Corporate financial modelling: Setting up financial models

Overview

Financial modelling is essential to any business. You may need to build models for financial analysis, loan sizing, debt restructuring, valuation – the list is endless. Even though financial models are an integral part of business, many models fail due to a lack of planning and poor structure.

This course provides an introduction to applied financial modelling and shows you how to design, develop and build corporate financial models. In particular, it demonstrates the benefits of solid model planning and design, and how to build models in accordance with international best practice.

This course will enable you to:

• understand the importance of model planning
• develop a template from a blank sheet which will be used to build a model for financial analysis
• identify model errors you may come across and understand how to avoid them
• learn excel shortcuts and functions to make the job more efficient
• build a comprehensive cash flow valuation model in excel.

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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.s