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Description
Increasingly, non-finance managers and executives in every functional area are seeing the need to read and understand financial information to improve the effectiveness of their operations and strategy.
The ability to read , understand and analyse financial information will greatly enhance your ability to make informed business decisions. This concise and practical workshop is designed to focus on only the most relevant areas for business reviews and decision making. Practical examples and case studies will be used throughout the session to reinforce learning and understanding.
Programme Outline
Understand how Financial Statements come about
- Uses and users of financial statements
- Limitations / shortcomings of financial statements
The Annual Report – what does it contain?
Getting to know what financial statements are:
- The Income Statements / Profit & Loss Accounts
- The Balance Sheet
- Cash Flow Statement
Reading the Financial Statements of businesses
Interpreting the Financial Statements - what do they tell us about:
- The Business Performance
- The Financial Health of the business
How do we use financial ratios to analyze the financial performance and health of the business.
Practical examples and case studies will be used throughout the session to reinforce learning and understanding.
Participants are encouraged to bring along their calculators for this workshop.
What you will learn
At the end of the workshop, participants should know:
- Know what the financial statements are
- Learn how to read them critically
- Be able to evaluate the financial performance and health of a business
Target Audience
Managers and Executives from non-finance discipline who would like to acquire practical skills to understand and analyse financial information to enhance their ability to make informed and better business decisions.
Expert Speaker
Koh Siew Min
CFA , CA (Singapore)
Siew Min leads a team of consultants and trainers in providing financial consultancy and training to banks, MNCs and management institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. She advises entrepreneurs and companies on financial management and restructuring, and also prepares companies for listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange, working closely with merchant banks that underwrite the listing of equities.
Siew Min is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the NUS Business School , teaching the module on Financial Statement Analysis in the NUS MBA Programme. Being effectively bilingual in English and Chinese, Siew Min conducts programs in Mandarin for participants from China in a variety of banking subjects. She brings to her training programmes a unique blend of academia and practical industry experience in banking and finance gleaned from years of research, teaching and business management in the sector.