Financial Analysis Associate
Read a set of accounts and say what is actually going on.
What you will be able to do
- Say which of the three statements answers a given question
- Read a profit and loss statement and find where the money goes
- Explain why a profitable company can run out of cash
- Compute and interpret the handful of ratios that actually get used
- Write three sentences a founder would act on
Commerce students, freshers going into finance or analytics, and anyone in a startup who is suddenly responsible for the numbers.
What is in it
- 1Three statements, three questions10 min
- 2Reading a profit and loss11 min
- 3The balance sheet, and the money stuck inside it11 min
- 4Why profitable companies die9 min
- 5Saying what it means9 min
What is actually going on here
A short analysis: what happened, what is actually going on underneath, and what you would tell the founder about the new chain, with the questions you would want answered first.
About 85 minutes in total.
Two levels
Finish the units and the project and you get the Certificate of Completion. Add a live skill challenge on Financial Analysis and it becomes a Verified Certificate, which anyone you send it to can check for themselves.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing while insiderOne is in beta.
Can an employer check it?
Yes. Every certificate has its own page, and the code printed on it resolves there without anyone needing an account.
Do I need any experience?
No. These are written for students and people in their first job, and they assume nothing.
What do I actually walk away with?
The certificate, and the piece of work you made for the project, which stays in your insiderOne profile where an employer can see it.