Financial Analysis with AI Includes:

It starts by grounding you with the purpose of financial analysis: understanding performance, financial health, and value creation. From there, it introduces the three primary financial statements and demonstrates how AI tools can summarize, reconcile, and extract insights from them in seconds, reducing the manual burden and freeing analysts to focus on interpretation and judgment.

It then dives into the mechanics of performance evaluation — margins, profitability, liquidity, leverage, and efficiency. Participants learn how ratios connect to real business dynamics and how AI can automate calculations, flag anomalies, benchmark against peers, and generate narrative explanations. This section reinforces that AI is not a substitute for financial reasoning but a force multiplier that enhances speed, accuracy, and depth.

We then look at forward looking analysis. We will explore cash flow drivers, free cash flow, and the fundamentals of forecasting and scenario modeling. AI’s predictive capabilities come into play here, helping participants build quick revenue models, test sensitivities, and generate best-case, base-case, and worst-case scenarios.

We conclude by analyzing financial statements, calculating ratios, assessing risks, and preparing a brief executive summary. By the end, you will leave with a clear understanding of the fundamentals of financial analysis and a practical toolkit for integrating Financial Analysis with AI into your daily workflow.

What You Will Learn

What financial analysis is and how AI enhances—not replaces—analytical thinking.

• Purpose of Financial Analysis:
  Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, Efficiency, Solvency, Value Creation
• Core Financial Statements:
  Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement
• How AI Fits In
  • Automating data extraction
  • Identifying patterns and anomalies
  • Accelerating ratio calculations
  • Supporting scenario modeling
  • Reducing manual error 

Income Statement and the Balance Sheet
Build fluency in interpreting performance and financial position.

• Revenue, Margins, Operating Leverage
• Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
• Selling, General, & Administrative Expenses (SG&A)
• Earnings Before Interest Expense, Tax Expense, Depreciation Expense, & Amortization Expense (EBITDA)
• Net Income
• Assets, Liabilities, Equity Structure
• AI Applications:
  • Trend detection
  • Variance explanations
  • Benchmarking against peers
  • Natural‑language summaries of performance 

Ratio Analysis and Performance Metrics
How to evaluate the health and performance of an organization.

• Profitability: Gross margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin, Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE)
• Liquidity: Current ratio, Quick Ratio
• Efficiency: Inventory Turns, Receivables Days
• Leverage: Debt-to-Equity, Interest Coverage
• AI Applications:
  • Automated ratio dashboards
  • Peer comparisons
  • “Explain this ratio movement” prompts 

Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow
Show how Cash—not Profit—drives sustainability.

• Operating Cash Flows vs. Investing Cash Flows vs. Financing Cash Flows
• Working Capital Drivers
• Free Cash Flow and why it matters
• AI Applications:
  • Forecasting cash needs
  • Modeling working‑capital scenarios
  • Identifying liquidity risks 

Forecasting with AI
Move from analysis to forward‑looking insight.

• Revenue forecasting basics
• Cost modeling
• Scenario planning (best/base/worst)
• AI Applications:
  • Predictive models
  • “What‑if” simulations
  • Early‑warning indicators
• Build a simple forecast
• Produce a short AI‑assisted executive summary

Program Details

Location and Parking
The sessions will be held at the UMKC Bloch Executive Hall, 5108 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Parking details will be mailed after registration.

Cancellation & Transfer Policy
Seminar participants (or their organizational representative) should call or email Bloch Executive Education to change or cancel registrations. Cancellations made prior to 7 days from the seminar date are eligible for credit towards a future seminar but are ineligible for refund. Credit for future seminar is valid through the following seminar year. Seminar registrations may be transferred from one individual to another up to 7 days before any elected seminar. Cancellations made within 7 days from the seminar date are non-transferable and non-refundable. Bloch Executive Education reserves the right to make changes to the cancellation policy and transfer policy. The current policies will be posted on our website and will be observed regardless of previous policies or standards. “No-shows” are non-refundable and non-transferrable.

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Available Discount Programs
UMKC and Bloch Executive Education Alumni, Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS members, CX Central Exchange members, Saint Luke’s Health System employees, Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce members – you qualify for discounted seminar registration.

If any of the above categories apply to you, please contact us at umkcexeced@umkc.edu or 816-235-2892 to take advantage of discounted rates.