Course Overview
CFA- Level 1 Financial Reporting and Analysis Training
This online CFA Financial Reporting and Analysis course has been designed to aid CFA students both finance and non-finance background appearing for level 1 exam. It will help the candidates learn accounting from scratch. The material has been prepared by industry experts and is a step by step program with videos and study material. It is an important topic for the CFA level 1 exam as it constitutes 20% of the paper. Each video has key concept discussion with the help of practical examples, exam specific tips and tricks.
Why CFA Financial Reporting and Analysis training course?
It promises to provide the participants with true understanding of accounts and make them well prepared for their exam.The CFA Financial Reporting and Analysis course content explains how to conduct fundamental analysis on a company by understanding the key financial statements such as income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. Participants would also learn in detail about Horizontal, Vertical and Ratio analysis along with brief understanding of Deferred Tax.
Target Audience
All those candidates appearing for CFA level 1 exam and want to learn Accounting from the basics
- Introduction to Accounting
Learning accounting from its basic concepts is very important. The term accounting itself is a vast concept and can sound difficult to understand and absorb. But don’t worry we are here to make you understand accounting for CFA level one in detail. In the first module learn about the accounting for income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, also understand the business cycle.
- Understanding the Income statement
Want to know the difference between the fiscal year and calendar year? This module explains it in the simplest way. Learn easily the ways of formatting the income statement, calculating the profit margins and identification of the non-recurring items.
- Understanding the Balance Sheet
Learn the various aspects of the balance sheet with help of case studies. Learning the items through a case study format makes the whole process easy and simple. Understand the concepts of prepaid expense, shareholders equity, EPS etc in detail.
- Understanding the Cash flow statement
Through this module, understand the cash flow statements in detail and its use to an Analyst. Study the three bifurcations of the cash flows i.e. operating, investing and financing activities. Also then understand what are cash inflows and outflows.
- Financial Analysis Techniques
Learn the calculations involved in the horizontal and vertical analysis techniques. Understand how the analysis of the income statement and balance sheet is done with the help of horizontal and vertical analysis. Ratio analysis form the basis of any financial analysis, so learn important ratios like activity ratios, solvency ratios, liquidity ratios, profitability ratios etc.
- Income Taxes
Learn about the deferred taxes, its sources, differed tax liabilities and assets. Also understand about Temporary and Permanent Difference, Valuation Allowance Deferred Tax Assets, Effect of Changes in Tax Rates on Deferred Taxes and much more.