Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Describe and discuss the goals and functions of financial management.
• Analyze a firm’s financial statements using ratios, vertical analysis and horizontal analysis.
• Analyze the contents and the structure of the income statement, the balance sheet, the cash flow statement and the statement of changes in equity.
• Calculate present value, future value, annuity amounts, and rates of return and analyze time value of money problems.
• Develop cash budgets and forecast financial statements.
• Compare and contrast different sources of long-term financing.
• Measure the firm’s cash conversion cycle.
• Determine the optimal mix of working capital: receivables, inventory, cash.

Effective as of Winter 2015