Understanding Annual Reports

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Discover the story behind the numbers

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An annual report gives an impressoin of a company's financial health. Thus, a thorough understanding of the balance sheet and profit-and-loss account of a company is an essential skill for every stakeholder. In this programme you will unravel the story behind the numbers of the annual report. You will be introduced to key concepts, along with an abundance of real-life cases.

Using inspiring and interactive methods, this programme familiarises you with key concepts from the world of finance.

Value-added for you and your company

  • You will gain an understanding of key concepts in Accounting and Finance.
  • You will familiarise yourserlf with these concepts through our proprietary simulation game F.A.S.T.© (Finance & Accounting Simulation Tool).
  • You will develop your skills to analyse financial information.

Is this programme for you?

This programme aims at professionals with the ambition to get a firm footing in finance, to acquire a thorough understanding of the essentials of finance and the skills to interpret financial reports of organisations (your own of the competition's). This programme offers you basic knowledge of the principles of financial management. A previous background in finance is not required.

The Vlerick Approach

Vlerick connects theory to practice, and back again. Theoretical concepts and insights turn tangible through pratical examples, cases and exercises. Such case studies present excellent opportunities to compare notes with faculty and fellow participants, offering different angles of analysis and refreshing options for action.

This programme's unique feature is our simulation game F.A.S.T.©, conceived and developed in-house by our Vlerick faculty. Playing the game you will quickly and easily develop a vivid understanding of key concepts in Accounting and Finance, such as fixed and floating, costs and yields, revenues and expenses, cash flow, etc.