Course : Business accounting, the essentials
Practical course - 3d
- 21h00 - Ref. IIG
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 | Understand the environment and know the main legal rules relating to corporate management. |
| Awareness of the various components and operation of an accounting system |
| Make accounting entries and balance them |
| Perform costing using multiple methods: Full, partial, or specific costs. |
| Determine profitability thresholds and calculate a solvency ratio |
Course schedule
1 General framework of corporate management
- The company and its environment.
- Different legal structures for a company.
2 Learning about corporate management documents
- Balance sheet.
- Profit and loss account.
- Cash flow statement.
Hands-on work
Case study Create a balance sheet and a profit and loss account.
3 Accounts and managerial elements: How they operate
- Principle and role of general accounting.
- Overview of the accounting system: Logs, T-accounts, general ledger, balance.
- Spotlight on balance sheet items.
- Spotlight on profit and loss account items.
Hands-on work
Case study Accounting document analysis (General ledger, balance sheet, etc.). Design an accounting entry. Create a balance sheet.
4 From general accounting to cost accounting
- Switching from the notion of expenses (by type) to the notion of costs (by purpose).
- Method for calculating costs.
- Fundamental analyses: Relevant costs and decision tools.
5 Costing
- Different methods: Total, partial, and specific costs.
- Calculating margins.
- Analyzing and evaluating inventories: The "first in, first out" method, the weighted average unit cost method.
Hands-on work
Case study Calculate costs.
6 Profitability and solvency analysis
- Determining the profitability threshold or "break-even" point.
- Defining and calculating profitability and solvency ratios.
- Building and explaining scorecards.
Hands-on work
Case study Calculate profitability ratios. Analyze various scorecards.
7 Method for scoring companies
- Bank of France method.
Hands-on work
Case study Analyze a document showing a company's risk.
Customer reviews
4,7 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
SYLVAIN L.
01/12/25
4 / 5
dense content for which face-to-face training seems to me to be much more appropriate, particularly for the practical part.
SOUSA DANIEL D.
01/12/25
5 / 5
The course ran very smoothly
NICOLAS T.
22/09/25
5 / 5
Comprehensive and explicit.
Publication date : 01/19/2024
PARTICIPANTS
PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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