# Intro to Financial Accounting & Financial Statements

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## Overview

Learn how to analyze financial statements and reports. Master financial accounting fundamentals, including accrual accounting, the three main financial statements, and the metrics and ratios analysts use.

This course is taught through hands-on exercises using financial statements from well-known companies. We'll explore real-life examples by walking through actual 10-K filings to gain a better understanding of how the accounting concepts learned in this course apply to companies such as Facebook, Amazon, and Apple.

## What you'll learn

- Financial accounting fundamentals, including cash versus accrual accounting and GAAP
- Income statement line items and financial metrics
- Balance sheet: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity
- Cash Flow Statement: Cash flows from operating, investing, and financial activities
- How the financial statements tie together

## Curriculum

#### Introduction to Financial Accounting

- Who uses financial reports?
- Where to find financial reports
- Types of financial reports
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Cash vs. accrual accounting

#### Income Statement

- Essential line items
- Profit ratios and margins
- Accrual accounting in the income statement
- Depreciation and amortization
- Trailing Twelve Months (TTM)
- Year-over-year (Y/Y) Comparisons
- EBITDA

#### Balance Sheet

- Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder's Equity
- Essential components of each section
- Changes in PP&E
- Working capital

#### Cash Flow Statements

- Why we need the cash flow statement
- Cash flows from operations
- Cash flows from investing
- Cash flows from financing
- Deferred taxes

## Schedule
- Jun 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Sep 29, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Oct 1, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Nov 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Nov 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — 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:** $325