Intermediate Accounting for Corporate Finance Advisors

Following the successful delivery of several training programs on “hard” corporate finance skills in the Netherlands, London, New York and Asia I offer since 2015 an open programme primarily focussed on analyst and associates of investment banks, corporate finance boutiques, corporate finance advisors, private equity firms, M&A departments of corporates and equity analyst. Based on my experience as an active corporate finance advisor/valuator and being affiliated with several universities, I will provide the courses with a nice blend between practice and theory. Participants of the training programme will improve their hard corporate finance skills and will be able to apply the learnings immediately after the modules in their day-to-day work. Furthermore, the training program gives the delegates an opportunity to network with their peers. 

In this course the participants learn key accounting concepts that are relevant from a financial statement analysis, financial modelling, valuation and credit analysis perspective. During this two-day course, intermediate accounting theory will be lectured and participants will be asked to model some of the cases in excel. Furthermore, participants will also learn to analyse and understand the impact of the accounting on financial statement analysis, valuation and credit analysis. The most important accounting topics that will be discussed during this course are:

• Basic accounting principles
• Accounting for revenues
• COGS/inventories for manufacturing companies
• Provisions and contingent assets/liabilities
• Accounting for taxes
• Pensions
• Group companies and consolidation
• Accounting for business combinations
• Lease accounting
• Tangible and intangible assets
• Financial instruments
• Earnings management and creative accounting 

Prerequisites are: basic accounting and corporate finance knowledge and excel skills

Participants have to bring their laptop along and a pre course instruction will be sent before the course starts. The course venue is located on the Zuidas in Amsterdam (Atrium, Strawinskylaan 3051, first floor). The course venue is located nearby metro/train station Amsterdam Zuid. Lunch and drinks are included. The course will be held in English unless all of the particapants are Dutch. 

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