The objective of this program is to provide knowledge and practical experience about the creation of comprehensive and flexible financial models used in financial planning and fundraising purposes.

The participants will gain insights into the step-by-step process of creating financial models using Microsoft Excel, putting checks and audits and finally analyzing the same.

Overview

This course will equip all participants with various tools to aid in complex business decision making by incorporating multiple factors operating in the dynamic business environment. At the end of the course, each participant will be able to create a financial model independently and carry out analysis to take the best decision for their company.

Who should attend

All individuals who want to improve their financial modeling skills should attend this course
Middle to senior managers from different industries
All professionals who want to deal or currently deal with financial modeling in their company
Consultants, advisors and other professionals who wish to improve their modeling skills

Methodology

The non-theoretical methodology which includes interactive discussions, case studies, and assignments to understand the concepts and their applicability. As a policy, we limit the class size to 15 participants so that we can provide attention to each participant and ensure their objective is achieved.

We request you to please bring your laptop with Microsoft Excel installed to the class.

Trainer

All our trainers are carefully chosen by us and possess a rich and vast experience in the financial sector. This course conducted by an experienced training consultant having more than 16 years of industry experience with some of the world’s leading business institutions, specializing in corporate finance, investment banking, and private equity.

Course Content

Module – 1

Setting up a financial model and building projections

Overview of best industry practices for financial modeling
Importance of historical information
Analysis of company and industry information
Steps for creating financial models
Proper presentation of various sheets and setting up the model input dashboard

Module – 2

Preparation of Income statement, cash flow statements and balance sheet

Analysis of industry assumptions and their rationale for revenues & costs, assets and liabilities’ assumptions - operating cost, capex, leverage, modeling of historical ratios and trends
Shortlisting assumptions and applying adjustments
Applying various forecasting tools, etc

Module – 3

Importance of key schedules and their application

Working capital schedule
Fixed assets and depreciation
Schedule of amortization of intangible assets
Preparation of debt and interest
Taxation
Equity fundraising
Equity gap and funding

Module – 4

How to create working capital schedule

Components of cash and non-cash working capital
Working capital ratios and their interpretation
Forecasting working capital requirements

Module – 5

How to create Capex and funding schedules including multiple debts

Equity and debt fund raising and repayment structure
Debt waterfall mechanism
Checking debt repayment ratios, leverage, and covenants

Module – 6

Integration of income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement

Industry practices on handling exceptions

integration of Cash Flows, Income Statement and Balance Sheet

How to handle Circular References in financial modeling

Module – 7

Establish scenario and sensitivity analysis

Use of data for sensitivity analysis
Importance of scenario manager
Identifying suitable scenarios and sensitivities and their impact on financial analysis
Managing critical pitfalls in the analysis

Module – 8

How to analyze the data

Data sorting and Data filtering
Creating, customizing Pivots Tables, advanced pivot tables, and analysis
V-LOOK UP and H-LOOK UP, Macros, and other analysis

Module – 9

How to apply different financial analysis techniques on the model

Importance of PV, NPV, and IRR and their link with company valuation
How to analysis various capital budgeting decisions
Calculation of multiple ratios
Calculate the weighted average cost of capital using capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
Calculation of WACC
Investment and exit analysis - equity IRR, project IRR etc

Module – 10

Approaches to applying different valuation techniques in the model

Various methods of valuation - DCF, Multiples, comparables, etc
Discounted Cash Flow valuation and different multiples based methodologies
Importance of terminal valuation
Current industry practices followed in company valuation using single or multiple methods
Incorporate various adjustments to the publicly available versions of Company valuation

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