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2010 Business Valuation Certification and Training Center Schedule

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The CVA and AVA credentials have been accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), a division of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA). A primary requirement for becoming a CVA is to hold a valid license as a Certified Public Accountant, while AVAs must hold a business degree and/or MBA or higher business degree from an accredited college or university and demonstrate substantial business valuation experience, among other requirements.

Program Content
The compact five-day intermediate level curriculum is comprehensive and substantive, providing value from beginning to end. The BVTC’s primary goal is to provide you with information that will serve as a solid foundation for your professional valuation endeavors, whether or not you plan to pursue a designation.

The Business Valuation Certification and Training Center is the ultimate comprehensive training experience: you will expand your knowledge, stretch your limits, test your skills, share your experiences, and go back to your office with a wealth of contacts, resources, and insights that will strengthen the foundation for your future success.

Days One and Two — Business Valuations: Fundamentals, Techniques and Theory (FT&T)
The cornerstone of NACVA’s training, FT&T is a rigorous two-day seminar on business valuation that provides the basis and framework for subsequent courses. It provides insights into every facet of valuation theory, with hands-on training taking you from the fundamentals of the valuation process through the advanced techniques in current use.

Day Three — Business Valuations: Applications and Calculations of the Income and Asset Approaches
This fast-paced one-day seminar is the perfect follow-up to FT&T. It builds on the applications of the income and the asset approaches and provides you the opportunity to perform numerous calculations using various methodologies for the income and assets approaches.

Day Four — Business Valuations: Case Analysis--Completed Transaction and Guideline Public Comparable Methods
To properly perform a business valuation you should consider the three approaches to determining value—the income, asset, and market approach. Within the market approach two methodologies apply—the Completed Transaction Method and Guideline Public Comparable Method. In this seminar you will not only learn how to use market data to value your subject company using each methodology, but you will also learn how to locate and identify the best market comparables, calculate the appropriate adjustments to assure the best market fit, and determine which indicators of value make the most sense.

Day Five — Special Purpose Valuations and Case Studies in Business Valuation — Facts to Conclusion
Day Five starts out with an introduction to Valuation for Financial Reporting. Valuation specialists are seeing growing demand for these services, but equally close scrutiny and review of their fair value valuation work by auditing firms, the SEC, and the PCAOB. After Fair Value, the session will focus on the perspective of a deal maker/investment banker. You will learn that although the valuation methodologies used in these situations are similar to traditional valuation techniques, they do differ in many ways. To wrap up you will explore just what it means to be an expert in litigation, learn what the top ten mistakes are to avoid in a litigation engagement, and the fundamental elements one must know to endeavor to be a litigation consultant. Case Analysis—Facts to Conclusion wraps up four days of intensive training by providing a comprehensive look at the valuation engagement from start to finish. It begins with the initial request for services directly from potential clients or from referral sources, and progresses from the decision to accept or decline the engagement/project through the processes of the entire engagement.

Day Six — CVA/AVA Proctored Exam
The CVA/AVA proctored exam is given at all locations on the Saturday morning following the weeklong training unless prior alternative arrangements have been made. Through training and rigorous testing, CVAs and AVAs demonstrate they are qualified to provide capable and professionally executed valuation services. Users of valuation services benefit by having greater confidence that the service they receive is professional in quality, adheres to industry standards of practice, and meets a level of expertise the Association deems credible and worthy of one of its certified members.

Who Should Attend
Tax, audit, and accounting services practitioners who wish to specialize in a lucrative, non-seasonal consulting niche; merger and acquisition consultants, investment and financial analysts, investment bankers, financial officers, business advisors, accounting and finance professionals; anyone who deals with business value in the course of his or her work.

For a detailed BV Training Center program description: click here
For the Core Body of Knowledge for Business Valuations: click here