| Accounting & Auditing Update: A Complete Review of Key New Pronouncements |
| This comprehensive seminar explains how to implement recent pronouncements and anticipate future developments. You'll be brought up to date on the latest FASB pronouncements and gain the understanding to apply them effectively and efficiently. The seminar focuses on many areas including the most recent Codification updates...exposure drafts...international convergence...updates on auditing, independence and ethics...and more. |
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| Accounting & Internal Controls for Nonprofits |
| This seminar gives you the skills to handle the special accounting and reporting requirements for not-for-profits and deals with the most recent changes affecting these organizations. Review internal controls, financial statement requirements and the FASB Codification. You'll focus on types, goals and characteristics of not-for-profits...budgeting controls...programmatic and financial oversight...working with boards of directors...ethics and fraud issues...risk management...current and proposed tax and other regulations affecting NPOs, including the revised Form 990...special accounting and audit concerns...new guidance (FAS 164) on consolidations and goodwill...impact of UPMIFA on net assets...and more. |
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| Accounting for Derivatives: An Overview |
| Designed for the financial professional who needs an overview or refresher on derivatives accounting, this seminar focuses on the building blocks of this complex financial reporting topic. |
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| Accounting for Derivatives: Recent Developments |
| Keeping pace with the current state of derivatives accounting is a challenge. This up-to-the-minute seminar will provide financial professionals with an update on the latest pronouncements and exposure drafts. |
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| Accounting for Income Taxes: Level I |
| FAS 109 (ASC 740) is the standard for accounting for income taxes. Hence, financial statement preparers and their accountants need to understand its complexities. |
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| Accounting for Income Taxes: Level II |
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| Accounting for International Operations |
| International operations present an additional level of complexity for financial accounting professionals. |
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| Business Combinations & Consolidations |
| The rules for business combinations and consolidations are complex. To ensure financial statement compliance, financial professionals must possess a firm grasp of these rules. |
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| Construction Industry Accounting & Financial Reporting |
| Accountants and practitioners in the construction industry face unique challenges, especially with financial reporting of multi-year projects. How do you accurately compute expenses incurred to date, project final expenses and assess how change orders impact profitability? |
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| Current Accounting Issues for Not-for-Profit Organizations |
| This continually updated seminar is designed for accountants who want to remain on the cutting edge of the most recent accounting, tax and federal developments affecting not-for-profits. |
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| Decoding the Codification: FASB's New Format for US GAAP |
| As of September 15, 2009, financial statement disclosures must be in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification TM (ASC). Are you as familiar with the Codification as you need to be? |
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| Fair Value Accounting: Impact of FAS 157 & Beyond (ASC 820 & 825) |
| FAS 157 (ASC 820) on fair value accounting represents a dramatic shift away from historical cost accounting--one that could significantly impact companies' financial statements. This seminar presents an in-depth discussion of fair value and how the rules will affect existing accounting and disclosure practices. |
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| Fair Value Accounting: Valuation Techniques |
| Like it or not, the fair value revolution is in full swing, making it critical for accountants to have a deeper understanding of how fair value measurements are developed and applied. The seminar will sharpen your valuation skills and enable you to correctly apply fair value in a variety of circumstances. |
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| FAS 167/FIN 46R: The New Consolidation Rules |
| FAS 167 introduces significant changes to the consolidation rules under FIN 46R. This seminar uses targeted examples to show you how to apply FIN 46R and how these changes will impact your company's consolidation process. |
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| FAS 52 & Derivatives: Unraveling the Mystery of FX Accounting |
| Do you have a handle on accounting for foreign currency transactions? Do you have a clear understanding of the difference between translation and remeasurement? Are foreign currency derivatives still a mystery? |
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| FASB Hot Topics |
| Some FASB pronouncements remain burning issues for years while others fade quietly into obscurity. This continually updated seminar focuses on the topics that are "top-of-mind" at FASB, be they new pronouncements or older edicts for which accountants continue to require guidance. |
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| FIN 48: A Practical Approach |
