Keep your eye on the bottom line: Financial statements made easy

Being financially literate means having general knowledge of the financial landscape of a business by interpreting financial statements and analyzing ratios to understand how a company is performing over time. This is what this course is all about!.
This financial literacy training is not intended to turn you into a bean counter, rather its goal is to give you a solid foundation in financials to enhance your financial and commercial acumen. With an understanding of key financial concepts, you will be able to contribute to business discussions and financial decision-making. The main topics included, focus on the essentials in financial management and deal with profit, loss, revenue, income statements, reading a balance sheet, assets, liabilities, cash flow and key metrics needed to show how company performance is measured.
This training is an opportunity for you to add value to your job, your team and to the bottom line of the company. It grants autonomy, responsibility and the tools needed to step up and carve out a self-driven path toward role success.

Target Group
Anybody who wants to become financially literate

Learning Outcomes

• Difference between income and expenditure statements
• Formats of income statements
• Three types of financial statements: balance sheet, income statement and statements of cashflows
• Personal assets and liability statement
• Financial planning and decision-making
• Assessing financial strength and weakness of a company using key metrics and analyses
• Horizontal and vertical analysis; ratio analysis
• Cash flow and liquidity