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Financial Accounting
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Overview

Duration

34 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Credential

Certificate

Future job roles

Audacity, Senior Manager Finance & Accounts , Asp .Net, Business Development

Financial Accounting
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Highlights

  • Real-world projects & Peer collaboration
  • course completion certification
  • Learn the concepts of financial accounting & accounting techniques with ACCA-X course.
  • Dual preparation for the ACCA <U+0091>Financial Accounting (FA)/FFA<U+0092> exam
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Financial Accounting
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • Anyone looking for a career in finance can apply.
What are the course deliverables?
  • Learingn fundamentals of Accounting & Finance
  • Understanding financial reporting
  • Use of double-entry and accounting systems
  • Understanding How to record transactions and events
  • How to prepare a trial balance and correct errors
  • How to prepare basic financial statements
  • How to prepare & interpret consolidated financial statements
More about this course
  • Financial Accounting is an Intermediate level course offered in Accounting & Finance by edX. The program focuses on introducing the principles of financial accounting to help professionals learn key concepts such as how to record, process and report business transactions, use the trial balance and identify and correct errors, draft financial statements, and understand the qualitative characteristics of useful information. The course curriculum is designed to develop technical proficiency in the use of double-entry techniques, interpretation of basic financial statements and accounting concepts.

Financial Accounting
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Curriculum

Introduction; Assets

Accrual Accounting

Revenue Recognition; Receivables

Inventory; Property, Plant, and Equipment

Intangible Assets; Income vs. Cash Flows

Acquisitions; Finance Investments

Financial Statement Analysis (FSA)

Introductory FSA

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Income Taxes

Long-Term Debt; Leases

Stockholders-Equity and Earnings per Share

Accounting for Banks

Review; Accounting for Valuation

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Students Ratings & Reviews

4.7/5
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Shreeparn Sambhrant
Financial Accounting
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5
Learning Experience: Analyzing and interpreting financial statements.
Faculty: Instructors taught well Yes it was updated, Curriculum was relevant and comprehensive
Course Support: No career support provided
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Ajay Sharma
Financial Accounting
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4
Happy with it
Other: Liked this course. Ok.
Reviewed on 15 Oct 2019Read More
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Urmi Mala
Financial Accounting
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5
Interesting course
Other: The course pace was good. I am a Financial accounting professional and found this course to be very interesting and helpful.
Reviewed on 15 Oct 2019Read More
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