Understand accounting terms and concepts; learn about financial statements and their construction.

• Understand basic financial accounting terms and concepts
• Understand the financial statements - balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows - that firms use to describe their businesses
• Use the correct approach to construct the financial statements
• Use the correct approch for simple ratios that capture key elements of firm performance

• Business managers and junior finance and accounting team members

• Balance sheets
• Cash flow statements
• Financial ratios
• Income statements
• Budgeting & forecasting