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Insightful analysis (ROI/NI)

Summary

Good financial analysis starts by describing financial performance. Add more insight by diagnosing success, predicting future performance and drawing upon a data analytics approach. Use your insight and communication skills to impact your business. This course provides a framework for developing as an insightful analyst, highlighting and practising the capabilities required to tell the story of your business; forecast in uncertainty, communicate with impact and harness data analytics.

Format

This course will be delivered via Zoom on 17 June 2025 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and on 18 June 2025 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.

This course will follow the Virtual Classroom format and encompass two, three-hour sessions. 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 suited to any financial professional working in a business setting who wants to develop a role fit for a new age.

Course overview

Introductions and expectations
Core
o Insightful analysis
 Diagnosing
 Forecasting through uncertainty
o Compelling communications
o Harnessing analytics
Conclusion and next steps

Key Learning Outcomes

See, understand and practise the capabilities to:

Unearth business drivers of past performance
Become ‘super-forecasters’ in times of great uncertainty
Communicate the results of analysis creatively using context, stories and visuals
Start augmenting analysis with modern analytics tools

Speaker bio

Roy Chambers - Roy is a finance professional with international senior commercial experience in a major plc and a background in finance training. Roy combines experience with development skills to improve business finance through better strategy, evaluation, decisions and leadership. Roy provides training consultancy to a wide range of businesses and institutions and his courses reflect hands-on knowledge of leading finance functions and of managing strategy & planning and acquisition projects.

Note for Legacy CPA Members

Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following the amalgamation on 1 September, please continue to book on the CPA Portal here to ensure you receive your member discount.

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

Category:

Financial reporting, Governance, Strategic finance and management reporting

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