Business Financial Modeling and Forecasting Course

This course seeks to give participants a foundation in building financial model and conducting analysis in excel in the areas of feasibility study and business planning, valuing a company for investment purposes, determining the value of a business before buying or selling it, forecasting and budgeting for a product, service, business unit or the entire company.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate practical knowledge and skill in modelling financial statements like Income Statement, Cash flow, Statement of Financial Position; 
• Create a background into the principles and application of valuation using discounted cash flow method with Microsoft Excel

Course Outline

• Review of relevant excel functions and formulae
• Excel formulae and functions useful in building financial models
• Debugging /evaluating formula errors
• Building the financial model - income statement - 5 years
• Step by Step building of a financial model
• Model presentation - design/layout and structure
• Best practices in modelling
• Determining fixed assets
• Building discounted cash flow models in excel
• Valuing stocks
• Overview of valuation models
• Conducting analysis - Ratios
• Scenario analysis and Risk Assessment

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