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Undergraduate USA-ACG37-2021

Strategic Financial Analysis

Scrutinise business analysis processes and frameworks.

Leaf through a firm's financial statements and assess their strategies. Find out how mergers and acquisitions work. Pore over corporate governance and regulatory compliance requirements.

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$1,813 $2,875

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • HECS-HELP
  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Required

Study terms

  • 31 May 2021
  • 29 Nov 2021
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23

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. Examine the role of financial statements in the analysis of business strategy, performance appraisal and monitoring, valuation, credit assessment, and stakeholder reporting.
  2. Utilise financial statement information to undertake assessments of a firm's business, competitive and corporate strategy decisions, and its position and sustainability within its industry sector.
  3. Discuss how accounting rules, regulations and conventions impact the interpretation and use of financial statements in business analysis.
  4. Provide critical financial assessments of the firm's operating, financing and investment decisions relative to its own historical performance and to the contemporary performance of its competitors and peers.
  5. Identify the role for and requirements of financial statement information in appraisals of governance and regulatory compliance.
  6. Undertake forecasts for valuation, strategy and policy analyses using financial statements and other sources of business and economic information..
Topics covered
    • Introduction: A Framework for Business Analysis and Valuation
    • Strategy Analysis
    • Accounting Analysis and Implementation
    • Financial Analysis
    • Communication and Governance
    • Prospective Analysis 1: Forecasting
    • Prospective Analysis 2: Valuation Theory and Implementation
    • Equity
    • Credit analysis
    • Mergers and acquisitions
Entry requirements

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

USA-ACG23-Business Finance, or USA-ACG32 and USA-ACG12-Financial Accounting 1 ;

Others

Prior to enrolling, students must have successfully completed 72CP (16 subjects) of study.

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject is designed to improve students’ conceptual grasp of the role and practical application of financial statements in business analysis, particularly as it applies to valuation, credit assessment, strategic decision-making, and assessment of corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

Assessments

  • 1500 words (40%)
  • 1500 words (40%)
  • continuous assessment (20%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

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Bachelor of Accounting

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