This course has been tailored to enhance your knowledge and application of preparing and presenting financial statements that show the financial performance and position of your business or organization. This information is critical for a number of stakeholders such as investors, creditors, regulators, and the public, who rely on the financial information to make decisions.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Comprehend the theory and practices of corporate financial reporting
• Use financial reporting theory and practices to analyze the performance of a company
• Design appropriate business policies and strategies to meet stakeholder and shareholder needs in light of any changes in financial reporting
• Identify and evaluate financial statements
• Explain the reasoning behind the rules underpinning corporate financial reporting
• Describing how the rules of corporate financial reporting affect the application of standards

Modules

This course will be delivered through the following modules.

• Why Financial Reporting
• Accounting Cycle and Double Entry
• Conceptual Framework
• Internal Financial Reporting Standards
• Balance Sheet Analysis; Income statement Analysis; Statement of Cashflow
• Financial Analysis Techniques
• Inventory Accounting
• Income taxes
• Long lived Assets
• Non-current Liabilities
• Financial Instruments
• Financial Reporting Quality;
• Internal Controls
• External Audit Process; Internal Audit Process
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Assurance Services