Format
This course will be delivered via Zoom on Tuesday 12 November 2024 from 9.30am to 17.00pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
The online interactive live sessions will utilise the functionality of our online learning platform and will be an engaging, collaborative manner of learning. This session will not be recorded, and therefore attendance is required.
Who should attend
This course is suitable for senior financial professionals in corporates and
financial institutions who are regularly confronted with applied problems in the
areas of financial evaluation, managing shareholder value, evaluating prospects
of corporate failure, financial planning and /or valuation.
Course overview
- Financial evaluation – a recap of the basics regarding financial
statements, revenue and expense recognition and financial statement
quality
- Analytical statements and profitability analysis
- Growth analysis
- Liquidity risk analysis
- Decision-making- valuation and cost of capital
- Credit analysis
- Forecasting
- Detecting wrongdoing
- Non-financial analysis
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Assess and analyse the performance of a company by applying professional
financial analysis techniques to financial statements and other relevant
elements of the annual report.
- Provide an informed opinion regarding a company’s current and future
financial position, including possible issues such as
revenue recognition, inventory valuation and depreciation methods.
- Prepare and articulate financial accounts for analytical purposes,
encompassing appropriate distinctions for operating and financial items.
- Formulate corporate valuations based on present value approaches,
multiples and the liquidation approach.
- Conduct a credit analysis based on both fundamentals and statistical
analysis.
- Critically appraise financial and non-financial information with a focus
on transparency and integrity.
Speaker bio
Louise Gorman
is an Assistant
Professor at Trinity College Dublin and has lectured in finance, accounting and
governance in a number of universities and has led programmes in accounting,
fintech and sustainable finance. Her research interests are primarily in
corporate governance, ESG and sustainability reporting. Having published work in
these areas at international level, Louise is an active participant in the
academic community and also regularly delivers professional training to
practitioners. Contact us If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here
or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930