Text Based

Accounting Tools and Metrics for the CFO - 2018 (Text Based)

Created on March 14, 2018

Beginner

Overview

This course is a one-stop problem-solver for today’s busy accounting 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, and useful.


Learning Objectives:

I. Identify the objectives of financial reporting and the key elements contained within different financial statements.
II. Recognize the purpose and content of the statement of cash flows.
III. Identify key sections contained with the annual report.
IV. Recognize issues addressed by the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act and the groups impacted by it.
V. Recognize key financial ratios and how they can be used.
VI. Calculate the value for different financial ratios.
VII. Recognize the relationship between margin and turnover.
VIII. Compute ROI and recognize how it can be improved. 
IX. Recognize the concept of Economic Value Added (EVA) and how it can be improved.
X. Recognize major elements of budgeting process.


Instructional Method: Self-Study
Review Date: 03/14/2018


Required Components: Written Materials
CPE Final Exam Required Passage Grade: 70%
Please Note: This course must be completed within 1 year of date of receipt of this course for CPE Credit.


Field of Study: Accounting
Level of Knowledge: Basic to Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None


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