Following the "Finance for Non-Financials - Level 1" training or directly based on your prior knowledge, this "Finance for Non-Financials - Level 2" training will provide you with the most effective methods and analytical tools. Upon completion, participants will be able to understand and interpret key indicators to assess the financial situation of a company. They will be able to participate in any retrospective financial analysis or the construction of forecasts.
Learning Objectives
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Analyze the company's financial statements: balance sheet and income statement
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Measure the company's profitability and cash flows
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Evaluate a project or a company using a forecast
Training Program
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Analyze the Company's Financial Statements: Balance Sheet and Income Statement
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Explain the economic functioning of a company and its financial management
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The three activity cycles - investment, operations, financing - and their financial impacts
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Permanent financial issues: balance and profitability
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The 4 pillars of "financial management": financing, investing, performing, remunerating
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Practical case: discover a company through its annual accounts, what conclusions can be drawn?
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Analyze a Balance Sheet
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How to move from accounting items to balance sheet amounts interpretable from a financial perspective
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Practical case: build a financial balance sheet from accounting documentation
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Indicators of invested capital and analysis of their efficiency
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Financing resources and diagnosis of financial structure
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How to assess bankruptcy risk
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Practical case: identify financing needs, resources, and their balance
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Analyze an Income Statement
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Analysis of the structure and formation of the result
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Calculation and significance of margin indicators: REX, EBIT, RN, etc.
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Practical case: analyze an income statement and evaluate performance
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Measure the Company's Profitability and Cash Flows
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Measure the company's profitability
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Why it is not enough to achieve a positive result to be profitable
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Determining capital income and their return
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How to move from economic profitability to financial profitability
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Practical case: calculate profitability ratios and interpret them
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Monitor Cash Flows
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Definition of cash flow and its complementarity with the result
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Economic cash flows and financing cash flows
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Measures of cash gains: Gross Operating Profit, EBITDA, Net Operating Cash Flow
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Practical case: calculate cash gain indicators
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Financing statements: their presentation and interpretation
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Practical case: read and interpret a cash flow statement
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Evaluate a Project or a Company Using a Forecast
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Build a forecast
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The budget forecast (business plan): projecting revenues and expenses
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Economic flows (free cash flows) and financing flows
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Implementing concepts of EBITDA, CAPEX, OPEX, changes in working capital
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Practical case: determine the free cash flows generated by an investment project or a company
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Analyze a Forecast
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Measure the value and profitability of an operation
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Monitor cash flow balance over time
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Financial evaluation of a company in addition to asset and comparative evaluations
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Practical case: conclude on the profitability and financial balance of an operation or company
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Transfer Your training journey continues in your participant area:
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Log in to access resources, self-assess the skills acquired during your training, and facilitate the implementation of your commitments in your professional context.
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Practice with the E-learning module: financial analysis - key points
Key Points
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Corporate finance tools explained to non-financial professionals
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During the training, participants use a business plan presentation and calculation template on Excel and have it available afterward
Who is this Training For?
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Controllers
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Business Unit Directors
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Project Managers
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Accounting Managers
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Credit Managers
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Treasurers
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Legal Managers
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Operational Managers and Supervisors
Prerequisites
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Basic knowledge of accounting and corporate finance or having completed the training:
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Finance for Non-Financials - Level 1
Educational Resources
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Structured training system focused on skill transfer
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Acquisition of operational skills through practice and experimentation
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Collaborative learning during synchronous sessions
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Multi-phase learning path for engagement, learning, and transfer
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Training encouraging participant engagement for better retention of teachings
Satisfaction and Evaluation
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Skill assessment will be carried out throughout the training by the participant (self-assessment) and/or the trainer according to the training modalities.
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Evaluation of the training action online in your participant area:
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Immediately after the training to measure your satisfaction and perception of skill evolution relative to the training objectives. With your consent, your overall score and comments will be published on our site through Verified Reviews.
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Sixty days post-training to validate the transfer of your acquired skills to the work situation
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Attendance tracking and issuance of an individual training certificate or a certificate of completion

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