Key focus areas
- what constitutes balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements as well as the importance of notes and accounting policies
- financial ratio analysis
- key non financial performance measures
- cost considerations…causes and avoidance
- the concept of contribution and marginal costing
- corporate financial planning
- measures of performance including ROE, RONA and EVA(r)
- working capital management
- growth, cash-flow and profitability considerations
- discounted cash-flow and capital costs
- principles of valuation and value creation.