GMM: Small Business Financial Fluency - The Keys

Making Sense of Your Financial Statements

Reading and understanding financial information is one of the most important tasks of a business owner, but many business owners have no formal training in accounting and finance. If you are confused by income statements, balance sheets, budgets and cash flow statements, this session will help you understand what the numbers mean and how to use your financial statements to make better business decisions.

Attend this session to learn: 

• Why do small business owners need financial statements?

• How do you read financial statements to understand what?s happening in the business?

• How can you use common financial ratios to analyze how the business is performing?

• How do you use financial statements to identify areas of the business that are performing well and areas that need improvement?

The Presenters:

Meryl Chahley, CPA, CA
Partner, Private Enterprise

 
Aaron Surkan, CPA, CA
Manager, Private Enterprise
 
As members of MNP's Private Enterprise team, Meryl and Aaron work with small- and medium-sized companies and not-for-profit organizations at all stages of their business lifecycle from start up to succession. They focus on helping clients better understand their historical financial information and use that information to make strategic decisions that improve future performance. 

Good Morning Mastery is a professional development series held monthly at the Chamber and designed to broaden and enrich leadership capabilities and business skills. The Chamber brings together expert business panels and speakers to help members increase their capacity and strengthen their skills.

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The Good Morning Mastery Series is proudly sponsored by MNP.