FP&A 101 - An Introduction to Financial Planning and Analysis

FP&A Analysis involves consideration of economic and business trends, reviews of past company performance, and attempts to anticipate obstacles and potential problems, all with an eye toward forecasting a company’s future financial results.

Why should you Attend:
Corporate Financial Analysts are charged with examining, analyzing, and evaluating the entirety of a corporation’s financial activities, and mapping out the company’s financial future.

Areas Covered in the Session:
Corporate financial planning and analysis professionals are a group that has to be able to read and truly understand a company’s financial statements - balance sheets, cash flow statements, income statements, and in the case of public companies, shareholders’ equity statements.

Analysts must understand the interrelated aspects of debits and credits and be able to calculate and evaluate key financial ratios in order to determine where the company stands financially, and how best to move forward from there.

In this introductory webinar we will cover:

• Conceptual Framework
• Balance Sheets, Cash Flows and Financial Statements
• Divisions of the Ledger
• Primary Ratios
• Data Analytics
• Analysis tools and techniques

• All Accountants, Managers and Auditors who are seeking to move into Financial Planning and Analysis