Financial Literacy Using Ratio Analysis
One of the most essential skills any manager can develop is the ability to understand and interpret financial statements. These documents reveal critical information about a company’s performance, financial health, and cash flow—but the insights aren't always obvious. This foundational course will walk you through a real set of financial statements and show you how to extract the key messages they contain.
You'll also learn how to apply ratio analysis to compare results over time and against industry peers, helping you uncover deeper insights into financial performance. Whether you're new to finance or looking to strengthen your analytical skills, this course will equip you with the tools to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
CPA, CA Leadership
Blair is a seven-time CFO, a director, and an educator at Executive Finance Partners - a professional development and executive coaching firm for financial professionals and executives. He also serves as a corporate director and audit committee chair of publicly listed companies: Terravest Industries and Clarke Inc. He is also the Board Treasurer of the Devour Food & Film Festival and serves on various committees of CPA Nova Scotia. Blair is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.
Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.
Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.
