
Advanced Accounting & Finance Management
Course Description
(Objectives)
- Specify the exact nature and scope of corporate financial reporting
- Identify and criticize specific concepts, rules, and procedures are in place for corporate financial reporting
- Understand multiple interpretations of financial statements via IFRS, FAS, SEC, etc
- Integrate risk management and corporate governance
- Understand the content of and relationships between financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows)
- Understand how to use financial statements to evaluate the financial performance of an organization
- Understand discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques and their application to financial decision making
- Understand the budgeting process, including performance evaluation
- Understand cost behavior and its impact on management decisions
- Learn how to communicate and to question financial information effectively
(Participants)
Attendees are expected to be intellectually curious with a commitment to learning that requires significant personal effort. The nature of the course and of the materials dictate that interaction, commitment, and debate are the core components of the learning process. While no particular level of prior knowledge is needed, there is an assumption that the attendees are committed to immersing themselves in a learning situation.
Course Curriculum

Yousef Khalaf
Research AssociateYousef brings nearly 14 years of extensive experience and expertise in marketing research and analysis. He has directly managed a variety of private-sector projects, including market research, market analysis,