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Accounting: Profit and Loss Account, Investment Analysis and Financing

Corporate 50 hours

Introduction

‘Accounting: Profit and Loss Account, Investment Analysis and Financing‘ is a comprehensive exploration of the essential fundamentals of the corporate financial management. This course provides you with a comprehensive understanding of accounting as an information system, enabling you to analyse and assess a company’s financial position.

Through a detailed exploration of the Profit and Loss Account, you will learn how to interpret and use this key tool for measuring business performance and making informed decisions. Furthermore, strategies for analysing investments will be covered, enabling you to assess the project feasibility y investment decisions.

Objectives

  1. To gain a sound understanding of the principles and concepts accounting, including the role of accounting as a financial information system.

  2. Develop the ability to interpret and analysefinancial statements, with a focus on the profit and loss account to assess business performance.

  3. Learn how to apply methods static and dynamic investment selection models to assess the viability of investment projects and make data-driven decisions.

  4. To gain knowledge about sources of funding, from equity to debt, and how to choose the right form of finance for a company’s needs.

  5. Develop skills to to analyse the financial situation of a company and use this information to make strategic decisions that drive business success and profitability.

Table of Contents

TEACHING UNIT 1. ACCOUNTING FUNDAMENTALS.

  1. Accounting as an information system.
  2. The company’s assets.
  3. Accounting standards.
  4. Accounting process.

TEACHING UNIT 2. ANALYSIS OF BALANCE SHEETS.

  1. Estates.
    1. - A diagram showing a balance sheet.
  2. Financial and asset balance.
  3. Working capital.
  4. Maturation period.

TEACHING UNIT 3. COMPANY RESULTS: PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

  1. The impact on the business.
    1. - Concept.
    2. - Profit and loss account: income statement.
    3. - Key figures from the profit and loss account.
    4. - Expenditure and revenue by type.
  2. Analysis of results.
  3. Calculating the Break-Even Point.
  4. Profitability. Analysis of profitability.

TEACHING UNIT 4. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.

  1. Factors to consider before selecting investments.
    1. - Types of investment.
    2. - Amount to be invested.
    3. - Benefits of an investment.
  2. Investment selection methods.
    1. - Static methods.
    2. - Dynamic methods.

TEACHING UNIT 5. FUNDING.

  1. Financing through equity capital.
  2. Funding through grants.
  3. External funding.

TEACHING UNIT 6. BUDGET PREPARATION AND BUDGET MONITORING.

  1. General outline of the budgetary system.
  2. The budgeting process.
  3. Budgetary control.

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