- Financial Statement Analysis Program
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General purpose financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) or U. S. GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) represent the window through which many of the various stakeholders view an organization’s performance and financial position. As business transactions have become increasingly complex in recent years, financial statements have become more complicated. Making good decisions based on financial statements requires a basic understanding of how business transactions affect the financial statements and how to interpret the financials.read more
Accounting standards often provide for alternative treatments in the financial statements for a given transaction. For example, a company may be able to use either straightline or accelerated depreciation rates. In addition, varying accounting treatments may be used, depending on how a given transaction is structured. For example, in some cases a lease may have to be reported on the financial statements as though it was a capital asset purchase. In other cases, the lease is treated as a simple rental like the rental of an automobile for a few days. Companies often structure major business transactions around the desired financial reporting outcome. To this extent, business strategy is often driven by the financial statements.
3SVA is very pleased to offer an MBA level executive development program covering financial statement analysis, with an emphasis on financial reporting strategies. The program consists of two courses. The first is a 3-day course titled Essentials of Financial Statement Analysis . This course is self-contained and designed for those who look forward to obtaining essential skills and knowledge in understanding financial statements and how to analyze financial statements, including extensive ratio analysis.
The second course is titled Critical Issues in Financial Statements. This course includes, among others, topics related to mergers and acquisitions, off-balance-sheet assets and liabilities, Capital versus operating leases, special purpose entities, stock based compensation, U. S. GAAP versus IFRS accounting standards. Real life case studies published by top business schools will be used throughout both programs. read less
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Management Accounting: A Strategic Approach (3rd edition), and Management Accounting (4th edition). His articles have been published in many of the leading professional accounting journals, including The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, The Journal of Accountancy, and Management Accounting.
He teaches courses in financial and managerial accounting in the MBA and Executive MBA programs, and has also taught extensively in executive education programs at the Goizueta Business School, including the Management Development Program, Advanced Management Program, Investor Relations Program, Managerial Skills for Not-For-Profit Managers, Emory Healthcare Physician Management Program, and Financial Management for Non-financial Managers. He has developed and taught custom executive and management education programs for several companies, including The Home Depot, Lockheed, BellSouth, and Riverwood International.
Goizueta Business School, at which Hartgraves is a full-time faculty member, provides one of the top ranked MBA programs internationally. The Executive MBA program at Goizueta is ranked # 12 among all Executive MBA programs worldwide by BusinessWeek, and ranked # 10 nationally by U.S. News and World Report. |
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