This course seeks to ensure that all participants leave with a far greater understanding of what might be behind the numbers. The balance sheet provides a 'snapshot' of an organization at a particular point in time.

It indicates the organization's financial strength, providing information about what the it owns (assets), what it owes (liabilities), and the 'book value' of the business. Ratio analysis can also be performed on the balance sheet in order to gain valuable insight into the organization's performance

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Understanding fundamental financial terminology and concepts
• Learning how to read and interpret financial statements
• Analyzing balance sheet performance including calculating and interpreting key ratios
• learning how to ask the right questions to probe the facts behind the figures

• Financial officers
• Anyone involved in creating the Balance Sheet
• Anyone involved in reading, interpreting and/or analyzing Balance Sheets

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include:
• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

DAY 1

• Importance of financial measures
• Financial accounting 
• Management accounting
• Participants’ needs and wants from the course

DAY 2

• Introduction of the basics of accountancy
• The key components of the Balance Sheet
• About Fixed Assets

DAY 3

• About current assets  
• Current assets what they are, and how to improve
• Current liabilities – what they are
• The vital importance of working capital management

DAY 4

• About gearing
• Balance sheet performance including calculating 
• Interpreting key ratios

DAY 5

• Limitations of the Balance Sheet
• See models of the Balance Sheet analysis  
• Solving questions and exercises

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.