Accounting and Financial Analysis

Understand the income statement and balance sheet and key financial concepts such as earnings economic profit EBITDA capital equity leverage.

Measure and analyse return on capital to reveal the economics of the business and the drivers of return and value.

Explore GAAP accounting standards and the accounting policy choices that companies make and their impact on the financial measures we use in analysis.

Understand the current issues in company reporting these include amongst others: intangibles impact and ESG reporting the resilience of banks.

Develop your understanding of assets and liabilities and how M&A impacts the financial statements.

Understand the nature of income including measurement strategies analysis of cashflow and prediction of financial distress.

Develop skills in financial modelling. Forecast and strategise for the future of a business by projecting its financial statements.

Learn how companies are evolving their balance sheet models in pursuit of economic value.

Focus on performance analysis and explore and present actual case studies applying key concepts to real businesses.

Study real-world cases including: Youngs Brewery Glencore Arsenal football club Aramco Boeing Peugeot AOL Time Warner Easyjet BA Heathrow EDF Enron Carillion Body Shop L’Oreal Natura Unilever P&G Danone Standard Chartered and its peers Silicon Valley Bank Wirecard Enron Olympus Apple Dell Amazon and IBM.

Interact with expert finance tutors and benefit from their guidance on group work and projects.

Share different perspectives and tap into a diverse network of peers.

Become an expert user of financial statements. Practice your skills on real and up-to-date company data and case studies.

Explore the current business landscape. Gain an in-depth understanding of accounting tools and advanced-level economic analysis.

Understand how the GAAP accounting rules and company accounting choices affect the measures we use when analysing and comparing firms.

Learn to tell a company’s economic story by measuring its company performance and financial strength.

Examine the major governance and regulatory issues including those that arising from current concerns about sustainability.

Develop professionals with confidence and skill in employing financial analysis techniques.

Develop capability in your organisation to understand the economic drivers for performance.