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Financial Analysis – Basic Course

Financial Analysis – Basic Course. Master the fundamentals of financial insight. Whether you’re a works council member, an entrepreneur, a future business advisor at a bank, or simply someone eager to decode financial statements with confidence, this course is your ideal starting point.

  • A dynamic mix of interactive theory sessions, group assignments, and real-life case studies

  • Designed to be highly engaging and practical, ensuring you leave with applicable skills

What this training offers you

Understanding a company’s true financial health goes far beyond just reading numbers. Many business decisions rely on solid financial insights—but making sense of balance sheets, income statements, and financial ratios can be challenging without the right foundation. That’s where this course comes in.

Analyze layer by layer the true financial position of a company. Many business decisions are based, among other factors, on the financial position of an organization.

Why take this course?

This course empowers you to:

✅ Analyze a company’s financial position—layer by layer
✅ Read and interpret key financial documents with clarity and confidence
✅ Recognize essential financial cross-connections that influence business decisions
✅ Understand the most important financial concepts and ratios
In the Financial Analysis – Basic Course, you’ll gain the essential skills and insights to confidently assess a company’s financial health.

Each module is designed to build your financial fluency step by step, using real-life examples, practical tools, and interactive assignments.

📌The Five Dimensions of Value Creation
Understand how a company creates value through five key perspectives—rooted in both historical and scientific financial analysis. You’ll learn to assess a business’s performance not only in numbers but also in terms of long-term sustainability and strategic positioning.

📌Reading and Interpreting Financial Statements
Learn how to read, interpret, and critically evaluate the core financial statements:
• Balance Sheet – Understand a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity
• Income Statement – Analyze profitability and operational performance
• Cash Flow Statement – Track liquidity and cash movements
• Financial Forecasts – Evaluate future potential based on financial projections

📌Making Cross-Connections Between Financial Statements
See how the statements interrelate and what story the numbers tell collectively. Discover how to spot inconsistencies, red flags, or opportunities by connecting data across reports.

📌Key Financial Ratios and Concepts
Master the most important financial indicators:
• Profitability (e.g. gross margin, net profit margin)
• Liquidity (e.g. current ratio, quick ratio)
• Solvency (e.g. debt-to-equity ratio)
• Efficiency (e.g. inventory turnover, asset utilization)
• Cash Flow Analysis – Understand operating, investing, and financing cash flows

📌Creative Accounting and Financial Manipulation
Explore how numbers can be “massaged” and what signs to watch for. Get an introduction to the tactics behind creative accounting, and learn how to maintain a critical, analytical mindset.

📌Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Get to know the legal foundations of financial reporting. Understand how accounting laws and regulations shape what appears in financial statements—and what doesn’t.

📌Investment Analysis and Financing
Learn the basics of evaluating business investments and the strategies behind financing them. Discover the metrics and methods used by investors and financial institutions to assess risk and return.

📌Connecting Financial Analysis to Business Strategy
Bridge the gap between numbers and decision-making. Learn how to apply financial insights to business strategies, and make recommendations that go beyond the spreadsheet.
Using real-life case studies, the true financial position of the company is analyzed layer by layer. Both theoretical methods and, most importantly, the practical experience of the facilitator are used.

This training is interactive and offers ample opportunity to discuss participants’ questions and their own cases.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Hands-on experience with real-world case studies
• Deep insights into the practical application of financial theory
• Interactive sessions that encourage you to bring your own questions and cases
• A solid foundation in financial analysis, ready to build upon

Ready for More?
Already have a solid grasp of the basics? Take your skills to the next level with our Financial Analysis – Advanced Course.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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The trainers at 3Masters work within the field of the training. They are specialists who engage with the training content daily. At 3Masters, we believe it is important that trainers have extensive experience and are enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with participants.

Together with our trainers, we aim for an optimal trainer-to-participant ratio. Therefore, we work with training groups of approximately 12 participants, ensuring a good balance between experience, knowledge, and skills.

The training sessions can be organized both in-company and virtually. Together with the client, we determine what works best for the participants. Everything is possible, and our trainers are flexible.

The timing of the training will be determined in consultation with the client. Morning, afternoon, and evening sessions are all possible.

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