| For companies everywhere, recording income taxes in the financial statements presents a host of challenges. FIN 48 (ASC 740) takes those challenges to the next level with significant documentation and disclosure requirements. |
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| Financial Accounting & Reporting Real Estate Transactions |
| Broaden your understanding of real estate accounting. Work through problems and case studies that illustrate practical application issues. |
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| Financial Accounting & Reporting Update for Corporate Accountants |
| Increasingly complex and controversial accounting issues and disclosures burden busy financial executives. |
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| Financial Accounting Issues for Manufacturers, Distributors & Retailers |
| Accountants who work for or with manufacturing, wholesale and retail companies deal with a wide variety of challenges, including inventory, revenue recognition and industry-specific issues. This seminar addresses those issues, including these cutting-edge areas: inventories (valuations and methods)...warrantees, guarantees and returns...receivables...revenue, earnings management and expense recognition issues...impairments...retirement obligations...fair value...and the new rules for consolidations. |
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| Financial Reform: Aftermath of the Credit Crisis |
| The worst of the economic crisis may be behind us, but the regulatory response to it has only just begun. |
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| Financial Reporting for Nonpublic Companies |
| Do you find it frustrating or fruitless grappling with complicated accounting and reporting requirements only to discover they don't apply to your nonpublic company? |
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| Financial Reporting in Troubled Times |
| With challenging times come challenging financial reporting issues. Don't get caught flat-footed on the critical accounting topics that affect businesses in distress. This one-day seminar will give you the knowledge you need to help keep your company going during difficult times. |
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| Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy |
| In an era of rapid change and demanding capital markets, nearly every financial professional must deal with financial restructuring or bankruptcy, either as an employee of a financially troubled company or as a trade creditor, lender, strategic partner, and/or potential investor. |
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| Foreign GAAP vs. US GAAP: A Hands-On Review of the Differences |
| Every country has its own unique GAAP requirements. Although International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may soon be the standard for financial statements in cross-border financings, most countries still require local GAAP for domestic reporting purposes. |
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| Form 10-K: A Hands-On Workshop |
| Form 10-K is the major year-end reporting document. Recent requirements make it crucial to fully understand the legal, accounting and disclosure rules. |
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| GAAP Refresher |
| This continually updated seminar is perfect for the accountant who wants to maintain a sound working knowledge of common GAAP topics. |
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| IFRS: A Comprehensive Two-Day Workshop |
| For financial professionals who need to get quickly up to speed on IFRS, this two-day workshop will give you the background you need to understand the critical technical accounting issues that arise when applying IFRS. |
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| IFRS: A One-Day Review & Update |
| With the SEC on record as supporting a transition to IFRS, financial professionals must begin to gain an understanding of this increasingly global set of accounting standards. |
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| IFRS: Transition & Conversion Issues |
| With the SEC potentially mandating a switch from US GAAP to IFRS, companies may have a huge project on their hands. And if handled incorrectly, it could quickly become a costly fiasco. |
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| Impairments & Intangibles: Current Accounting Issues |
| Accounting for asset impairments and intangibles can be a minefield even for the seasoned professional. This seminar will give you a clear understanding of how to determine whether assets have become impaired and, if so, by how much. You'll learn about: determining fair value...the characteristics of intangible assets...goodwill impairment…asset retirement obligations…FASB Concepts Statement 7: Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting Measurements...impairment triggers...discontinued operations...deferred taxes associated with depreciation and impairment...the impact of the new business combination rules on consolidations and intangibles...and more. |
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| Leasing: Accounting & Disclosure Issues |
| FAS 13--the bible on leasing--has been modified or amended by subsequent FASBs, technical bulletins, EITFs, FINs, FSPs and, most recently, the Codification. This seminar focuses on what you need to know about leasing in light of the latest regulatory changes. |
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| MD&A & Market Risk Disclosure: A Hands-On Workshop |
| SEC guidance encourages companies to take a "fresh look" at presentation and disclosures each time the MD&A is prepared. Don't let your MD&A be cited for deficiencies. |
