ACCOUNTING and FINANCE ESSENTIALS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM 

The success of any business or nonprofit organization requires a solid understanding of accounting and finance principles!  You will use real world examples to understand basic accounting and finance principles to record, summarize and understand financial information, work with cash flow projections, financial statements, balance sheets, budgets, measure return on investment, and understand the five basic financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, statement of changes in owners’ equity and statement of comprehensive income.  Complete both the following Accounting and Finance courses to earn the Certificate of Completion or take just one of interest. 

Instructor: Jim Chiafery, CPA, CMA, CFE, with 35 years experience as an auditor, controller, financial manager, investor relations officer and most recently a fraud examiner

Fundamentals of Accounting

Understanding basic accounting principles is critical whether the owner of a small business or employed by a large company!  Use real-world examples to learn to record and summarize financial information, read and understand cash flow statements, explore different types of financial statements like balance sheets, income statements, changes in shareholder equity, statement of cash flows and statement of comprehensive income plus discover how certain accounting methods or estimates can simplify your understanding of the financials.

Offered again fall 2012

Business Finance Fundamentals

Use financial information to improve decision making, budget planning, and identify relevant information for analysis.  Learn to financially analyze the health of a company, use financial ratios, read and interpret financial statements, understand time value of money, prepare budgets, project income and cash flow, and assess the feasibility of proposed projects plus measure rates of return on investments.

464 SBPD1121-RWA: M, 6:30-8:30pm, 5 wks, 4/9-5/14 (no class 4/16), $189 + $21 materials fee, Riverwalk