PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
UPCOMING PD SEMINARS IN JUNE/JULY 2015
Below are some upcoming seminars in June and July—many more titles can be found on our website. Visit pd.bccpa.ca
for the full range of titles, as well as course descriptions. If you have any questions, please contact the PD department at
604-681-3264 or email [email protected].
REMINDER: 2014-2015
PD PASSPORTS EXPIRE
JULY 31, 2015
The spring/summer 2015 PD program
is the last chance to use up the
2014-2015 passports, which are valid
for courses dated only to July 31, 2015.
Register soon to ensure that you’re able
to use any remaining passport days on
seminars that interest you.
2015-16 PD Passports, valid for
courses between Sept 1, 2015 to
July 31, 2016, will go on sale to all
members July 1, 2015.
FINANCIAL MODELLING
Building a Financial Model of a
Company
This hands‐on course will focus on the
skills required to design and create an
interactive financial model of a company
that adheres to the highest industry
standards. It will cover model design, logic,
construction, financial concepts, and
accounting treatment. Participants will
build a model that includes forecasts of a
company’s income statement, cash flow
statement, and balance sheet.
June 9, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Financial Modelling – DCF
Valuation Analysis
This seminar will focus on the steps
required to properly value a company using
the discounted cash flow (DCF)
methodology. Participants will learn to
recognize and avoid the five most common
errors finance professionals make when
creating DCF analyses, and will gain a more
advanced level of knowledge about the
Excel tools that will help them in
performing analytics.
June 10, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
40 CPABC in Focus •May/June 2015
Financial Modelling – Merger
Modelling
This hands-on course will focus on the
skills required to design and create a
powerful model to analyze the impact of a
merger or acquisition. Issues rela Y