Financial Analysis and Reporting

This course examines the Financial Analysis and reporting of companies in Private and Public, and how such reporting can be analysed to evaluate performance.

• Comprehend the theory and practices of corporate financial reporting
• Use financial reporting theory and practices to analyse the performance
• Design appropriate policies and strategies to meet stakeholder and shareholder needs in the light of the recent changes in Financial Reporting
• Identify and evaluate financial statements
• Describe how the rules of corporate financial reporting effect the application of standards
• Identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, to detect false logic or reasoning, to identify implicit values, and to define terms adequately and to generalize appropriately