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IIM Ahmedabad’s
Financial Reporting & Corporate Governance Programme (Batch 02)

Broaden your financial expertise and develop a more discerning eye for smart corporate governance.
Duration 4 Months
Fee: INR 191,000 + GST Payable in easy instalments with loan option available.
Live Online Lectures Saturday,
10 AM to 1 PM
4 days on-campus module
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Programme Overview

Every decision a company makes has financial implications and any decision affecting a business's finances falls under good governance decision-making. With new metrics and data analytics driving today's economic landscape, FRCG helps participants become more conversant in financial reporting matters and understand corporate governance principles to make decisions confidently within their organisation's financial framework.

Technical Finance Knowledge and Skills

GAIN SPECULATIVE AND TECHNICAL FINANCE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ANALYZING, EVALUATING AND SOLVING REAL-TIME ADVANCED FINANCE PROBLEMS

Risk Management Strategies

WORK ON RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO CAPACITATE FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

Skills to Reduce Finance Information Asymmetry

DEVELOP NECESSARY OBSERVANT SKILLS TO REDUCE FINANCE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

Make informed decisions with IIM Ahmedabad’s FRCG programme

  • Consistently Ranked 1st in NIRF India Rankings | Ranked Amongst the Top 40 B-Schools
  • Globally by Financial Times and QS Rankings
  • Certificate of Completion will be awarded to all successful candidates.
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Learning Outcomes

Financial Statement Analysis Tools and Techniques

Learn tools and techniques of financial statement analysis.

Measuring Fraud and Earnings Manipulation Management

Assess the causes and consequences of fraud and earnings manipulation.

Gain Essential Accounting and Financial Analytical Skills

Gain essential accounting and analytical skills to evaluate a company’s financial performance and position.

Organization's financial information flow protection

Safeguard the organisation’s financial information flow

Implications of good and bad corporate governance

Understand the implications of good and bad corporate governance.

Programme Modules

1. Financial accounting

  • Accounting equations and related concepts
  • Preparation of Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement

2. Financial statement analysis

  • Ratio analysis
  • Understanding annual report.
  • Comparative and common-size analysis
  • Implications of accounting choices and estimates on financial statement analysis

3. Analysis of service industries

  • Hotels and REITs
  • Banks

4. Fraud and earnings manipulation

  • Earnings management: Causes and consequences
  • Detecting earnings manipulation

5. Corporate Governance

  • Mechanisms: Internal and external
  • Board of directors
  • Family ownership

Why should you enroll in FRCG?

01

Monitor and analyze financial statements to mitigate financial risks and exposures.

02

Raise red flags proactively, indicating weak financial controls and accuracy.

03

Prevent and lift the company from any financial hazard.

04

Reduce financial information asymmetries and promote transparency, accountability and ethical behaviour in your organisation.

05

Establish strong governance structures and financial control measures to make better decisions.

Prof. Neerav Nagar - Financial Reporting & Corporate Governance Program Director

Prof. Neerav Nagar certified

Programme Director

Meet your programme director

Prof. Nagar has completed his Ph.D. in Accounting from IIM Calcutta, and he is a subject-matter expert in financial accounting, financial statement analysis, corporate governance, and earnings manipulation.

  • A member of the European Accounting Association, his insights have been featured in several research papers on various accounting and corporate governance topics.
  • His research interests are focused on the ever-evolving financial analysis field vis-à-vis Financial Reporting Quality & Disclosures, Corporate Governance, and Executive Compensation.
  • He received the Best Paper Award (2013) and Midyear Meeting Research Scholarship (2017) from the American Accounting Association.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is it essential to study Corporate Governance & Financial Reporting?

In today's business landscapes, generating meaningful insights into a company's financial performance and position is critical to ensuring the organization's financial health's reliability, relevance, and integrity. To get to the bottom of this, you must master the two essential components viz-a-viz Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance. Financial reporting helps to ensure that organizations are accountable for their economic activities, while corporate governance ensures that the activities of all actors within the financial ecosystem are conducted ethically.

How enroling in this course could benefit me in my role?

FRCG provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the complexities of operating in the modern financial landscape. By participating in FRCG, individuals can better understand the regulations, principles, and practices that govern corporate governance and financial reporting. That's not all. FRCG will empower you to make efficient business decisions, identify and mitigate potential financial pitfalls, and increase financial transparency, accountability, and accessibility in all business operations.

Is the curriculum relevant to industry-need?

IIM Ahmedabad's expert faculty designed FRCG to reflect the up-to-date knowledge necessary for participants to understand, prepare, and analyze financial statements according to relevant regulatory frameworks. The curriculum is carefully chalked out into 5 advanced modules vis-à-vis Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Analysis of Service Industries, Fraud and Earnings Manipulation, and Corporate Governance. These modules extensively cover topics such as ratio analysis, understanding annual reports, detecting earnings manipulation, corporate governance mechanism: internal and external, and much more.

What benefits can I expect from enrolling in FRCG?

The candidates will be accorded with Certification of Participation from IIM Ahmedabad upon successfully completing the course. They will benefit from the lectures and training modules from the renowned faculties of IIM Ahmedabad and the experience of a high-calibre peer network.

Explain the pedagogy of this course.

IIM Ahmedabad has a well-defined pedagogy that the institute follows in its Executive Programmes. It is based on the principles of active learning so that participants can emerge as leaders with confidence and competence. FRCG starts with a solid theoretical foundation to equip the participants with essential knowledge about the various subjects, followed by hands-on learning through case discussions, exercises, presentations, and role plays.

How is the programme delivered?

Participants will attend live online lectures on the VCNow platform through direct-to-desktop (D2D) mode. Plus, participants are given the opportunity to visit the IIM Ahmedabad campus and learn things from the ground up through an intensive 4 days of campus immersion. The live online sessions are scheduled every Saturday, 10 AM to 1 PM IST considering working professionals' busy schedules.

Explain the fee structure and the payment plan.

  • Programme Fees
  • Registration fee: INR 2000 + GST (Non-refundable)
  • Total Programme fee: INR 1,91,000 + GST
Instalment schedule Payable amount
Initial payment INR 95,500 + GST
Final payment INR 95,500 + GST

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