Corporate financial modelling: Building forecasts and cash flows

Overview

Financial modelling is key to every business. Financial models can inform budgeting, forecasting, investment analysis, cash flows, loan sizing, valuation – the list is endless. If your financial models aren't right, your business is going to make bad decisions.

Using a real life Excel example, this course takes you through a process where you can learn how to develop forecasts and perform financial analysis. It leads you through a series of steps required to create your own model.

This course will enable you to:

• understand the different forecasting methods available to you in Excel and apply them to your own data
• use ratio analysis to produce a forecast
• generate expectations of future performance and provide forecasted statements and cash flows
• create a flexible model which can be used to review different scenarios, and where inputs can be quickly changed, and results quickly accessed.

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Disclaimer: This course is available for ACCA members, you may need your ACCA membership number to complete your booking. This course and outline is provided by a third-party course provider. All course bookings are subject to the terms and conditions set by the course provider. Please see individual supplier pages for full terms and conditions. ACCA takes no liability for bookings made with third-party supplier.