Financial Statements and Financial Analysis Training | Grupas Training & Development
Reading and correctly interpreting financial statements forms the foundation of forward-looking strategic decisions. Grupas' Financial Statements and Financial Analysis training provides hands-on guidance on how to read the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, statement of changes in equity and the footnotes, and how to use financial analysis techniques in decision-making processes. The program covers financial literacy, ratio analysis, horizontal & vertical analysis, DuPont analysis, trend analysis and benchmarking, financial valuation (DCF, market multiples, NAV, WACC, scenario analysis), financial risk analysis, financial change analysis and early warning signals, together with sector-specific case studies.
Participant Profile — Who Is It For?
Senior executives, project and business development managers, finance managers/staff and process managers.
Learning Outcomes & Benefits for Your Company
- Focus on the cash cycle: Improving cash flow by optimizing the cash conversion cycle (CCC) and the inventory, receivables and payables cycles.
- Profitability ≠ Cash distinction: Managing the critical difference between accounting profit and actual liquidity.
- A culture of early diagnosis: Spotting slowdowns in sales, margin erosion, cash flow gaps, declining inventory turnover and collection delays before a crisis emerges.
- Sounder decisions: Basing investment, pricing and growth decisions on data through ratio analysis and valuation methods.
- Risk management: Classifying liquidity, credit, market (FX/interest rate) and operational risks; measuring them with VaR, stress tests and scenario analyses, along with hedging and reporting discipline.
- Budget control: Planned–actual variance analysis, root cause identification, an improvement roadmap and KPI tracking.
- A shared financial language: Enabling different departments to interpret financial statements holistically and to read inflation/FX effects correctly.
Training Details
Classroom training: 1 full day, maximum 15 participants, including interactive case studies and group activities. Remote training: 1 day in total (6 hours), maximum 25 participants. All participants who successfully complete the training receive a personalized Certificate of Attendance.
