FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Financial Analysis

Never Again Be Intimidated by Reports Full of Numbers

In today’s highly competitive business environment, knowing how to analyze business situations and make tough decisions based on sound financial principles is a must-have career skill. Without this essential know-how in basic financial analysis, you simply cannot make informed business decisions. Each time you “go with your gut,” you take a huge risk, putting the success of your organization in jeopardy.

That’s why Financial Analysis Tools and Techniques is such an important workshop to you as a key decision-maker. In just one intensive day of training, you’ll become fully versed in the financial analysis tools and techniques you need to properly assess business risks and opportunities. Never again will you be intimidated by financial spreadsheets and reports!

Financial Analysis Tools and Techniques was developed specifically for key business decision-makers who have no formal financial background or training. You’ll sit shoulder to shoulder with people just like youâ€¦ the “movers and shakers” of your organizations. And, your training will be delivered in clear, easy-to-grasp terms by an expert trainer who is a pro at conveying financial information in an understandable manner.

We know your time is precious, which is why we promise you we won’t waste a single minute of it. Instead of dry textbook theory, this program delivers the “the most important of the most important” financial concepts in practical, real-world terms. This workshop is the fastest, easiest way to gain a solid understanding of the financial analysis tools and techniques that will give you a competitive edge from now on.

Please bring a calculator with you to this workshop.

You’ll practice using the tools and techniques you’re learning in a variety of exercises, and a calculator will help you work through these activities more efficiently.

Learning Objective

You’ll learn how to:

Scan any financial statement and zero in on the most valuable information
Back up your project proposals and staffing requests with solid numbers - and boost your chances of approval
Use business analysis techniques to determine the financial feasibility or success of any business situation
Accurately plan for revenues and growth, using solid business numbers
Spot indicators of financial distress - and understand your options for overcoming it
Use break-even analysis and other powerful analysis tools to make better decisions
Evaluate the financial impact of your management decisions - before you make them.
Gain support for your ideas and projects by presenting them in bottom-line terms.
Head off costly mistakes by spotting questionable numbers and inaccuracies on financial documents.
Read, analyze and understand financial statements and reports - without having to depend on someone else’s interpretation.
Spot areas where financial performance can be improved immediately.
Get a crystal-clear picture of where your department, division or organization stands financially.
Use ratio analysis formulas to determine whether a financial report is good news or bad news - without having to take the bean-counter’s word for it.
Make informed decisions by determining the relative degree of risk you’re taking.
Never again be blindsided at a meeting by a report or presentation full of numbers you don’t understand.
Recognize the opportunities - and problems - embedded within any financial report.
Decode financial jargon to “talk numbers” confidently with financial professionals.
Make recommendations with conviction in meetings using solid numbers to back up your statements.
Boost your credibility as you become recognized as a person who understands “the numbers.”
Understand accounting processes and practices used to measure and record business transactions
Understand the process of preparing financial statements
Analyze and interpret financial statements
Identify ways of using financial statements to acquire an insight into improving business operations

Target Audience

This intensive workshop was designed specifically for non-financial professionals who want to learn to use the financial analysis tools and techniques that ensure on-target business decisions. Target audience would be:

Strategic decision-makers
Non-financial managers
Business owners
Senior executives
Key business unit managers
Other professionals who need to understand how to interpret the numbers that drive business

Content

This seminar/workshop will include:
How to Read and Analyze Financial Statements

Examine the 4 major financial statements businesses use, and learn easy ways to remember what transactions are recorded on each one
Identify the purposes of income statements and balance sheets, and what information they will and will not tell you
How to scan a financial statement and zero in on the most valuable information
Make better decisions when you understand how day-to-day activities translate into revenues and costs
Determining the real value of your product or serviceâ€¦ adding direct and indirect costs to come up with the full cost
Operating profitâ€¦ net incomeâ€¦ what management really means when they refer to the “bottom line”
Find out why profits are not the same as cash, and why adequate cash reserves are crucial to any business
Basic steps in preparing a financial statement

Demystifying Critical Financial Concepts

Common finance terminology explained, from variable costs to growth margins
The difference between current liabilities, current assets and equities
Types of long-term assets and the role depreciation plays in determining their worth
5 components of working capital and how critical it is to the day-to-day operation of your organization
A simple approach to calculating return on investment (ROI) and determining the true bottom line
Key financial indicators that will tell if a business situation is on the right track or headed for trouble
Tangible and other assets - what the numbers on the balance sheet may be hiding
What every manager must understand about Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS)

Making Better Business Decisions Using Financial Information

Understand the difference between finance and accounting information, and which gives you the facts you need to make effective decisions
Cash: Find out how your company manages it and plans for enough reserves so you can seize new business opportunities
Using the cash flow statement to predict problems before they occur, and head them off before they become crises
Recognize the red-flag areas where cash can disappear if it’s not properly managed
Leverage your knowledge to figure out how much and when different types of businesses need cash to maintain an even cash flow
Critical financial areas that may be out of your control but that you absolutely must understand
How to account for the often- maligned expense of overhead, and why overhead is a necessary cost of doing business
Understand how modifying or timing the decisions you make will contribute to your firm’s financial health

Using Powerful Financial Tools to Analyze Your Organization’s Numbers

5 valuable questions to ask when dealing with a financial problem
Using break-even analysis and other powerful analysis tools to make more informed decisions
How to use ratios to evaluate an organization’s profitability, liquidity and leverage - and 5 ratios that can predict danger ahead
Calculating ROI for the true “bottom line”
Revenue forecasting techniques that are accurate and take into account your company’s financial objectives