Walter Haig's Business Financial Health Checkup

Friday, March 21, 2025
Webcast or Webinar, Online
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (opens at 8:30 AM) EST
8Credits
Accounting and Auditing

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$239.00 Regular Price
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$359.00 Regular Price

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Course Type: Webcast
Course Code: 24/CX49228
Level: Intermediate
Vendor: CPA Crossings, LLC
Field of Study: Accounting

Overview:

This course fills an important need for both financial managers and accountants in the practice of public accounting by offering the tools to help ensure the future success of a business. Practical guidance for the effective use of benchmarking and analytical procedure is also provided. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Objectives:

After attending this presentation you will be able to...

  • Identify common profitability key factors
  • Recognize common "management" financial statements
  • Analyze common internal controls utilized by non-public businesses

Major Topics:

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

  • How to use analytical procedures as a management tool to identify areas hindering the profitability of the entity
  • How to use analytical procedures to identify misstatements in financial information
  • Techniques for developing a "workable" business plan
  • Recasting GAAP financial statements into powerful management tools
  • Developing and using benchmarks to identify profitability problems
  • Identifying profitability key factors
  • The relationship of internal controls and the health of an entity
  • Common weaknesses in the internal controls of SMEs using the guidelines in the COSO Report on Internal Controls and common internal controls to address those weaknesses
  • How to create "goal" statements that achieve results

Major Topics:

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

  • How to use analytical procedures as a management tool to identify areas hindering the profitability of the entity
  • How to use analytical procedures to identify misstatements in financial information
  • Techniques for developing a "workable" business plan
  • Recasting GAAP financial statements into powerful management tools
  • Developing and using benchmarks to identify profitability problems
  • Identifying profitability key factors
  • The relationship of internal controls and the health of an entity
  • Common weaknesses in the internal controls of SMEs using the guidelines in the COSO Report on Internal Controls and common internal controls to address those weaknesses
  • How to create "goal" statements that achieve results

Designed For:

This course is designed for practitioners who have the responsibility of analyzing the financial condition and organizational health of closely held companies.

Prerequisites:

None