Advanced Finance and Advisory Skills
Course Overview
This advanced course is tailored for finance professionals, advisors, and experienced investors who want to enhance their strategic financial and advisory expertise. It focuses on high-level financial analysis, investment strategies, risk management, and professional advisory practices, enabling learners to provide informed guidance and make complex financial decisions with confidence.
Duration: 6 days, 8 hours | Level: Intermediate | Language: English
Please Note: Thames College is a One Education approved resale partner for Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed courses.
What You'll Learn
- Advanced financial statement analysis and valuation techniques
- Investment strategy, asset allocation, and portfolio optimisation
- Risk management, derivatives, and hedging strategies
- Corporate finance, capital structure, and funding decisions
- Financial advisory principles, client profiling, and tailored recommendations
- Performance measurement, reporting, and decision-making frameworks
- Ethical standards, governance, and compliance in finance and advisory practice
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What You'll Get
- Advanced, self-paced learning modules
- Practical case studies and real-world financial scenarios
- Tools, templates, and models for professional finance and advisory work
- Skills applicable to senior finance roles, investment management, and advisory services
- Certificate of completion
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need prior finance experience?
A: Yes. This is an advanced course intended for learners with foundational finance knowledge or professional experience.
Q: Who should take this course?
A: Finance professionals, investment advisors, portfolio managers, and senior-level financial analysts.
Q: Will this course help me provide expert financial advice?
A: Absolutely. It focuses on high-level analysis, strategic decision-making, and professional advisory practice.
Course Curriculum
| Section-1. Introduction | |||
| Financial Statement Analysis Objectives | 00:02:00 | ||
| Financial Analysis Methods in Brief | 00:10:00 | ||
| Ratio Analysis | 00:05:00 | ||
| Section-2. Profitability | |||
| Gross Profit Operating Margin Ratios | 00:10:00 | ||
| Net Profit Expense Control Ratios | 00:05:00 | ||
| ClassRoom Discussion for some other expenses | 00:07:00 | ||
| Use of Profitability Ratio to Understand Competitive advantage and Business Models | 00:08:00 | ||
| Section-3. Return Ratio | |||
| Return on Assets and FIxed Assets | 00:11:00 | ||
| Return on Capital Employed | 00:08:00 | ||
| Case Study Analysis of three telecom companies | 00:15:00 | ||
| Cautions for using return ratios on face value | 00:04:00 | ||
| Ratios which help to understand how efficiently assets are used | 00:17:00 | ||
| How we measure utlisation of assets not recorded in Balance Sheet | 00:09:00 | ||
| Section-4. Liqudity Ratio | |||
| Liquidity Ratio to understand Risk inherent in companies | 00:05:00 | ||
| Long Term Liquidity Ratios | 00:06:00 | ||
| Section-5.Operational Analysis | |||
| Financial Analysis Measure meant to understand efficiency in other operations | 00:04:00 | ||
| Summarise – Ratios use for operational analysis | 00:03:00 | ||
| Dupont Analysis to understand opportunities in optimising return on equity | 00:04:00 | ||
| Section-6. Detecting Manipulation | |||
| Detecting Manipulation in accounts – Fake Sales | 00:11:00 | ||
| Detecting Manipulation – Wrong Depreciation and others | 00:06:00 | ||
| Pricing Decisions | 00:07:00 | ||
| How to make Capex Decisions | 00:05:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Financial Analysis | 6 days, 6 hours | ||
Certificate of Achievement
Upon completion, you will receive a CPD-accredited certificate recognised globally. Choose from:
Pdf Certificate & Transcript £7.99
Hardcopy Certificate & Transcript £17.99
This certification validates your knowledge and skills, boosting your employability in healthcare.
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