NUS AMP 4 – Managerial Accounting and Finance

Managers in every functional area need to understand and apply the basic principles of financial accounting and finance to improve the effectiveness of their operations and strategy, and to work more effectively with the financial managers of their organizations. This course provides an understanding of the application of accounting and finance concepts. The course helps you understand the essential financial statements including the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow.

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Course Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding fundamental financial accounting concepts and principles, and interpreting the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Statement of Cash Flows.
  • Transaction analysis and financial statements.
  • Financial analysis using financial ratios.
  • Application of financial analysis in financial decision making and performance evaluation.
  • Using the DuPont approach to highlight the key value drivers.

Faculty

Prof. Ravi Jain

Prof. Ravi Jain

Professor

Prof. Ravi Jain teaches executive education courses in finance and accounting offered by business schools and corporate clients. He teaches regularly in the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Executive MBA Program and in executive programs offered by UC Berkeley and UCLA. He was a member of the NUS faculty from 2006 to 2021 and he has served as the Academic Director of the NUS MSc (Management) and CEMS Master’s in International Management (MIM) programmes.  He has previously taught at the University of Southern California, Temple University, Indian School of Business, and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and in executive programs for Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Citibank India, Citibank Singapore, Life Insurance Corporation, McKinsey, National Thermal Power Corporation, NUS Business School, Oberoi Group, the Risk Management Institute at NUS, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Global Asset Management, and UBS Wealth Management. He has also been a consultant on international financial markets for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.

Prof. Jain has won several teaching awards at NUS multiple times including the university’s Annual Teaching Excellence Award, the business school’s Outstanding Educator Award, and the MBA Program’s Best Lecturer Award.  He is a co-author (with Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus) of Investments Asia Global Edition (published by McGraw Hill), a textbook on investments and portfolio management that is widely used in the top business schools in Asia. He has published papers in academic journals on topics such as dividend policy, ownership structure, closed-end fund discounts, market microstructure, reverse takeovers, and direct share purchases.  He has a PhD in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Syllabus

Learning Objectives:
  • Understanding fundamental financial accounting concepts and principles, and interpreting the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Statement of Cash Flows.
  • Transaction analysis and financial statements.
Module Components:

Readings:

  • The Accounting Framework, Financial Statements, and Some Accounting Concepts

Videos:

  • Managerial Accounting 1
  • Managerial Accounting 2
  • Managerial Accounting 3
  • Managerial Accounting 4
  • Managerial Accounting 5
Learning Objectives:
  • Financial analysis using financial ratios.
  • Application of financial analysis in financial decision making and performance evaluation.
  • Using the DuPont approach to highlight the key value drivers.
Module Components:

Readings:

  • Case Study: Financial Analysis of SciTronics, Assessing a Company’s Future Financial Health

Videos:

  • Financial Analysis 1
  • Financial Analysis 2 

Support

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