Forecasting Financial Statements & Valuation for Accountants

The objective of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze, interpret, understand and use financial information to make informed decisions. We will discuss financial reporting from a user’s perspective, use a variety of tools to break apart financial reports into meaningful units for analysis, forecast financial statements, and value a firm. This course is intended to give you exposure to the issues facing users of financial statements. You will better un

• Highlight the need to use information beyond the financials when performing financial statement analysis and valuation.
• Introduce forecasting and discuss the uses of forecasted data.
• Explain why calculating valuations are important and the many uses of determining a valuation.
• Illustrate examples as to how to calculate valuations using different models