The Jamaica Stock Exchange will be hosting its ““Analyzing & Interpreting Financial Statements” on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Terra Hotel.
Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements; Who is it Gear Towards?
Business Owners
The right financial statements prepared properly tell much about your business. Understanding the financial details of your business – and, at times, being able to effectively communicate them to others – can mean the difference between success and failure. Informed business owners should pay close attention to the company’s profitability, cash flow, expenditure and other relevant and key indicator. Analyzing financial data can also help you set business objectives on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis. Here are three reasons to analyze and interpret financial statements:
- To provide critical information on the state and prospect of your business.
- Keep control of general and administrative expenses.
- Proper accounting keeps your company in a ready state to attract investors to your business.
Investors
As an investor you must be able to read financial statements to allow you to make very important financial decision that is whether to buy or sell a company stock, especially the companies that are being listed on the Junior Market.
Like any new and complex subject, the language of financial statements may at first seen very intimidating. Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements will endeavour to demystify the financial jargon and assist you the investor to understand the subject.
Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements will also give you information on how to read a company’s financial statements in the company’s prospectus and the financials in a company’s annual report. The presenter will discuss key numbers and ratio in each of the statements and offers suggestions on how to make sense of these numbers.
Course Outline
- Components of the financial statement
- The importance of understanding the quality of assets of a company
- Distinguishing between various liabilities and assets of a business; considering which is more worrisome than others?
- The components of Net Worth
- The importance and limitations of standard ratios
- Framework for Producing Financial Statements (IFRS)
Understanding the notes to Financial Statements: A Useful Analytical Tool
Interpreting Financial Data
Who Should Attend
Commercial Accountants
External Auditors
Credit Analysts
Loan Officers
Branch Managers
Loan Committee Members
Small & Medium Size Business owners
Facilitators -Mr. Donald Brown, FCCA, FCA, Audit Manager BDO & Mr. Balvin Vanriel, FCCA, FCA, Audit Manager BDO
Cost $10,000.00 +GCT
For further information and registration please contact:
Alecia Lewis, Email: alecial@jamstockex.com or Michael Johnson,
E-mail: michaelj@jamstockex.com
Tel: 967-3271 Fax: 924-9090
