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Chicago Booth Approach to Finance 

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  • Estd. 2000

Chicago Booth Approach to Finance
 at 
University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Asia Campus 
Overview

Strengthen your finance and accounting terminology to better communicate across your organization

Duration

8 weeks

Total fee

2.15 Lakh

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Course Level

UG Certificate

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Chicago Booth Approach to Finance
 at 
University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Asia Campus 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For mid- senior managers from across an organization, within a wide-range of industries
  • For professions such as consultants, scientists, engineers, healthcare, small- medium size business owners
What are the course deliverables?
  • Build up your financial decision-making by learning core finance and accounting principles
  • Learn how to evaluate and identify red flags in financial statements and balance sheets
  • Discover how the relationship between profit and cash flow is crucial to the health of an organization
  • Learn how to gain insight into an organization's efficiency and profitability by using tools such as ratios and liability analysis
  • Acquire the tools to financially forecast for proper business planning
More about this course
  • You'll acquire the tools and frameworks to interpret financial statements to better understand the financial performance and health of an organization
  • You'll discover key concepts such as interpreting balance and income statements, cash flow principles, asset and liability analysis, and risk and forecasting tools - all to make more impactful financial decisions
  • You'll acquire the tools to quantitatively evaluate choices and how these choices affect your institution's incentives and resources
  • This program offers a practical guide to using financial instruments when making allocation decisions, and are immediately applicable to you and your organization

Chicago Booth Approach to Finance
 at 
University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Asia Campus 
Curriculum

Introduction to Accounting and the Accounting Process

Become familiar with accounting, the language of business

Prepare basic financial statements

Understand how to apply the formula for the Statement of Cash Flows

The Profit & Loss Statement

Understand the five concrete steps involved in applying the revenue recognition principle

Become familiar with inventory accounting and the key issues related to accounting

Be able to record discontinued operations under both U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards, and to understand corporate taxes

Asset Analysis

Distinguish between tangible and intangible assets

Understand the concepts of depreciation and amortization

Become familiar with the general rules for asset impairment

The Liability Analysis

Understand and distinguish among the main categories of liabilities

Recognize the principal components of noncurrent and current liabilities

Grasp the concepts of off-balance-sheet accounting and contingent liabilities

Analyzing Financial Statements

Learn how to perform financial statement analysis through the use of ratios

Understand how to examine a company's cost structure

Perform liquidity and solvency analysis

Introduction to Valuation

Understand the concepts of Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Calculate the Free Cash Flow (FCF), the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), and the Appropriate Discount Rate

Articulate on other valuation methods, such as Market Multiples and Comparable Transactions

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Chicago Booth Approach to Finance
 at 
University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Asia Campus 
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Haresh Sapra
Haresh Sapra studies the real effects of accounting measurement policies, disclosure regulation, and corporate governance. His current research deals with issues of disclosure, transparency and financial reporting for financial institutions.

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