Financial Statement Analysis: Reading the Numbers Correctly

Author: David Osburn

Attend this proactive training session and learn to think like a banker, work more like a consultant than a CPA, and get way beyond the numbers! This course emphasizes financial statement analysis using a practical approach to reading financial information. A banker's review of standard financial statements will be followed by an in-depth display of financial ratios and cash flow analyses.

The participant is also provided techniques to determine a company's true cash flow position, a personal cash flow approach, and a real estate cash flow scenario. Two case studies are presented to reinforce the financial analysis concepts using the Moody’s Risk Analysts spreadsheet and industry comparisons.

The course will also outline how banks make commercial credit decisions using established analytical techniques and concludes with a review of the Z-score (bankruptcy predictor) and sustainable growth models.

Publication Date: November 2016

Designed For
CPAs in private practice, CFO/controllers, financial managers, auditors, financial analysts, practitioners who provide accounting, tax or consulting services to businesses.

Topics Covered

• Financial statement analysis
• Credit decision making
• Basic financial ratio analysis
• Cash flow analyses, spreadsheet analysis, and industry comparisons
• Z-score (bankruptcy predictor) and sustainable growth models

Learning Objectives

• Recognize how bankers analyze financial statements and make credit decisions
• Recognize basic financial ratio analysis techniques
• Identify various cash flow analyses, the Moody's Risk Analysts spreadsheet, and industry comparisons
• Identify the Z-score (bankruptcy predictor) and sustainable growth models
• Recognize when to utilize the free cash flow analysis model
• Identify which sustainable growth model of analysis would be most helpful
• Differentiate the steps within the cash conversion cycle
• Recognize the ideal loan-to-value ratio for various types of loans
• Calculate a Z-score for analyzing the financial position of a client

Level
Intermediate

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Accounting (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
Must have basic knowledge of Financial Statement Analysis.

Advance Preparation
None