Financial Statement Analysis (Classroom and Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
This course equips learners with essential accounting skills and knowledge to understand and analyse financial statements for business decisions. Learners will learn the concepts of financial accounting standards and their applications on key economic transactions of the reporting entity, enabling them to interpret and analyse financial statements. This course is suitable for anyone interested in accounting and finance for business but possess minimal exposure to this field at a tertiary academic level.
As this micro-credential course is only offered in the FlexiMasters in Business Finance programme, learners are required to enrol into the programme and complete all required courses within this programme.
What You'll Learn
1. Understand and interpret basic financial statements.
2. Explain the concepts and applications of financial accounting standards underlying key economic transactions. These economic transactions include revenue recognition, assets (inventory, property plant and equipment, intangibles) and liabilities.
3. Interpret complex situations such as financial instruments, leases, and income taxes.
4. Analyse financial statements and business strategies.
Entry Requirements
While no pre-requisites are needed to enroll in the course, learning finance can be challenging. The coverage is comprehensive, and learners are expected to do a lot of readings before and after every class.