More informations on : http://www.actiononline.fr/parcours/finance-pour-managers/ <br /> <br />Learning goals: <br />1- Master the reading of the financial statements. <br />2- Be more comfortable with the financial analysis key ratios. <br />3- Get the impacts of one's decisions on cash, balance sheet and profit and loss statement. <br /> <br />Chapters <br />- Introduction <br />- Balance Sheet <br />- Profit and Loss Statement <br />- Financial Balances <br />- Conclusion <br />- Quiz - Reading of the financial statements <br /> <br />A word from the author <br />"To have a financial vision is essential to any manager who wants to know better the financial health of a company, be it a competitor or a customer, or to better understand its operating system. <br />The financial statements are a comparison of 2 or several financial periods (balance sheet, profit and loss statement and accounting notes), in order to determine the financial health of the company. <br />The financial statements allow to answer the 5 following questions : <br />- Has the company a sufficient level of cash to face its short-term commitments ? <br />- How important is the equity financing compared to debt positions ? <br />- What is the global capacity to borrow ? <br />- What is the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) ? What is the Days Purchases Outstanding (DPO) ? <br />- What is the inventory turnover rate ?"
