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Assignment Details and Instructions.

Write a business report of up to 2,000 (+/-10 to 15%) words to your Financial Reporting and

Assurance Unit Leaders analysing the financial reporting and assurance implications of Dunelm

Group Plc for the year ended 27th June 2020 compared to the previous year. For this assignment assume the role of a financial analyst.

The report should be written to a high standard of English, with no errors of spelling, grammar or punctuation. The language used is appropriate to a formal business report. The report should be presented to a professional standard, with a title page, a contents page, clear headings, page numbers and appendices. The layout should be clear and easy to read.

Your analysis should be supported by a maximum of TEN appropriate ratios.

The report should include appropriate citations and a reference list presented within the

Harvard style

Your report should contain the following sections:

? Title Page – this should include the title of your report, your full name, MMU Student ID number, date, word count and your FRA Unit Leaders.

? Contents page – this should include a list of the sections in the report with the related page numbers.

? Introduction (Approx. 150 words) – this should include what you intend to cover in the report and a brief overview of Dunelm Group Plc.

? Main Section – this should include the results of your analysis of the consolidated/group

financial statements and assurance implications of Dunelm Group Plc for year ended 27th

June 2020 compared to the previous year.

1. Analysis of financial performance (Approx. 500 words)

2. Analysis of financial position (Approx. 500 words)

3. Discussion on the ways in which the company’s financial statements will change in

the next financial year considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and what the

high-risk areas will be for audit planning purposes (Approx. 400 words)

4. Discussion on how the revised ISA 315 ‘Identifying and Assessing the Risk of Material

Misstatement’ will impact audit planning in the future (Approx. 250 words)

? Conclusion (Approx. 250 words) – this should include an overall summary of the results

of the analysis and future audit planning implications of Dunelm Group Plc.

? Appendices – this should include your table of ten appropriate ratios

? Bibliography and References

Section Marks

Introduction 5 marks

Analysis of financial performance 20 marks

Analysis of financial position 20 marks

Discussion on the financial statement and audit

planning changes

10 marks

Discussion on the impact of the revised ISA 315 10 marks

Conclusion 10 marks

Presentation 15 marks

Table of ratios 10 marks

What you MUST do:

? Use Harvard referencing appropriately and in full both in the text as citations and listed

in full, alphabetically, at the end.

? Use grammatically correct formal English.

? Use headings and sub-headings.

? Use the correct voice i.e. third person.

? Proof read your work.

? Use page numbers.

? Refer to the FRA Moodle assignment support materials

? You must use your own words – the assignment is designed to demonstrate YOUR

knowledge.

? The ratios must be presented as a table and include the formula used for calculating the

ratio.

? You must read the assignment brief!

? You must use UK English, not USA.

? Include a word count on your front page