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Balance Sheet and Income Statement

Balance Sheet and Income Statement / Kaerus
Balance Sheet and Income Statement

1.5 days (10 hours)

IN PERSON IN PARIS 19 OR LIVE ONLINE


This programme provides a clear and structured approach to reading and understanding the balance sheet and income statement.

You will learn how to connect the figures to the underlying business activity, identify areas of risk or opportunity, and turn your analysis into concrete decisions on cash flow, margins and investment.

By the end of the programme, you will be able to explain a balance sheet and income statement to management, a banking partner or an investor, and quickly identify significant variances and their likely causes.

You will be able to assess their impact on cash flow and profitability, then formulate a prioritised recommendation supported by a short- and medium-term action plan.

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Programme

Each sequence combines short theoretical inputs, guided demonstrations and practical case studies.

Sequence 1
Structure Your Reading

You will establish a structured framework for analysing financial statements and drawing clear conclusions from them.

• Structure and relationship between the balance sheet, income statement and notes to the financial statements

• Reading the main balance-sheet categories : assets and liabilities, equity, debt and fixed assets

• Intermediate management balances and EBITDA to connect operating performance with the final result

• Comparison of current year versus prior year and normalisation of the scope before analysis

Sequence 2
Analyse to Take Action

You will turn your analysis into concrete levers for improving cash flow and profitability.

• Margins, fixed and variable costs, and break-even point

• Working capital, working capital requirements, net cash, cash flow generation and debt

• Significant variances : price and volume effects, customer and supplier payment terms, and inventory turnover

• Key operating, profitability and financial structure ratios to support objective decision-making

Sequence 3
Present and Decide

You will produce a clear, accessible summary and prepare for discussions with external stakeholders.

• Executive summary with key messages and warning points

• Management dashboard and cash flow snapshot with a prioritised action plan

• Preparation for a banking discussion : supporting file, covenants and 12- to 18-month forecasts

• Follow-up governance : responsibilities, meeting summary and next steps

Target Audience and Prerequisites

This programme is designed for business leaders, Finance and Administration Managers, CFOs, Accounting Managers and Project Managers who want to move from descriptive financial reporting to decision-oriented analysis.

A basic understanding of accounting principles is recommended but not essential.

Teaching Methods and Materials

A rigorous, practical teaching approach centred on your real business situations.

Guided demonstrations, supervised practice and immediate feedback in small groups.

Structured, decision-oriented materials, including analytical frameworks, checklists and ready-to-use templates.

Sessions are delivered either in person in a fully equipped training room or remotely via a secure, high-definition live platform, with dedicated support.

Assessment and Certificate

Learning outcomes are assessed through a multiple-choice quiz and a case study based on real-life situations.

Each participant receives a personalised certificate, together with the main observations made during the training.

All documents required for funding and administrative follow-up are provided to participants.

These include the detailed programme, the signed training agreement, attendance records and the personalised certificate.

What makes this training an essential choice

This programme goes beyond simply explaining a balance sheet and income statement.

It teaches you how to identify the key signals needed to assess financial strength, investment capacity and the company’s actual room for manoeuvre.

You leave with a structured analytical framework, sound analytical reflexes and a clear way to present the figures to management, a banker or an investor.

Alice J.

Accounting Manager

This programme enabled me to strengthen my critical reading of the balance sheet and income statement. The analyses presented are directly applicable to monitoring performance and anticipating variances.

Raphaël L.

Finance Project Manager

The content gets straight to the point : understanding key indicators, connecting the figures to operational reality and communicating financial results more effectively to teams.

Pricing and Funding

The training session is confirmed once the minimum number of participants has been reached, according to the published schedule.

Funding may be available through your OPCO
For in-company training sessions, a tailored quotation is prepared on request

An immersive training programme

1.5 days designed as a genuine strategic investment

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Qualiopi Certification, professional standards and data protection

Qualiopi

Our quality certification was issued under the training activity category pursuant to Article L.6313-1, 1° of the French Labour Code.
Certification body: ICPF
Certificate No.: B04968

Trainer

Specialist in financial analysis and reporting.
7–10 years of experience.
He/She teaches the Balance Sheet and Income Statement programme.
His/Her teaching approach is resolutely practical, using real-life cases, simple analytical frameworks and decision-oriented reporting.

Data protection

Trainee data is processed within a GDPR-compliant framework using infrastructure located within the European Union.

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