"I analyse financial statements from one point of view; but we learned to see the bigger picture."
Accounting and Financial Analysis
Deconstruct the numbers to unlock insights into company and competitor performance
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Programme impact
Use financial analysis to understand your business
Gain the skills and knowledge to measure a company's profitability, assess its strengths and weaknesses and understand the main drivers of value.
- Good for you
- Good for your organisation
Improve your skills, confidence and knowledge and analyse rigorous financial techniques with practical relevance.
Become an expert user of financial statements. Put what you learn into practice looking at real and up-to-date company data and case studies.
Explore the current business landscape. Gain an in-depth understanding of accounting tools and advanced-level economic analysis.
Understand variations in accounting practice, and learn to control for this when comparing firms.
Learn to tell a company’s economic story by measuring its company performance and financial strength.
Examine major governance and regulatory issues.
9
of professional experience
on average
13
industries
on average per cohort
Attendees include:
Analysts.
Lawyers.
Financial planners and advisors.
Risk managers.
Board members.
Who attends
Who attends
- By nationality
- By industry
Programme Content
Extract more value from financial statements
Deconstruct return on capital to reveal the economics of the business, and the drivers of return and value.
- What you learn
- How you learn
- Your learning experience
- FAQs
Analyse the income statement and balance sheet. Examine key financial concepts such as economic profit, use and misuse of EBITDA, capital, equity, leverage, and GAAP standards.
Explore current issues in company reporting including assessing intangibles, impact and ESG and reporting and resilience of banks.
Develop your understanding of assets and liabilities, and how M&A impacts your financial statements.
Understand the nature of income, including measurement strategies, analysis of cashflow and prediction of financial distress.
Gain skills in financial modelling. Forecast and strategise for the future of your business by projecting its financial statements.
Learn how companies are evolving their balance sheet models in pursuit of economic value.
Chris Higson
Associate Professor of Accounting Practice
Academic Focus
Chris Higson’s serves as an expert witness in the areas of financial statements, financial performance and valuation, taxation, governance and regulation. He comments on financial matters on television, radio and in the international press.
Experience
Chris Higson has advised on financial performance in many of the world’s leading industrial and financial companies. He is a member of the oversight board of a UK investment company and has been involved in creating several new businesses, including a consultancy advising governments and financial institutions on the value of their information assets, and a media start-up. He has had several non-executive roles for the UK Government, as a member of the UK’s Industrial Development Advisory Board, the Regional Growth Fund panel, in the UK Green Investment Bank and the British Business Bank.
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Certificate in Finance
This programme can also be taken as part of the Certificate in Finance. Gain the knowledge and tools to build expertise in finance. Customise your learning by selecting four courses from our extensive, world-class portfolio.
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