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| Oil & Gas Accounting |
| Oil and gas companies are significantly affected by special accounting rules and are always at the mercy of the business cycle. Industry accountants must also wade through unique tax issues. |
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| Revenue Recognition & GAAP |
| Revenue recognition is one of the most complex areas of financial reporting and accounts for the vast majority of restatements today. Accountants want to "get it right," but diverse historical practices and internal decision protocols can present serious hurdles. |
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| Review of Recent GAAP |
| This continually updated seminar is designed for the accountant who wants to keep abreast of the latest rules and regulations affecting financial accounting and reporting. |
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| Risk Management: Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention |
| Many organizations have gone through extensive efforts to comply with internal control regulations. This targeted seminar will provide you with a firm grasp of the common financial and operational risks that still confront companies and what you need to do, beyond insuring against them, to manage those risks. You'll explore: defining acceptable levels of risk...the accountant's role in risk management...risk identification...fraud risk factors...common tools to strengthen controls, limit risk and prevent fraud...hedging and derivatives as a way to reduce risk...and insurance options. |
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| Sarbanes-Oxley: A Complete Review & Update |
| The Sarbanes-Oxley Act may be the most important legislation affecting public companies and their auditors since the creation of the SEC. This seminar thoroughly covers all key aspects of the Act, including: Section 404 compliance...the formation, roles and responsibilities of the PCAOB...the impact of Auditing Standard No. 5 (AS5)...Audit Committee requirements...senior management penalties for Act violations...changes to company pension plans...rules of conduct for attorneys in SEC practice...changes in shareholder reporting...changes to SEC reviews of public company reports...increased protection for whistleblowers...and certification requirements under Sections 302 and 906. |
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| SEC Accounting & Reporting |
| This seminar is an ideal introduction to the SEC world and is an excellent refresher for the seasoned veteran. |
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| SEC Developments: An Update |
| Stay abreast of the latest happenings at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) with this continually updated one-day program. |
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| Selected Topics in GAAP |
| If you're looking for a primer on critical GAAP topics, this is the seminar for you. This continually updated course will refresh the accountant's knowledge of key pronouncements and cover an array of GAAP issues including: contingencies, uncertainties and guarantees...accounting for inventories...purchase and sales commitments...equity method accounting...accounting for leases and the FASB's current views on leasing transactions...comprehensive income...R&D and advertising...nonmonetary transactions...going concerns...FASB Codification...and international convergence. |
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| Software Revenue Recognition |
| Diverse business models, industry-specific sales practices and software-focused accounting literature make revenue recognition for software a real challenge. |
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| SOX 404 Compliance: A How-To Guide |
| A comprehensive guide to the SOX 404 process, this seminar will teach you the "ins and outs" of 404 compliance and give you practical knowledge you need to get up to speed. Key topics of discussion will include: scoping and managing your project...materiality...documentation (including SAS 70)...leveraging the benefits of AS5...applying the latest SEC guidance...determining a top-down approach...understanding entity-level controls...identifying key controls...control objectives and focal points...internal control testing...significant deficiencies and material weaknesses...financial statement assertions and assertions by management...roles of the internal and external auditors and the Audit Committee...and attestation by external auditors. |
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| Stock-Based Compensation: Accounting Issues |
| The accounting rules for stock-based compensation require companies to recognize the fair value of share-based consideration on their financial statements. In this seminar, you'll learn what you need to do to comply and how expensing stock options and other share-based consideration will affect your accounting. |
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| The Credit Crisis--What Went Wrong |
| The "credit crisis" precipitated the worst period of economic turmoil since the Great Depression. But how did it happen? Was it greedy Wall Street banks? Opaque investment products? Or was fair value accounting to blame? This seminar explores the answers to these questions and examines the accounting and reporting implications. |
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| XBRL: The New Language of Financial Reporting |
| The SEC now mandates the use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for financial reporting for most public companies. By 2011, all public companies must use XBRL data tagging. |
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| Accounting & Auditing Update: A Complete Review of Key New Pronouncements |
