Finance for Non-Finance

Hours: 30

Cost: 700$

Place: In Academy

Language: English- Arabic

• Understanding the accounting cycle
• The five main accounts in financial statements
• Income statement: tool for performance measurement
• Why are ratios useful
• Horizontal and trend analysis
• Vertical analysis: common size statements
• Building blocks analysis and reading through the numbers:

• Accrual basis versus cash basis

• Balance sheet: tool for financial position

• The balanced status

• Statement of owners’ equity
• Statement of cash flows: cash is king
• Wrapping-up: the cycle of financial statements
• External and internal auditors’ responsibilities
  • Liquidity ratios: ability to settle short-term dues

• Solvency ratios: ability to settle long-term dues
• Activity ratios: ability to manage assets efficiently
• Profitability ratios
• Limitations of financial ratio analysis

• Accounting versus finance: rules and responsibilities
• Three pillars of finance

• Financing decisions
• Investing decisions
• Operating decisions