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AAU 107 - Analyzing Balance Sheets
Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
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AAU 107 | 23 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 24 February 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 21 April 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 16 June 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 11 August 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 06 October 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
AAU 107 | 01 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
Course Description
The Balance Sheet Analysis introduces the various elements that make up a balance sheet and shows where these are positioned on the balance sheet itself. This course seeks to ensure that all participants leave with a far greater understanding of what might be behind the numbers. The balance sheet provides a 'snapshot' of an organisation at a particular point in time. It indicates the organization's financial strength, providing information about what the it owns (assets), what it owes (liabilities), and the 'book value' of the business. Ratio analysis can also be performed on the balance sheet in order to gain valuable insight into the organization's performance
Course Objectives
- Understanding fundamental financial terminology and concepts
- Learning how to read and interpret financial statements
- Analyzing balance sheet performance including calculating and interpreting key ratios
- Learning how to ask the right questions to probe the facts behind the figures
Who Should Attend?
- Financial officers
- Anyone involved in creating the Balance Sheet
- Anyone involved in reading, interpreting and/or analysing Balance Sheets
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Importance of financial measures
- Financial accounting
- Management accounting
- Participants’ needs and wants from the course
Day 2
- Introduction of the basics of accountancy
- The key components of the Balance Sheet
- About Fixed Assets
Day 3
- About current assets
- Current assets what they are, and how to improve
- Current liabilities – what they are
- The vital importance of working capital management
Day 4
- About gearing
- Balance sheet performance including calculating
- Interpreting key ratios
Day 5
- Limitations of the Balance Sheet
- See models of the Balance Sheet analysis
- Solving questions and exercises