• Organize the steps of the financial diagnostic process

• Assess the management of utilized capital and the results it generates

• Measure performance in terms of profitability and cash flows

Commitment

• Engage in your training by logging into your participant space and completing your preparatory questionnaire. Your trainer will receive your progress objectives. Self-assess your skills to track your progress after your training.

Organize the Steps of the Financial Diagnostic Process

• Adapt to the analysis environment

• Identify the useful information and how to obtain it

• Apply interpretation aid techniques

• Select the vocabulary and key indicators

• Discard non-relevant tools

• Practical Exercise: Design a summary sheet in Excel using a provided template

Choose a Practical Methodology

• Determine the order of analytical tasks

• Summarize without losing essential information

• Present the company as a circuit in four key areas

• Identify judgment criteria, especially the cost of capital

• Practical Exercise: Jointly build an example of a business creation, highlighting financial issues

Assess the Management of Utilized Capital and the Results Generated

• Analyze the origin and use of capital

• Adjust and regroup balance sheet items considering the company's accounting specifics to achieve a four-figure balance sheet

• Read the balance sheet in terms of financing needs and resources

• Measure invested capital and assess its effective use

• Evaluate financial resources and their structure

• Balance resources and financing needs, measure solvency, and bankruptcy risk

• Understand why automated bankruptcy prediction (scoring) often fails

• Practical Exercise: Judge the relevance of capital usage using key indicators and ratios for two companies in different sectors

Assess the Structure and Level of Results

• Study the formation and structure of results

• Identify action levers

• Use economic and financial revenue indicators

• Calculate and interpret margins

• Practical Exercise: Calculate structure and margin indicators for two companies in different sectors

Measure Performance in Terms of Profitability and Cash Flows

• Measure profitability and value creation

• Adjust and regroup income statement items in harmony with the balance sheet to achieve a four-figure income statement

• Calculate and interpret profitability ratios

• Understand the relationship between margin and productivity, and the operational leverage

• Diagnose the impact of financial leverage

• Practical Exercise: Calculate profitability ratios and interpret them concerning performance and debt for two companies in different sectors

Analyze Cash Flows and Financial Statements

• Understand the importance of analyzing cash flows (company liquidity)

• Measure cash generation (self-financing) and its significance

• Use financial statements and cash flow tables

• Calculate and interpret cash flow ratios

• Practical Exercise: Analyze the cash flows and conclude on the financial situation of the two companies

Transfer

• Continue your training journey in your participant space:

  • Access resources, self-assess the skills acquired during your training, and facilitate the implementation of your commitments in your professional context.

  • Practice with the e-learning module: Financial Analysis - Key Points​

• Hands-on experience with the financial analysis methodology through comprehensive case studies developed progressively

• Training led by Christian Pierrat, a corporate finance professional and author of "Corporate Financial Management"

• Participants use and retain a summary financial analysis sheet in Excel during the training

• Accounting managers

• Administrative and financial managers

• Credit managers

• Controllers

• Certified accountants

• Business unit managers or directors with a solid background in accounting and possibly financial analysis

• Executives facing financial challenges

• Good knowledge of accounting and corporate finance

• A training program structured around skill transfer

• Acquisition of operational skills through practice and experimentation

• Collaborative learning during synchronous sessions

• A multi-step learning path to promote engagement, learning, and transfer

• Training that encourages participant engagement for better retention of teachings

• Skill evaluation conducted throughout the training by the participant (self-assessment) and/or the trainer according to the training modalities.

• Online evaluation of the training action in your participant space:

  • Immediate feedback at the end of the training to measure satisfaction and perception of skill progression relative to the training objectives. With your agreement, your overall rating and comments will be published on our website through Verified Reviews..

  • Follow-up 60 days after the training to validate the transfer of acquired skills in the workplace.

• Attendance tracking and issuance of an individual training certificate or certificate of completion.