Accounting Tools and Metrics for the CFO

Course Description:

This course is a one-stop problem-solver for today’s busy executive. The course is a working guide to help you quickly pinpoint in the complex world of business:
- What to look for
- What to do
- What to watch out for
- How to do it

You'll find ratios, formulas, guidelines, and rules of thumb to help analyze and evaluate any business-related problem. Throughout, you'll find this course practical, quick & useful.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain financial statements and their significance
• Analyze the cash flow position of a company
• List other crucial information the annual report contains
• Discuss the management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) section of an annual report and how useful it is to the user
• Discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act that led to new corporate financial reporting