| This comprehensive seminar explains how to implement recent pronouncements and anticipate future developments. You'll be brought up to date on the latest FASB pronouncements and gain the understanding to apply them effectively and efficiently. The seminar focuses on many areas including the most recent Codification updates...exposure drafts...international convergence...updates on auditing, independence and ethics...and more. |
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| Accounting & Internal Controls for Nonprofits |
| This seminar gives you the skills to handle the special accounting and reporting requirements for not-for-profits and deals with the most recent changes affecting these organizations. Review internal controls, financial statement requirements and the FASB Codification. You'll focus on types, goals and characteristics of not-for-profits...budgeting controls...programmatic and financial oversight...working with boards of directors...ethics and fraud issues...risk management...current and proposed tax and other regulations affecting NPOs, including the revised Form 990...special accounting and audit concerns...new guidance (FAS 164) on consolidations and goodwill...impact of UPMIFA on net assets...and more. |
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| Audit Effectiveness & Efficiency for Local Firms |
| Auditors engaged in local firm audits often find themselves in difficult positions, particularly when it comes to recognizing "red flags" and "smoking guns" that can spell trouble. This practical seminar covers what every local firm auditor needs to know. You'll obtain a clear understanding of the do's and don'ts of auditing...what questions you need to ask...how to detect fraud and its "red flag" indicators...how to avoid over-auditing...important concepts crucial to a successful audit...and more. Learn what procedures are required before, during and after field work to make sure your audit is in compliance with current standards. |
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| Auditing Employee Benefit Plans: Level I |
| Audits of employee benefit plans are among the leading causes of AICPA ethics investigations. Avoid unwittingly adding your company or firm—and yourself—to the list of tarnished reputations. This seminar will enable you to perform an efficient audit in accordance with GAAS and ensure that the plan's financial statements comply with GAAP, ERISA and DOL regulations. You'll understand the auditor's responsibilities for Form 5500, and you'll learn how to avoid common pitfalls. Topics it will cover include: audit and risk planning...assessing the level of testing for investments, contributions, benefit payments, payroll and participant data...financial statement presentation and disclosures...and more. |
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| Auditing Employee Benefit Plans: Level II |
| This seminar provides the sophisticated knowledge you need to deal with unique accounting issues in complex plans. It will help you to understand the reporting implications of plan terminations and mergers, gain an advanced understanding of GAAP and learn how to deal with common problems. It will cover: financial statements of defined contribution, defined benefits and health and welfare plans...Form 5500—auditors' responsibilities and easy checks...plan terminations and mergers—financial statements and Form 5500 implications...limited scope audits...use of SAS 70...legislative developments...new accounting pronouncements, sample disclosures and procedures. |
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| Compilations & Reviews: A Practical Approach |
| Successful compilations and reviews are thorough enough to meet professional standards, efficient enough to complete in a timely manner and effective enough to avoid deficiencies. This seminar gives you the know-how to accomplish these goals. Gain an in-depth review of SSARS, including the SSARS 19 overhaul of compilations and reviews…limited assurance…disclosures regarding independence…“review evidence” and review procedures…materiality…documentation…use of OCBOA...GAAP and OCBOA departures…comparative statements…management-use-only statements…scope limitations…changing accountants…common peer review deficiencies…and more. |
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| Current Accounting Issues for Not-for-Profit Organizations |
| This continually updated seminar is designed for accountants who want to remain on the cutting edge of the most recent accounting, tax and federal developments affecting not-for-profits. |
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| Due Diligence: Steps to Securing a Good Deal |
| This seminar gives you the tools and practice aids to apply due diligence to an array of business dealings. Go from an informal review of financial statements and a survey of company operations to a detailed investigation of all target activities. Explore such topics as analytical procedures...going concerns...initial reviews ...reviewing financial statements...determining what to buy and the valuation method(s) to use...quickly arriving at an initial valuation...assessing risk including post-acquisition costs...recognizing symptoms of failure...conducting an operational audit...assessing adequacy of systems, practices and procedures...assessing target company management...assessing restructuring and refinancing options...case studies...and more. |
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| External Audit Procedures for SOX 404 Compliance |
