Course Code: FB6
Category: Finance and Budgeting
Dates, Venues & Fees:
May 10-May 21|London|$6,700.00
Aug 16-Aug 27|New York|$6,700.00
Nov 15-Nov 26|Virginia|$6,700.00
Duration: Two Week
Course Overview
The Financial Analysis, Modelling and Forecasting course is intended to help the finance professional to horn their knowledge and skills on the current trends in financial analysis, modeling and forecasting, to manage the risks and uncertainties in today’s challenging corporate environment and provide high quality business support to key decision makers in the organization.
Target Audience
This course will greatly benefit:
- Accountants in the public and private sectors
- Chief Finance Officers (CFOs)
- Treasures
- Finance Managers
- Analysts
- Consultants
Course Outcome
Delegates will gain knowledge and skills to:
- Apply Break-Even and contribution margin analysis
- Understand and apply the time value of money concepts
- Assess capital expenditure proposals for strategic decision making
- Analyze financial statements for financial fitness
- Analyze the quality of earnings
- Analyze variance analysis for cost control
- Assess segmental performance for profit variance
- Manage and control financial assets, investment and potential acquisitions
Key Course Highlights
- Define Cost-Volume-Profit analysis
- Describe and utilize operating leverage
- Define the concept of present value and distinguish between future value and present value concepts
- Describe the types of capital budgeting decisions
- Analyze mutually exclusive investments and discuss risks in analysis of capital budgeting
- Define financial statement analysis and state its importance
- Define quality earnings and analyze discretionary costs
- Compute return on investment (ROI) and using techniques that explains how changes in sales, expenses and assets affect the investment centers
- Analysis of Variance Analysis for cost control
- Analysis of segmental performance and profit variance
- Analyzing working capital
- Forecasting and financial planning
- Forecasting and budgeting tools