Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) has partnered with Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) & Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to bring to you a two part learning session on financial information for business owners.

Understanding Financial Statements

This is a basic session explaining the terms and concepts of financial statements.

Outline:
• How’s the business doing?
• Did we make money this year?
• What does my P&L tell me?
• Why do I need a balance sheet?
• Where is my cash coming from?
• Where is my cash going to?
• Why isn’t my cash equal to my profit?

Learning objectives:
• To be able to review and understand their financial statements
• To be able to ask informed questions of their financial professionals

Financial Ratios and Why They Matter to Your Business

This is a basic session explaining the calculation and interpretation of
financial ratios

Outline:
• How profitable is my business?
• How do my profits compare to the industry?
• What’s the trend in my profits?
• How quickly are we growing?
• Can we pay the bills?
• Can we pay the bank?
• Am I getting a return on my investment?

Learning objectives:

• To be able to calculate the key financial ratios for their business and understand
the meaning of the calculations
• To be able to interpret the results to better manage their business

Price: $39 (not including taxes/fees) - Includes session, networking and a continental breakfast!