| This seminar will enable external auditors of public companies to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, including Section 404. It addresses the requirements of PCAOB Audit Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated with An Audit of Financial Statements. You'll focus on planning the scope of the engagement...performing walk-through tests...testing and evaluating design and operating effectiveness...identifying significant deficiencies and material weaknesses...remediation and re-testing...controls for prevention/detection of fraud...and forming an opinion and reporting. |
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| Single Audits of Government-Funded Activities |
| Auditors and finance personnel of government and not-for-profit organizations need a practical approach for reporting on single audits. Learn how to comply with the Single Audit Act, the Yellow Book, OMB circulars and GAO standards. Understand appropriate rules and regulations including relevant accounting and auditing guidance...auditor independence...who is subject to a single audit...dealing with multiple entities and consolidations...differentiating between subrecipients and vendors...responsibility for detecting fraud...internal control structure evaluation, sample selection and compliance testing...requirements for monitoring subrecipients...determining major programs using risk analysis...report content and filing requirements...and much more. |
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| Spreadsheet Best Practices: Roadmap to Reduced Risk |
| The Sarbanes-Oxley era has put spreadsheet integrity squarely in auditors' sights. And whether it's due to a lack of time or a lack of formal training, the fact remains that sloppy spreadsheet practices abound in the modern workplace. |
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| Best Practices in Finance & Accounting: Building a World-Class Organization |
| For every best practice you may already be using, there are probably dozens more you could use to be more competitive. Many are very simple and easy to implement with immediate impact while others are more complex. |
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| Budgeting: Achieving Results |
| Budgeting is an essential tool for supporting business growth, improving profitability and gaining an edge in our fiercely competitive global economy. |
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| Commercial Real Estate Leases: What You Need to Know |
| Knowing how to evaluate and negotiate commercial real estate leases is crucial to minimizing legal and financial exposure. This seminar gives you the tools to understand and negotiate complex commercial real estate leases. You'll learn techniques for dealing with the conflicting interests of landlords, tenants and lenders and how to evaluate the hidden financial costs of a lease. Topics include: the who and what of the lease agreement...term and cost of the lease...landlord and tenant rights and obligations...protecting the property and parties to the lease...shopping center and retail leases...tenant bankruptcy...ground leasing...tax aspects of leasing...default and remedies and miscellaneous lease options, including expansion, termination, renewals and extensions. |
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| Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control |
| This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of the roles, interrelationships and the functions of strategic planning, budgeting and control. Using examples, you'll learn to plan, budget and position your organization within its competitive environment. Discuss such key topics as sources of competitive advantage...creating an effective planning environment...developing a strategic plan...the operating budget as integral to the planning process...structuring financial systems to support responsibility reporting and budgetary control...activity-based costing techniques...differences in business planning techniques for small- medium- and large-sized organizations...the budget as a control mechanism and controlling within an empowered organization. |
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| Forecasting: Latest Methods & Practical Applications |
| In the current economy, there is a need to do more with less. As a result, analysis has to be quick, efficient, and provide meaningful information. Accountants are creating more forecasts because of the fast-changing business environment, yet have less time to create forecasts. |
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| Spreadsheet Best Practices: Roadmap to Reduced Risk |
| The Sarbanes-Oxley era has put spreadsheet integrity squarely in auditors' sights. And whether it's due to a lack of time or a lack of formal training, the fact remains that sloppy spreadsheet practices abound in the modern workplace. |
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| The Role of Financial Statement Analysis in Management Decision-Making |
| This seminar provides a strategic approach to financial statement analysis for effective financial management. Understand why financial analysis for business decisions must start with strategy and business modeling. Review business decisions for: granting credit to customers, valuing a business, performance improvement strategies and development of a strategic financial plan. Also covered: methods for determining a company's financial strength...industry comparisons...cost of capital concepts...critical financial ratios...using free cash flow to determine a company's value...using financial analysis models...integrating financial forecasting into business plans...XBRL...financial statement trend and variance analysis...and using profitability, solvency, activity and liquidity ratios. |
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