Analysis of corporate finance (5 cr)

Objective

You can analyze the financial accounts and calculate financial key ratios.
You can plan and control profitability and cash flow.
You can plan company´s future by using budgeting and prepare a forecast of a financial statement.
You can prepare a balanced score card (BSC) for a business.

Content

How to revise and analyze the financial statements?
How to calculate key ratios and prepare different analyses?
How to prepare a forecast for the financial statements?
How to develop a company´s business by using BSC?

Evaluation

a. You are able to use professional vocabulary in different situations.
b. You are able to justify information sources in a critical way.
c. You are able to work in a team in life expert duties and identify and descripe the problems of the professional field.
e. You are able to choose models, methods, software and techniques and explain your choice.

Course material

- Yritystutkimus ry, Yritystutkimuksen tilinpäätösanalyysi, Gaudeamus 2017
- Jyrki ja Mervi Niskanen, Tilinpäätösanalyysi, EDITA (vanha kirja, voit ottaa opintojen tueksi)
- Esa Jyrkkiö ja Veijo Riistama, Laskentatoimi päätöksenteon apuna, WSOY
TAI Jormakka - Koivusalo - Lappalainen - Niskanen, Laskentatoimi, EDITA

Timing of exams and assignments

Uusintatentit ovat: 20.1.2020, 23.3.2020 ja 4.5.2020

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Accounting and Cost accounting studies or equivalent knowledge.