Columbia Business School

Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive

Columbia Business School

Finance & Investing

About Programme

In five days of hands-on, interactive sessions, Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive provide non-financial executives with a unique opportunity to deepen their expertise in finance and accounting for better management and decision-making capabilities.

The program features sessions on the role of accounting, key concepts of managerial and financial accounting, ratio calculation, forecasting and valuation, and shareholder value management.

At the end of the finance executive program, participants will have mastered key finance and accounting concepts and understand the relationships among profitability, cash flow, liquidity, solvency, and growth, and identify the red flags in financial statements – highly important in the current volatile financial context.

Are You Ready to Take the Next Step?

Do you already have a solid understanding of financial statements, revenue and expense recognition, and asset and liability measurement but are looking for tools to evaluate the financial consequences of operating, investing, and financing decisions? Our Financial Analysis and Valuation program might better meet your needs.

Please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists at +1 212-854-3395 for a personal conversation to learn more.

Programme Content

Part 1

Introduction to financial accounting

Part 1

The economic and institutional setting for financial reporting

Part 1
What is financial accounting?
Part 1
Objectives, products and uses of financial accounting
Part 1
The rule setting process: U.S. and internationally
Part 1

Assumptions

Part 1
Accounting entity
Part 1
Going concern
Part 1
Monetary
Part 1
Periodicity
Part 1

Constraints

Part 1
Estimates
Part 1
Materiality
Part 1
Consistency
Part 1
Conservatism
Part 1

Accrual accounting

Part 1
The accounting equation
Part 1
Asset and liability recognition and measurement
Part 1
Revenue recognition
Part 1
Expense recognition
Part 1
Articulation
Part 1
Transaction analysis
Part 2

Financial reporting

Part 2

Understanding financial statements

Part 2
Balance sheet
Part 2
Income statement
Part 2
Statement of cash flows
Part 2
Secondary financial statements: comprehensive income and shareholders’ equity
Part 2

Accounting quality – implications of

Part 2
Accounting conservatism
Part 2
Choices, judgements, estimates, and incentives
Part 3

Financial planning and analysis

Part 3

Managerial Accounting

Part 3
Costing
Part 3
Pricing
Part 3
Budgeting
Part 3
Variance analysis
Part 3
Performance measurement
Part 3

Integrating financial and managerial accounting

Part 3

Mastering net present value (NPV) calculations

Part 4

Financial statement analysis

Part 4

Reformulating the financial statements (F/S)

Part 4
Operating versus financing activities
Part 4
Recurring versus transitory items
Part 4

Conducting ratio analysis

Part 4
Profitability
Part 4
Earnings quality
Part 4
Solvency
Part 4
Liquidity
Part 4
Working capital
Part 5

Forecasting and valuation

Part 5

Relative valuation

Part 5
P/E
Part 5
P/B
Part 5
EV/EBITDA
Part 5

Forecasting financial statements

Part 5
Revenue
Part 5
Key ratios
Part 5
Free cash flow
Part 5

Cost of capital

Part 5
Cost of debt
Part 5
Cost of equity
Part 5
WACC
Part 5

Fundamental valuation

Part 5
Models
Part 5
Implementation

Programme Audience

Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive is designed for mid- to senior-level nonfinancial executives with five or more years of experience in corporate or divisional roles who seek a deeper understanding of finance and accounting.

This finance program is well suited for those in creative or technical fields and can also serve as a refresher for executives with some knowledge of finance and accounting.

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+91 9403890085[email protected]Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm IST

Columbia Business School

Executive Education Office

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+1 212-853-3699
https://academics.gsb.columbia.edu
New York, USA

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