Financial Analysis Training That Actually Makes Sense
We teach Australian businesses how to read company comparisons properly. Not the theory you'll forget in a week, but the practical skills your finance team will use every single day when evaluating partners, competitors, and investment opportunities.
Talk About Your Team's Needs
Built Around Real Business Scenarios
Here's what we've noticed after working with dozens of Australian companies: most finance training focuses on abstract concepts. People sit through hours of theory, then struggle when they need to compare two actual businesses.
So we flipped it. Our programs start with the reports your team already looks at. We bring in real financial statements from Australian companies (anonymised, obviously) and work through them together. By the end of the first session, people are spotting red flags they would have missed before.
- Sessions scheduled for your team's availability, typically July through September 2026
- Focus on industries relevant to your business context
- Mix of group workshops and one-on-one coaching for different learning styles
- Access to our comparison tools and frameworks after training concludes
Finding the Right Fit For Your Team
Not every business needs the same depth of training. Start by thinking about where your team is now and what they're trying to accomplish.
What's Your Current Situation?
Does your team look at financial comparisons occasionally, or is this a weekly task? Are they comfortable with balance sheets, or does that feel like a foreign language? Understanding your baseline helps us avoid wasting time on stuff you already know.
What Decisions Drive This?
Some businesses need this for vendor evaluation. Others are looking at potential acquisitions or partnership opportunities. The more specific you can be about the decisions your team makes, the better we can tailor examples and exercises.
Who Actually Needs This?
Is this for your entire finance department, or just a few key people who handle strategic decisions? Small focused groups often learn faster than large mixed-level sessions. We can structure either way, but it changes the approach significantly.
Typical Program Structure
Discovery Call
We talk for about 45 minutes about your business context, what your team does now, and what gaps you're seeing. No sales pitch, just understanding whether this makes sense for you.
Custom Curriculum Design
Based on that conversation, we map out a program that fits your schedule and budget. This usually takes us a week or so, then we review it together and adjust as needed.
Interactive Training Sessions
Programs typically run between 6-12 weeks depending on depth. Sessions are hands-on, not lecture-style. Your team works with real data and gets feedback on their analysis approach throughout.
Ongoing Resource Access
After the formal training ends, your team keeps access to our frameworks and comparison tools. Plus we're available for questions when unusual situations come up.
Why We Focus Only On This
You could probably tell we're pretty focused on one specific thing. That's deliberate. We spent years doing general financial consulting, and frankly, we weren't that different from anyone else.
Then around 2023, we kept getting the same request: "Can you help our team understand how to compare companies better?" It came up so often that we stopped doing everything else and just focused on building the best comparative analysis training we could.
Now that's all we do. Which means when you work with us, you're not getting someone who teaches this sometimes. You're working with people who think about this specific problem every single day.
We brought elthoraviaq in to train our acquisition team before a busy period in mid-2025. What stood out was how quickly they got us past the intimidating parts of financial statements and into actually useful analysis. Six months later, the team still references the frameworks they learned.
How We Actually Run These Programs
Walking through the typical flow helps you picture what this would look like for your team. Most programs follow this general structure, though we adjust based on your specific needs.
Foundation Week
We start by establishing a common language. Everyone needs to understand the same terms and see the same financial statement structure before we can compare anything. This week feels basic, but it prevents confusion later.
Ratio Analysis Deep Dive
Here's where we dig into the metrics that actually matter for comparison. Not every ratio is useful, and context changes everything. We work through examples from your industry so the numbers feel relevant rather than abstract.
Spotting Red Flags
This is where it gets interesting. We look at real cases where financial statements looked fine on the surface but had warning signs buried in the details. Your team practices finding these patterns in anonymised company data.
Building Complete Comparisons
Now we put it all together. Your team takes multiple companies and builds full comparative analyses. We review their work, point out what they're missing, and help them develop a systematic approach they can replicate.
Real Scenario Practice
The final sessions use situations specific to your business. If you evaluate suppliers, we work through supplier comparisons. If you're looking at competitors, we focus there. This ensures the skills transfer directly to your actual work.
Bronwyn Ashford
Lead Program Designer