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Financial accounting

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training informations

Short program (FC)

duration

3 days spread over 1 month

price

CHF 2’250

language

French

location

Onsite

internationally recognized

hands-on & practical course

Presentation of the program

Understanding and analysing financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement) and their key components (shareholders' equity, net income, operating cash flow, etc.) helps to better assess the financial health of companies (profitability, default risk).

This module focuses on accounting and financial vocabulary and a number of key concepts, with plenty of illustrations (exercises and case studies).

The aim is not to train accountants or financial analysts, but to help company managers (at various levels) formulate relevant financial analyses to facilitate decision-making.

This 3-day module, offered by the Executive Education HEC Lausanne, sheds clear and precise light on the content of accounting information and its analysis using a methodical approach.

Learning objectives

Define the content of financial statements, as well as the advantages and limitations of accounting information.
Assess a company's financial situation using its financial statements.
Extract key information from financial statements in order to make relevant decisions.

Target audience

Anyone wishing to understand the content of an organization's financial statements.
Company managers (at various levels) with a "non-financial" profile.
Accountants with basic training wishing to develop their careers.

About the program

This short program Financial accounting was built for professionals seeking to learn about fundamental concepts and then practice them trough practical exercises. There is a strong emphasis on practical application supported by academic excellence, with the use of exercises and break-out groups, industry examples and guest speakers. The fundamental notions will be presented beforehand, then supplemented and illustrated by numerous practical exercises based on real cases .

This approach will allow the participants to deploy the concepts presented during the course as well as forging a strong analytical mindset to tackle future challenges they might face on .

main program

Accounting

Finance

4.5

Finance & accounting

15 days spread over 6 months

CAS

French

onsite

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The Executive Education HEC Lausanne offers more than 59 Open programs in various fields: Accounting. As a result, and beyond this short program in Financial accounting, we offer several other related programs that may be of interest to you.