# Financial Accounting Bootcamp

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## Overview

Dive into financial accounting in this two-day intensive class. Designed for beginners, this class covers essential financial accounting principles that are important to know for careers in accounting, bookkeeping, and other finance-related fields. The course begins with an overview of financial accounting. You’ll learn about the users and sources of financial reports, the different types of financial reports available, and the importance of adhering to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The class will review how to distinguish between cash and accrual accounting, gaining insights into income statements, essential line items, and profit ratios. From there, you’ll dive into the specifics of accrual accounting, including depreciation and amortization, and explore analytical tools such as Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) and Year-over-Year (Y/Y) comparisons.

After covering these fundamental concepts, the course will progress to more advanced topics. These include components of balance sheets, cash flow statements, advanced details of income statements, and how to handle unusual items. By the time you finish the course, you’ll have a solid grounding in the financial accounting information essential for professional use.

## What you'll learn

- Work with financial accounting fundamentals like GAAP and accrual accounting.
- Write and maintain income statement line items, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
- Tie different kinds of financial statements together to prepare for complex accounting tasks.
- Handle advanced accounting statements, unusual items, and intercompany investments.
- Understand the basics of debt accounting, deferred taxes, and tax journal entries.

## Curriculum
1. **Intro to Financial Accounting & Financial Statements**
2. **Intermediate Financial Accounting**

## Schedule
- Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026 — NYC
- Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 — NYC
- Nov 12, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 — NYC

## Instructors

### Mourad Kattan — Program Director & Instructor

Mourad Kattan is an instructor and Program Director of Business, Finance, & Excel at Noble Desktop, teaching classes and designing courses in Excel, finance, accounting, and financial modeling.

Before Noble Desktop, Mourad worked as a financial analyst at Credit Suisse and H/2 Capital Partners. In those positions, he used advanced analytical and financial skills to evaluate a variety of investments.

Mourad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude and is part of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.

Learn more about [Mourad Kattan's](/mourad-kattan) background and expertise.

### Richard Trybulski — Instructor

Richard is the lead instructor for several finance courses, including Financial Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis, Stock Market Investing, and Financial Modeling, at Noble Desktop. 

Richard trained new Investment Bank and Private Equity hires, including the Bank of America and Houlihan Lokey, in Modeling Mergers & Acquisitions, Trading Comps, LBOs, DCF, and 3 Statement Financial modeling. He also taught graduate university courses in Accounting, Financial Derivatives (Futures, Options, and Swaps), Fixed Income Analytics, and Corporate Finance. He currently teaches undergraduate courses in Financial Management and Data Analytics at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT.

 Richard supported the Foreign Exchange Desk and Equity Desk at JP Morgan, worked as an equity research analyst at Malley Associates in NYC, developed Trade Capture Systems for Foreign Exchange and Bond Trading, and worked as a consultant, modeling/valuing real estate development (including corporate lease agreement analysis), and financial planning.

Richard holds an MBA in Finance, was awarded the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter, the CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investments Analysts) charter, and the CMA (Chartered Management Accountant) charter.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $549