This course will focus on the financial analysis of a government's audited financial statements as a means to provide information on the entity's financial health to the governing body, and effective methods for presenting the annual audited financial statements to the jurisdiction's governing body. Upon sucessful completion of this course, the participant should be able to

• define financial analysis
• identify common financial indicators and ratios used in financial statement analysis
• calculate key financial ratios using the fund level and government-wide financial statements
• recall sources for comparison purposes
• discuss effective methods of presenting the results of the financial analysis to the governing body

This course is comprised of recorded webinars and associated review questions. The participant is required to pass a final exam.