Description
I claim that any analysis of any company, whether it is strategic or financial, should start with financial statements governed by the rules of financial accounting.
Knowing financial accounting is essential for any businessperson. After you complete this course, you will gain great confidence and expertise regarding any financial analysis and financial statement inspection.
It is no wonder that financial accounting has become an STEM-designated course in world’s best business schools. This course is also created with the same intent.
Financial accounting is the basis for any financial modeling and intrinsic company valuation models. Financial statement analysis relies on the fundamentals of financial accounting. To that end, this course also covers fundamentals of financial statement analysis and complementary ratio analysis.
Financial accounting cannot be taught efficiently solely through textbooks, and arbitrary and made-up examples. It should be taught through real financial statements of real companies. Any business strategy analysis and financial analysis should start with a thorough financial statement analysis based on the concepts of financial accounting. With the expert-level knowledge of financial accounting, you will be able to ascertain the current health of any company and decipher any irregularities, as well as accounting frauds, just as a doctor or a forensic investigator does.
Financial accounting is difficult for some people, but there is a mechanics to it. You will learn the mechanics without memorizing anything blindly and you will come to love it and be fascinated by it.
All my courses, including this course, are both skill- and knowledge-based. I teach you professional skills that can be implemented and are actionable.
The course is self-contained. You do not need any additional material for this course. An intermediate level Excel capability is required.
This course contains all the material and content needed to conduct an expert-level financial accounting analysis.
Whether you are an entrepreneur running a business, a CFO, a financial analyst, accountant, equity analyst, management consultant, investment banker, or an individual investor, you will find the lessons I teach in this course highly valuable, expertise- and skill-building.
This is not another certificate granting and box-checking course.
The course is only for building expert-level skills, as well as confidence in conducting financial accounting analyses.
Instructor:
Course content:
The course consists of 13 chapters. At the end of each chapter except for chapter 1, there will be real-world problems, exercises, and questions, all of which are solved by me.
Each chapter begins with explaining relevant financial accounting terms, rules, and applications. In each chapter, I analyze real financial statements of real public companies.
First two chapters do not have videos; instead, each slide has its corresponding voice recording, i.e. you can listen to these recordings on each slide of the chapter while you are going over the content.
All the remaining chapters are video-recorded.
Chapter information follows:
Chapter 1: Financial Statements Overview-Company Analyzed: Hasbro, Length of the Voice Recording: 38 minutes
Chapter 2: Investing and Financing Decisions and The Accounting System-Company Analyzed: Hasbro, Length of the Voice Recording: 1h 26 minutes
Chapter 3: Operating Decisions and The Accounting System-Companies Analyzed: McDonald’s, Video Length: 2h 12 minutes
Chapter 4: Adjustments, Financial Statements, and the Quality of Earnings-Companies Analyzed: McDonald’s, Video Length: 1h 12 minutes
Chapter 5: Communicating and Interpreting Accounting Information-Companies Analyzed: Apple, Video Length: 1h 52 minutes
Chapter 6: Statement of Cash Flows-Companies Analyzed: Apple, Video Length: 2 hours
Chapter 7: Receivables and Revenue Recognition-Companies Analyzed: Amazon, Video Length: 1h 15 minutes
Chapter 8: Reporting and Interpreting Property, Plant, and Equipment; Intangibles; and Natural Resources-Companies Analyzed: Southwest Airlines, Video Length: 3h 36 minutes
Chapter 9: Accounting for Inventory-Companies Analyzed: Harley-Davidson, Video Length: 3h 6 minutes
Chapter 10: Reporting and Interpreting Liabilities-Companies Analyzed: Starbucks, Video Length: 2h 54 minutes
Chapter 11: Reporting and Interpreting Bonds-Companies Analyzed: Google and Nvidia, Video Length: 3h 6 minutes
Chapter 12: Reporting and Interpreting Stockholders’ Equity-Companies Analyzed: Kroger, Video Length: 2h 6 minutes
Chapter 13: Reporting and Interpreting Investments in Other Corporations-Companies Analyzed: Microsoft, Morgan Stanley and Berkshire Hathaway, Video Length: 4h 42 minutes
Total course duration: 1805 minutes = 30.08 hours
Requirements:
-No requirement is necessary. However, any previous knowledge in finance and accounting will greatly help.
-I will start with basics and move to intermediate and advanced level financial accounting content in each chapter. The progress is ensured provided that you will start with chapter 1 and complete other chapters in an orderly fashion. Although each chapter is self-contained, if you do not have any previous exposure to financial accounting, I recommend that you start with chapter 1 as future chapters build on fundamentals covered in initial chapters.
-For those who have already intermediate level exposure to financial accounting, they can study any chapter as each chapter is self-contained.
Who will benefit the most? This course is designed especially for the following groups and companies:
-Although every industry/sector, mainly corporate finance professionals therein, will benefit from the course, the course is especially of greatest value to companies providing consulting services including management consulting and financial services including investment banking and accounting/auditing
-Investment Bankers, Management Consultants, Equity Analysts, Financial Statement Analysts, Management Scientists, CFOs, CEOs, Corporate Finance Professionals, Institutional Investors, and Individual Investors, or for those who aspire to perform in these roles
Note: The course is advanced and can be more than exhaustive for those planning to acquire CPA/CMA/CFA designations, the exams of which cover less advanced material.
Total duration of the course: 13 chapters, 30.08 hours
Total duration of all videos and voice recordings is 30.08 hours.
Mode of Teaching: Online, self-paced through an LMS to protect IP
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