Financial Accounting
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Financial Accounting at Coursera Overview
Duration | 22 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Financial Accounting at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate after completion of the course
- Financial aid available
- Assessment and quizess for practice
Financial Accounting at Coursera Course details
- Interpret the main financial statements and reports
- Understand business performance across time
- Evaluate company results and peer comparison
- Use financial ratios to diagnose the company's economic status
- This course presents an introduction to financial statement analysis and its usage when assessing business performance. The first part of the course will focus on understanding the most important financial statements, namely, the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. We will then focus on how we can understand the financial health and performance of the company by examining a number of important financial ratios that are derived from the financial statements of the company. Finally, we will be able to understand business performance across years comparing main results and indicators extracted from financial statements. Lectures on concepts will be supplemented with numerical examples and suggested readings.
Financial Accounting at Coursera Curriculum
Accounting: the language of business
Accounting and its users
Building the balance sheet
The income statement
Non-recurring items in the income statement
Profit is not cash
Cash from operations
Non-operating cash
A month in a pizzeria
Course Syllabus
Slide deck for entire course
Textbook Chapters 10 and 11
Textbook Chapters 5 and 6
Textbook Chapters 15 and 16
Graded quiz: Balance sheet, Income statement, and Cashflow statement
Practice quiz: balance sheet
Practice quiz: the income statement
Practice quiz: cashflow statement
Practice quiz: integrated analysis
Classify each inflow and outflow (wait for page to load)
Income Statement Analysis
Vertical analysis
Horizontal analysis
Margin analysis
For each profit one margin
Operating result
Adjusted EBITDA
From operating to net income
Taxes and tax shield
Textbook Chapters 7 and 8
Textbook Chapter 9
Textbook Chapters 20 and 21
Graded quiz: Income Statement Analysis
Practice quiz: vertical and horizontal analysis
Practice quiz: Margin analysis
Practice quiz: EBITDA and nonrecurring items
Balance Sheet Analysis
Liquidity Ratios
Receivables and Inventories Ratios
Operational and Financial Liabilities
Working Cycle
Working Capital Financing
Cash Cycle
Recording of Financial Accounting Live Session on 22-03-25 12:03:04 [22:20]
Textbook Chapters 23, 28-30
Graded quiz: Balance Sheet Analysis
Practice quiz: Short term assets
Practice quiz: Liabilities
Practice quiz: Working capital analysis
Cash Flow Analysis
Operations and its Cash
Diving Deep
Allocating Cash is Crucial
More Liability Might Mean More Cash
Reconciling Cash
Textbook Chapters 17 and 18
Textbook Chapter 19
Graded quiz: Cash Flow Analysis
Practice quiz: Cash flow from operations
Practice quiz: Cash flow from investing
Practice quiz: Cash flow from financing
Generation and consumption of cash (wait for page to load
Integrated Company Analysis
Getting Data
Historical Performance
Vertical Analysis
Liquidity and Activity Ratios
Mapping Cash Generation
Inside each Pillar
Measuring Return Over Capital
ROIC and ROE
Recording of Financial Accounting Live Session on 22-04-08 12:05:36 [07:04]
Excel spreadsheet for week 5
Financial Accounting Staff-Graded Assignment Instructions
Staff-graded assignment: Financial Analysis of Walmart
Financial Accounting at Coursera Admission Process
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