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Basic Concepts of Financial Analysis

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Improve your accounting skills by learning finance-related aspects and concepts with this free online course. Understand the basic concepts of finance and accounting. Become familiar with the world of banking and commerce in detail. This free online course is an excellent opportunity to step up your accounting knowledge and raise your financial skills. It will cement your understanding of the fundamental concepts of finance and commerce and prepare you to analyze financial statements and matters independently. Enroll today!

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195961
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Explain the fundamentals of finance-related aspects and concepts
• Describe the types of financial statements
• Explain balance sheet structure and its concepts
• Define an ‘income statement’ and explain how to analyze income statements in Excel sheets
• Describe twenty ratios and their interpretation in an Excel sheet
• Recognize standard benchmark ratios applicable in banks
• Describe the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) concept with a case study for term loans and security coverage ratios along with standard benchmark ratios in banks
• Explain ‘break-even’ analysis with a case study in an Excel sheet
Course Code4295

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