Financial Forecasting and Reporting

This course discusses how public projects are evaluated using cost-benefit analysis. Learners discover how interest rates and prices for stocks and bonds are determined. Techniques are presented on how to create departmental budgets for engineering cost centers and pro forma statements for profit centers. Learners then work with corporate financial statements to assess a company’s financial health, including recent measures of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). This course c

• Read an income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows and calculate relevant ratios to determine the financial health of a company.
• Learn to read and prepare an operating and financial budget, resulting in a pro forma financial statement.
• Apply scenario and sensitivity analysis to a project’s cash flows.
• Learn to read and interpret a company’s Corporate Sustainability Report.