The Accountant
Build a comprehensive understanding of the essential techniques required to accurately analyze the financial results of a company.
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13
Hours to Complete
8
Topics
336
Video Minutes
84
Practical exercises
The Accountant includes
- Making entries and ensuring the balance sheet balances
- Preparing a balance sheet
- Preparing an income statement from the entries to retained earnings
- Preparing a cash flow statement from the entries to the cash account
- A review of the different categorizations on the income statement, balance sheet, and the cash flow statement
- Making entries and ensuring the balance sheet balances
- Preparing a balance sheet
- Preparing an income statement from the entries to retained earnings
- Preparing a cash flow statement from the entries to the cash account
- A review of the different categorizations on the income statement, balance sheet, and the cash flow statement
- Revenue recognition issues
- Cost recognition issues
- Identifying non-recurring items from the income statement, the MD&A, the notes to the accounts and the financial statement press release
- Calculating EBIT and EBITDA for the historical year, and on an LTM basis
- Understand the difference between basic and diluted earnings per share and calculate recurring diluted earnings per share
- Review company profitability compared to its peer group
- Inventory accounting including the impact on EBIT of LIFO and FIFO accounting choices (where relevant)
- Accounts receivable and bad debts (identifying when companies are manipulating sales)
- Accounts payable and accruals and the difference between them from a due diligence perspective
- Other items including taxes payable, deferred revenue, and pre-paid items
- Working capital and operating working capital and the cash impact of changes in operating working capital
- Credit implications of working capital movements
- Day ratios
- Gross PP&E, accumulated depreciation, depreciation expense and net PP&E
- Building a simple forecast of fixed assets
- Establishing the age of a company’s fixed asset base
- Finite, and infinite intangibles including goodwill
- A review of key methods of accounting for financial investments
- At fair value through the income statement
- Available for sale
- Associate (equity method) accounting
- Debt issues and repurchases
- Simple yield to maturity and all in cost calculations and understanding Original Issuer Discounts
- Calculating net debt
- Equity issuance and repurchases
- The difference between authorized, issued and outstanding shares and multiple share classes
- Other capital items: preference shares and convertible bonds
- Leverage ratios
- Debt liability maturity analysis
- Understanding how to categorize cash flows between operating, investing, and financing
- Deriving a cash flow statement from two balance sheets and an income statement
- Deriving a balance sheet from a cash flow statement and an income statement
- Different cash flow statement presentations
- What are equity method investments?
- Equity affiliates/associates
- Joint ventures
- Equity method accounting
- Income statement
- Balance sheet
- Cash flow statement
- Financial statement integration
- M&A accounting overview
- Balance sheet consolidation
- Sources and uses of funds
- Goodwill calculation
- Income statement consolidation
- Non controlling interests – NCI
The Accountant
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Financial Accounting Review
1
Hour
3
Practical exercises
Taken from Accounting Essentials, this free taster course reviews the fundamentals of the 3 key financial statements, including their composition and how to interpret them accurately.
Financial Accounting Review
30 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 30
Excel Exercises 3
Accounting Essentials
9.5
Hours
58
Practical exercises
Develop the skills that underpin a huge range of finance roles. Quickly and confidently interpret financial data and statements, evaluate them and use the calculated information to build high-quality reports.
Financial Accounting Review
30 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 30
Excel Exercises 3
Income Statements
59 video minutes
15 excel exercises
Video minutes 59
Excel Exercises 15
Working Capital
56 video minutes
12 excel exercises
Video minutes 56
Excel Exercises 12
Non-Current Assets
39 video minutes
11 excel exercises
Video minutes 39
Excel Exercises 11
Capital Structure
50 video minutes
14 excel exercises
Video minutes 50
Excel Exercises 14
Cash Flow Statements
25 video minutes
3 excel exercises
Video minutes 25
Excel Exercises 3
M&A Accounting
3
Hours
26
Practical exercises
Advance your understanding of financial accounting methods used predominantly in mergers and acquisitions, including goodwill, consolidation, non-controlling interests and more.
Equity Method Investments
9 video minutes
5 excel exercises
Video minutes 9
Excel Exercises 5
Intro to Full Consolidation
68 video minutes
21 excel exercises
Video minutes 68
Excel Exercises 21
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