2018-2019 / FINA0034-1

In-depth financial analysis and reporting

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Specialised master in financial risk management4 crédits 

Lecturer

Julien Henri

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part I : Introduction and Revision
*/ Introduction: connections between financial analysis and accountancy and the latter's contribution to financial diagnosis 
*/ Accountancy's general concepts: legal and normative framework, basic notions of  accounting reporting
*/ "Balance sheet dressing" : Development and case studies 
*/ Reading file: fraud and annual accounts analysis 
 
Part II : Financial Statements Restructuring
*/ Balance sheet restructuring and the management's statement: net working capital, working capital requirement and net treasury, components and working capital requirement management, financial balance ...
*/ Profit and loss accounts restructuring: interim management balances, gross operating surplus, added value, EBIT / EBITDA, ...
*/ Cash flow statement 
*/ Practical cases 
 
Part III : Management Statements Analysis 
Section I : Statutorary Financial Statements 
*/ Liquidity analysis, solvency, profitability, financial risks, levers and entreprises facing financial difficulties, global financial diagnosis, (sustainable) growth analysis
*/ Pratical cases 
*/ Reading file: Cash flow IFRS applied to Belgium
Section II : Consolidated accounts                              
*/ Reminders on consolidation, the definition of group and consolidated accounts, IFRS, US GAAP, financial statements and financial analysis 
*/ Sectoral analysis, consolidation circle, performance and operational analysis, profitability, financial structure, cash flow and profitability
*/ Practical case 
 
Part IV : Investment decision-making and funding method
*/ Evaluation and selection criteria of an investment project: recovery time (updated), accounting rate of return, net present value, internal rate of profitability, profitability index, advantages and relevance
*/ Uncertain environment: mathematical expectation and variance, decision-making criteria, relevance
*/ Funding policy: theoretical and strategic contributions 
 
Part V : Failure criteria and et financial reporting 
*/ Bankruptcy and failure, causality
*/ Univariate analysis
*/ Multivariate analysis and « scoring » development
*/ Reading file: BNB scoring 

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Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

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