Financial Accounting Essentials workshop

Description

This training workshop demonstrates:

• How accounting is the system of recording financial transactions.
• The profit and loss (P&L) statement, which summarises the revenues, costs, and expenses incurred during a specified period.

By attending this training workshop, you will understand the purpose of the balance sheet, which is to show the financial status of an organization at a specific point in time.

What you will learn

Accounting Basics

• Accounting concepts
• Steps in the accounting cycle
• The objectives of financial reporting
• Financial reporting standards

The Profit and Loss Statement

• Measurement of income
• Types of costs and expenses
• The many levels of profit
• Opex and capex

The Balance Sheet

• Constituents of the balance sheet
• The fundamental accounting equation
• Importance of working capital
• Exercise – prepare a set of accounts