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Understanding the Fundamentals: Balance Sheets

Anne Eberhardt, an expert in distressed companies, presents a master class on balance sheets. She explains the balance sheet's components: assets (current and long-term), liabilities (current and long-term), and equity. Eberhardt highlighted the importance of GAAP in standardizing financial reporting and discussed the significance of financial statement notes and auditor's opinions.

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Balance sheet, financial reporting, assets, liabilities, equity, GAAP, income statement, cash flow statement, EBITDA, distressed companies, financial distress, leverage, insolvency, audit opinion, financial statements.

Anne M. Eberhardt is a senior director with Gavin/Solmonese LLC in New York City. She has more than 20 years of experience conducting forensic investigations, building financial reporting systems, resolving economic disputes, testing compliance, building and testing financial models, liquidating assets, and strengthening anti-corruption capacity in some of the world’s most difficult environments. Ms. Eberhardt’s clients include top-tier financial services companies, global pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and international nongovernmental organizations. She is proficient in Spanish and is a frequent speaker on topics of corporate governance, fraud, anti-corruption and money laundering. Ms. Eberhardt received her B.S. in finance with an emphasis in quantitative methods from Brigham Young University and her M.B.A. from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management.

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