Financial Accounting (2024/2025)

Introduction

The set of financial accounts is usually the primary channel for reporting the financial affairs of any organisation. A thorough understanding of such information is absolutely vital for any senior level manager involved in the discussion of a company’s financial state of affairs. Financial accounting based information is also the starting point of the financial aspects of most decisions aimed at improving shareholder value.

Course content

Topic 1

• The main principles of financial accounting
• Posting financial accounting transactions
• Completing year-end accounts

Topic 2

• Regrouping and adjusting the financial accounts in preparation for analysis

Topic 3

• Using financial accounting information for corporate control purposes
• Earnings related issues
• Capital structure issues
• Liquidity issues
• Other performance measures

Topic 4

• Using financial accounting information for corporate decision making
• Strategic decision making
• Investment decisions
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Valuation
• Operational decision making
• Budgeting
• Pricing decisions