COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using the "MS Excel" application.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of advanced finance analysis. It covers the financial analysis, forecasting and valuation modeling tools and techniques; the break-even, operating leverage and contribution margin; the discounting and compounding analysis techniques; the capital investment proposals; the financial position including asset quality, liabilities, liquidity analysis and the statement of cash flows; and the various techniques for analyzing operating performance.

Further, the course will also discuss the financial structure of the firm; the variance analysis as a financial tool and the process of evaluating business segments; the various tools and techniques for analyzing cash, accounts, receivable and inventory; the portfolio investment analysis information covering accounting aspects, analytical implications, financial assets and mutual funds; and the sources and guidelines used to finance the business.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the techniques for analyzing mergers and acquisitions; the forecasting methods for financial planning; the Markov methods, financial forecasting, planning and budgeting techniques; the importance of forecast cash inflows for budgeting; the application and uses of financial modeling; the various techniques used to develop optimal budgets; the spreadsheet and financial modeling packages; the management games for executive training; and the corporate and security valuations.