Fundamentals of Financial Analysis

Whether you’re a complete newbie or a seasoned MBA…

When You Can Speak the Language of Finance, You Give Yourself an Unfair Advantage in Your Career

When you can not only read financial statements, but provide recommendations, you give yourself unfair advantage in the workplace.

It’s an advantage that can lead to confidence, praise, and promotions. This brand-new course from Leila Gharani of XelPlus will equip you with these critical skills – even if you’ve never taken a single finance or accounting class.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never had formal training and you think you’re unqualified to analyze financial statements.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re working for an employer, run your own business, or you’re an investor.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a CPA or a finance professional who’s been at this for decades.

Upping your game when it comes to analyzing finances is a critical skill. When you not only understand how money is created, how it flows, and how it multiplies, but can also give recommendations… you give yourself one of the most valuable – and lucrative -- skills in the world.

Warren Buffett said it best:

“The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself. The more you learn, the more you’ll earn."

– Warren Buffett.

Introducing Our Newest Course

Specifically Designed to Help You Analyze Financial Statements Like a Pro (Even if You’re Not One)

Our newest (and highly-awaited) course from XelPlus, called Fundamentals of Financial Analysis, will give you the skills needed to reach the next level in your career.

This no-fluff, easy-to-follow online course will help you:

• Develop X-Ray vision into your company’s finances, allowing you to see what’s going on behind the scenes
• Spot oncoming financial emergencies before they happen
• Predict where your company will be months and even years down the road
• Use ratios to quickly gauge the health of your company
• Decide whether to say “yes” or “no” to that new investment opportunity
• Speak with your higher-ups about finances, impressing them with your fluency (they may even begin asking you questions)
• Better manage your household finances, leaving you with more money for savings (and fun vacations)

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never read a book or taken a class on finance.

This new course will make you more fluent and more capable in one of our society’s most important arenas – the area of finance & money.

Which skill do you want to learn most?

In the list below, you’ll find some of the most useful finance skills. If these aren’t yet old habit, you’ll be surprised at how quickly you master them when you follow our course’s over-the-shoulder, step-by-step tutorials.

• How to reconcile the flow of financial transactions from journal entries to a trial balance
• How to create and read the main financial statements and how they link
• How to calculate metrics and ratios to judge financial performance
• How to improve cash flow by managing your working capital
• How to prepare Excel so you spend less time doing setup and more time gathering insights
• How to apply theoretical time value of money concepts to real world projects so you make better decisions
• Proven techniques for preparing sound forecasts and budgets

But that’s only a taste of what’s included. You can see the entire curriculum below:

Save Time with These Cheat Sheets

Your workday moves fast. Sometimes you don’t even have a minute to spare. That’s why you’ll love these brand new cheat sheets.

Keep these right beside you at your desk. They may even get more use than your smartphone.

NEW! Earn CPD credits

I’m excited to announce this course is CPD certified (8 CPD hours). When you complete this course, you’ll have the option to claim your CPD credits. You’ll see the official CPD stamp on your course certificate.

The Continuing Professional Development is a top global accreditation, trusted by companies and industries worldwide.

If CPD credits can help in your career, this isn’t a course to skip.

Ask yourself...

What would even a small improvement in your financial skills be worth over your next five, ten, even twenty years?

How much would having a financial leg up mean for your career?

No, you don’t need to get an MBA and spend $100,000 to learn the most valuable financial analysis skills.

You can learn them from the comfort of your own home. Best of all, you can learn them for a one-time investment of only $179 (ex. VAT).

You'll get:

• The confidence and rewards that come from being financially savvy
• Access to our entire 18-module course
• Lifetime access, so you’re never in a rush to complete a lesson
• The “Beam Me Up Scotty” topic transporter to quickly find what you need
• Our collection of financial analysis cheat sheets to keep at your desk
• Workbooks to help you work through the problems in the videos
• A comment section to get your questions answered by our staff (how awesome is that?)
• Credits for CPD
• English Captions so you can easily follow along each video
• Quizzes to track how well you understand the concepts
• Challenges to test your financial brain (move over, Lumosity)
• The bonus mini-course on Power Query to combine and clean data with ease

You have everything in that list for just $179 (excluding VAT). And again, you never lose access. You can see what a great deal this is.

Ready to take advantage? Click the button below and enroll now.

You can be watching the first lesson in less than five minutes.

Is this course right for me?

If you want to learn how to easily apply financial concepts to your daily life, make smart investment decisions, and advance your career or business, Fundamentals in Financial Analysis is for you. Our ideal students fall into one of these categories:

Ambitious Beginners

Is your dream to start a career in corporate finance or the financial services industry? Whether you're a newbie to finance or at the beginning of your career, Fundamentals in Financial Analysis will make sure you get started the right way.

Established Professionals

If you’re ready to deepen your financial knowhow, master new Excel techniques, and advance on the career path, Fundamentals in Financial Analysis will teach you how to fully leverage the language of business.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course start and finish?

You’ll take this course on your own time. It is a completely self-paced online course – so you decide when you start and when you finish.

How long do I have access to the course?

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.

What if I am unhappy with the course?

We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

What if I have questions about the lessons? Can I get those answered?

Yes! Most online courses leave you on your own, but not here at XelPlus.

We have a team of helpful teaching assistants (TA’s) ready to answer your questions about each lesson. Below each lesson, you’ll find a comment section where you can ask a question about the topic. Our TA’s will chime in and do their best to help you.

I’m a beginner. Will this course be too difficult for me?

Not at all! You can start slow, learning the basis, and then step up your knowledge from there.

If you’re a beginner, I recommend you begin with these lessons:

• Accounting Core Principles
• Types of financial statements
• The Beach Business case study (see how these principles work in the real world)
• Cash vs. Accrual accounting

Don’t try to bite off everything at once. Master these fundamentals first, and then you’ll have the skill and confidence to move into the more “ninja” topics.

I’m a seasoned pro and already understand the fundamentals. Will I learn anything new?

Good for you! It’s not easy to make it that far in the world of accounting and finance. You’ve clearly worked long and hard to get to this point.

Yes, this course will still benefit you. For two main reasons…

First, it’s always a good idea to review the fundamentals. Think back to when you were a beginner and everything was new. Was it possible there was something you missed because you were so overwhelmed with the new information?

This is your chance to go back to the basics, now armed with your experienced eye, and see the basics in a new light.

Second, there is plenty of advanced material for you to chew on. Try these on for size…

• Calculating Payback Period
• Compound Annual Growth Rate vs. AAGR
• Mastering Excel’s powerful SUMPRODUCT function
• Regression analysis

How long do I need to devote to this? I’m extremely busy at work.

Ah, I get it. When I was a project manager in the Finance Department at the paper company, I was working 50 hour weeks. I barely had time for family & fun, let alone spending more time at the computer learning.

First, it’s important to look at the big picture. One hour spent learning a faster way to compile data or generate reports can save you dozens or even hundreds of hours over the course of your career.

Don’t look at this course as an extra time burden. Look at it as a way of giving time back to your future self.

If you’re busy right now, block off just 1-2 hours per week. Surely you can find that in your schedule.

Then look at your calendar. If you have a lighter month coming up, make that “learning month.” Block it off now so nothing takes its place. You might even label this block “Invest in my future self.”

During that lighter time, you might devote 5 to 10 hours per week to doing the course & practicing the new techniques.

Again, each hour spent getting better at financial analysis will yield you at least triple that in your future work.

Any other questions?

Send us an email to [email protected] and a member of my team will get back to you ASAP.