CRF Training 1

Diagnostic Cash Flow and Financial Analysis: - Tools, Techniques, and Cases -

This one and one-half day session will cover intermediate and advanced methods of cash flow and financial ratio analysis with case studies in a variety of industry settings. Session segments are as follows:

I. Financial Statement Structure and Reporting

This segment will provide an understanding of the elements and content of balance sheets, income and cash flow statements. By working through the financial reporting process you will learn how business activity generates accounting transactions that lead to the creation of the financial statements.

II. Understanding and Interpreting the Cash Flow Statement

This segment will identify and describe the elements of the cash flow statement and outline how it relates to the balance sheets and income statement. Participants will arrive at a deeper understanding of the meaning of information in the cash flow statement and how it adds value to the other two financial statements.

III. Operating Performance, Cash Flow, and Risk

This segment will provide an overview and development of tools and techniques of measuring and understanding risk from both an operating and cash flow perspective. This will include intermediate and advanced application of financial ratios and other key performance indicators.

IV. Case Analyses

The tools and techniques covered in the first three segments will be put into practice by working through a variety of case analyses in the following areas. Selection can be tailored to the interests of the participants:
- Retailing
- Distribution
- Manufacturing
- IP and Technology
- Capital intensive service
- Labor intensive service

Instructor: Dr. Steven Isberg Ph.D

Steven Isberg is Senior Research Fellow at CRF and Associate Professor of Finance at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore. He has been teaching financial analysis and decision-making in both the academic and professional settings over his entire career. He has recently authored a series of online financial analysis training courses for CRF. A course on Diagnostic Cash Flow and Financial Analysis is the latest of his "face-to-face" program developments, some of which will eventually be offered online. He continues to be active in a number of research fields, including studies of the outcome of different operating strategies on business sustainability and the historical roots of modern-day financial crises.