LIVE cpe webinar

Reading the Scoreboard: How to Understand Your Financial Statements

Episode 2 of the Groundwork | Foundations of Accounting series

Thursday, August 6th | Noon Eastern

Most business owners & non-profit leaders check their bank balance, glance at the bottom line, and call it a day.

But that's not reading your financials. That's guessing.

In this session, two of Rea's accounting specialists walk you through the 3 core financial statements line by line, in plain English.

You'll learn what to look at first, which numbers actually matter, and how to use benchmarking and trend analysis to turn your reports into a decision-making tool for your business or non-profit.

The Groundwork | Foundations of Accounting webinar series by Rea is designed to address the most pressing knowledge gaps facing mid-market business owners and their finance teams.

Meet Your Presenters

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Cody Kiser, CPA

Manager | Rea Advisory

Cody has spent nearly a decade at Rea, starting in bookkeeping, moving through audit, and landing on the Accounting & CFO Services team where he now serves as a fractional controller producing monthly and annual financial statements for clients across industries.

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Emily Anderson, CPA, MBA

Supervisor | Rea Advisory

Emily supports business & nonprofit clients in building cleaner, more reliable financial processes. Her work focuses on helping organizations move away from manual workarounds and toward reporting that actually supports decision-making.

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Turn your financial statements into powerful decision-maker tools today.

What you'll learn

  • What your 3 financial statements actually tell you

  • How to read your P&L from top to bottom

  • The common mistakes that distort your numbers

  • How to benchmark your numbers against competitors

  • Why your bank balance might be lying to you

  • Plus, earn CPE credit for attending live