statements, how to analyze the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow, and how to use key ratios in business decisions.
Speaker
Carl Young
Finance trainer and former CFO · Former CFO
Overview
Non-financial professionals who manage resources need to read and analyze financial statements. This 90-minute finance and accounting webinar for non-financial managers combines three related courses into one session.
The first part shows how transactions become statements, with exercises on debits and credits, double-entry accounting and cash versus accrual accounting. The second covers the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, including positive signs and red flags. The third explains five categories of key ratios, how to calculate them from the statements and how to use them in business decisions.
Along the way, common myths about accounting are cleared up with simple, practical tools.
Why attend: Doubt about accounting often keeps managers from using financial information to control the resources they are responsible for. This session replaces that uncertainty with straightforward tools you can apply, reinforced with attendee exercises. It is aimed mainly at non-financial professionals who manage and control resources, and it also works as a refresher for financial professionals.
What’s covered
- How financial transactions connect to the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
- The basic framework, concepts and principles used to transform transactions
- The simple meaning of finance and accounting, and cash vs. accrual accounting
- Six generic types of transactions in every company
- Debits and credits, with exercises using sample accounts and transactions
- Double-entry accounting and why it is key to accuracy
- Comparing business and personal financial statements
- Components of each statement, using sample statements
- Key positive elements and red flags
- Using statements as the basis for business decisions
- Five categories of key ratios
- Calculating ratios from their source statements
- Using ratios to make financial decisions
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