Financial Statements Analysis for Decision Making

Program Description

RATIONALE

.Financial statements are a critical tool for decision-making, yet their complexity, evolving standards, and regulatory demands often pose challenges. This programme will equip participants with the skills to understand key accounting concepts, interpret ratios for decision making and be introduced to some standards/regulations guiding financial reporting. It will again focus identifying some basic risks that can be inferred from the financial statements to aid strategic decision making. Participants will also be introduced to the ALCO/ALMAC process and the roles of key players within the ALCO framework.

COURSE CONTENTS

• Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
• A Look at key Concepts and Conventions around the accounting framework
• Financial Statements components and standards for reporting
• Users of Financial Statement in the Financial Industry
• Techniques of Financial Statement Analysis
• Financial Ratios and Their Applications
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Risk and Return Analysis
• Regulatory and Compliance Considerations of Financial Statement Analysis
• Using Ratios for Decision Making
• Introduction to ALCO

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand key accounting concepts, conventions, and recent standards updates.
• Understand the key components of the financial statements.
• Appreciating the techniques for analysing financial statements within the industry.
• Understand how to compute financial ratios and its role in decision making.
• Appreciate the concept of risk and returns and the regulatory framework for financial statements.
• Introduction to the ALCO process.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Interpret financial statements on the back of concepts, conventions and standards
• Appreciate the essence of the cash flow statements.
• Evaluate balance sheet components, be able to compute simple ratios and appreciate the concept of risk and returns.
• Apply key ratios to make informed financial decisions.
• Understand he regulatory role for the preparation of financial statements in the banking industry.
• Appreciate the importance of the ALCO process.

Duration: 4 days

Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced

Delivery Mode: In-person

Month: August