Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Develop a cash budget.

Determine an optimal cash balance.

Use the optimal cash balance in cash management decision making.

Understand key elements in the statement of net assets.

Understand the accounting process.

Use the information in the statement of net assets in financial analysis.

Understand key elements in the statement of activities.

Understand the concept of accounting basis.

Apply the information in the statement of activities in financial analysis.

Understand the use of funds in governments.

Understand key elements in fund-level statements.

Use the information in fund-level statements in financial analysis.

Know what financial condition analysis is.

Determine measures to assess financial condition.

Identify any warning trend of a deteriorating financial condition.

Specify relationships in financial condition analysis.

Explain relationships in financial condition analysis.

Write a financial condition analysis report.