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In 21st Century business, with intense global competition, cost consciousness and growing regulatory oversight, everyone in management has to learn and understand finance–the language of business. Leaders, at every level, must understand how business decisions account for profit–or loss!
Every investor in a company needs to learn how to read basic financial reports to analyze that business’s trends and prospects.
Now, PCI Global offers Bottom-Line Finance, a computer simulation and spreadsheet based course. This hands-on course explains the three key financial statement reports, how companies account for and measure results and how to make better (finance based) business decisions.
Key concepts covered include:
- Learn Basics of Finance
- Analyze a Balance Sheet – Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s Equity
- Analyze Income and Expense Statements – Revenues and Costs
- Analyze Cash Flow Statement – Sources and Uses of Cash
- Financial Metrics – Return “Ratios” such as Return on Investment, Assets
- Learn how Global Enterprises ‘Account’ for each dollar they take in and spend
- Integrate all 3 Reports and key metrics into one clear, comprehensive financial picture of a business
- Make Basic Business Decisions – Raising capital, hiring staff, borrowing money and purchasing supplies with immediate feedback on results
Before you begin this course, please take some time to read PCI Global’s Bottom-Line Finance Case Study. Click here to open the Bottom-Line Finance Case Study.
Click here to open Key Definitions you may find useful during this course. Definitions will open in new window.
Please note that you need to complete each Lesson/Topic in its set order to be able to proceed to the next Lesson/Topic. Once you have read the Lesson content and listened to the video, you must click on the green “Mark Complete” button to be able to move forward to the next Lesson in the course. If returning back to uncompleted course or if you need to refer back to any completed Lesson or Topic, you can do so at any time by using the “Course Content” section. Your completed Lessons and Topics will have a green circle with a check mark .
