Financial Analysis, Modelling and Forecasting

The programme

Programme overview

This leading-edge Financial Analysis, Modelling and Forecasting training course will provide you with the essential financial modelling skills to analyse and manage risk and business performance in the turbulent conditions of the 21st century. In today’s globally competitive world, decision-makers face unprecedented levels of risk and uncertainty, and traditional financial analysis and forecasting tools do not provide the flexibility and responsiveness to manage in these demanding conditions.

This practical, hands-on training course will provide you with the methods and techniques of financial modelling in Excel that will equip you with a set of powerful financial tools with which to anticipate and manage the opportunities and threats confronting your organisation.

Who should attend

Who is this programme for?

• Financial Accounting Team Members
• Cost and Management Accounting Staff
• Finance Managers
• Planning Managers
• Commercial Managers
• Capital Investment and Project Team Members

Learning outcomes

What you will learn

• Design and build practical and effective financial models in Excel
• Improve your skills in analysing and interpreting financial statements
• Build financial forecasting models for a range of business applications
• Apply financial modelling techniques to investment decision-making, including where AI now accelerates DCF construction
• Use a range of tools to analyse and manage business risk, including AI-enhanced Monte Carlo simulation

Explore the programme

Detailed programme outline

• The competitive challenge in the 21st century
• Identifying and managing stakeholder needs
• Business models and how they are disrupted
• An integrated approach to risk management
• The essentials of business performance management
• Financial statements basics and the fundamentals of financial modelling
• Building a financial ratio database in Excel
• Practical Modelling: The Cost-Volume-Profit relationship
• Measuring and improving Return on Investment
• Measuring and improving asset management efficiency
• Measuring and managing capital structure and risk
• Practical Modelling: The effect of gearing on shareholders' earnings
• Practical Modelling: Using Excel statistical analysis tools
• Avoiding common forecasting problems
• Using moving averages to analyse time series data
• Using linear regression for sales trend analysis
• Using Excel Solver to minimise forecasting error
• Using regression and correlation to forecast costs
• Practical Modelling: Cash flow forecasting
• Principles of capital investment decision-making
• Sources and cost of business finance
• Practical Modelling: Using Excel Discounted Cash Flow tools, including how AI now automates DCF construction — traditionally a 4-8 hour manual build — covering revenue projections, WACC, terminal value, and sensitivity analysis in a fraction of the time
• Practical Modelling: Capital investment analysis
• Essentials of business valuation
• Practical Modelling: Business valuation based on Shareholder Value Added
• Identifying and analysing business risk
• Probability-based approach to decision-making
• Monte Carlo simulation, including how AI-enhanced simulation now runs thousands of iterations rapidly and predicts tail risk and downside scenarios more effectively than traditional methods alone
• Sensitivity analysis and ‘what-if’ forecasting
• Identifying the key drivers of financial performance
• Practical Modelling: Key driver ‘what-if’ forecast

Learning approach

How you will learn

Our diverse instructional approaches ensure effective learning:

– Lectures & Presentations: Engage with expert-driven, stimulating content.– Course Material: Access well-crafted supporting resources.– Group Work: Collaborate on discussions and case studies for practical insights.– Workshops & Role-Play: Participate in immersive, scenario-based activities.– Practical Application: Focus on applying theoretical knowledge in real situations.– Post-Training Support: Receive extensive support after training for skill implementation.

Discuss your requirements

Dates, duration & arrangements

Contact Ratomac to confirm dates, duration, delivery format, entry requirements and any applicable assessment or certification before booking.