Financial Accounting Issues

Interpreting the Balance Sheet v3.0

This course provides tools and techniques for interpreting the balance sheet. A variety of ratios and other analytical tools are presented to explore the wealth of information available in this significant component of an entity's audited financial statements. The material covered in this course is applicable to independent auditors, internal auditors, entity management, investors, analysts, and lenders.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, the course participant should be able to:

 

  • Define the balance sheet and identify its components.
  • Recognize ratio analysis techniques for evaluating the balance sheet.
  • Identify additional analytical tools for interpreting the information available in the balance sheet.


Prerequisites/Advanced Preparation:

None


Speakers / Authors:

Nicholas G. Apostolou is Professor Emeritus in the Accounting Department at Louisiana State University. He has received numerous awards for teaching financial accounting to MBA students and has published over 100 articles and ten books on various accounting and investing topics.

Susan Knight, CPA, CGMA, FHFMA, holds an MS degree in Accounting. She is the Chief Operating Officer at a hospital-based healthcare organization in Louisiana. Her experience includes Big Four public accounting and financial management positions in securities, healthcare, and real estate development. She has served as adjunct accounting faculty at Florida Atlantic University.”

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Details

Course Code : 99KNI02-v2

Release Date : 06/23/2023
Expire Date : 02/28/2025
Credits :
CPE 1.00
QAS 1.00

Length : 50min
Course Level : Basic
Course Type : QAS Self-Study
Passing Grade : 70%

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Field Of Study : Accounting

Theme : Financial Accounting Issues

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