This course won’t make you an accounting expert, but it will equip you to confidently discuss financial aspects of your company or one you’re evaluating. It will enable you to view the balance sheet of a concern as if a ‘photograph’, while viewing the income statement as if a ‘movie camera’. While analyzing financial statements may help you seek answers, this course will also guide you in shaping the right questions often, discovering what you didn’t think to ask can be just as crucial as finding the answers you seek.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to discuss financial statements and accounting concepts that apply specifically and universally.
- You will be able to explain basic accounting terms, ratios and pertinent statements
- You will be able to identify red flags in financial statements.
- You will be able to describe what a financial statement does not provide.
Agenda
Understanding Basic Financial Statements
- Income Statement
- Balance Sheet
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Footnote Disclosures
- Cash Versus Accrual Basis Accounting
Red Flags to Look for in Financial Statements
- Examples of Employee Red Flags
- Examples of Management Red Flags
- Change in Behavior Red Flags
- Examples of Red Flags in Cash Accounts Receivable
Financial Statement Analysis
- Examples of Financial Statement Manipulation
- What a Financial Statement Does Not Provide
- Analyzing the Financial Statements
- Using Ratios
- Sample Income Statements and Balance Sheets (Common Sized)
Speakers
Martin H. Abo, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF,
Abo and Company, LLC- Manager and founding member of Abo and Company, LLC Certified Public Accountants
- Co-managing member of Abo Cipolla Financial Forensics, LLC, an affiliate of the core accounting firm exclusively providing expert witness testimony on financial matters and other litigation support services and business valuations
- Has comprehensive experience in individual and corporate finance, business and tax planning
- The majority of his business clients have closely held businesses and professional service firms needing advice and guidance on evaluating the enterprise and establishing/maintaining sound business and financial practices that are also practical
- Has been providing such services for lawyers and law firms of various sizes and other enterprises covering many industries; clients, as well as the banking, insurance, legal and general business communities, continue to call upon him to provide unbiased consulting assistance, business valuations and dispute resolution
- Holds the professional designation of certified valuation analyst from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and has been awarded the designations of ABV, Accredited in Business Valuation, and CFF, Certified in Financial Forensics, by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Volunteers time and expertise to many other business and professional organizations including serving as a director of Deborah Hospital Foundation; an active member and served as president of the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey; is an active member and served as a director of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey; serves on the Matrimonial Accounting Interest Group of the NJSCPA
- Director and treasurer of Exit Planning Exchange-Philadelphia (XPX), whose members include estate planning attorneys, CPAs, investment bankers, wealth management advisors, commercial lenders, executive coaches, M&A attorneys, marketing and management consultants as well as former business owners who now advise fellow business owners on exit planning
- Can be contacted at 856-222-4723 or marty@aboandcompany.com
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for accountants, CPAs, controllers, CFOs, tax managers, tax preparers, finance directors, accounts payable professionals and bookkeepers.
