Name: Business and Financial Modelling
Price: 1718 GBP
Availability: InStock

Harpenden

<p>In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills are not as difficult to learn as many people believe and in the hands of an experienced senior executive they can provide a formidable competitive advantage.</p>After completing this course delegates will be able to:<ul><li>Understand fundamental business finance concepts; understand, analyse and interpret financial statements: Profit Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement</li><li>Understand the vital difference between profit and cashflow; identify the key components of working capital and how they can be managed to generate strong cashflow</li><li>Evaluate pricing decisions based on an understanding of the nature of business costs and their impact on gross margin and break-even sales; managing pricing, discounts and costs to generate strong business profits; understand how lean manufacturing methods improve profit</li><li>Use powerful analytical tools to measure and improve the performance of their own company and assess the effectiveness of their competitors</li><li>Apply and interpret techniques for assessing and comparing investment opportunities in capital projects, business acquisitions and other ventures; understand and apply common methods of business valuation</li><li>Understand the role of business finance in formulating and implementing competitive business strategy; the role of budgeting as part of the planning process and the various approaches to budgeting and performance measurement</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Basic principles</h3><ul><li>Delivering value to key stakeholders</li><li>Accounting concepts, GAAP, IFRS and common terms</li><li>Understanding and using the balance sheet</li><li>Understanding and using the profit statement</li><li>Recognising the vital difference between profit and cashflow</li><li>Understanding and using the cashflow statement</li><li>What financial statements can and cannot tell us</li></ul> <h3>2 Managing and improving cashflow</h3><ul><li>Sources of finance and their advantages and disadvantages</li><li>What is working capital and why is it so important?</li><li>Managing stocks, debtors and creditors</li><li>Understanding how working capital drives business growth</li><li>Understanding and avoiding the over-trading trap</li><li>Unlocking the funds tied up in fixed assets: asset backed loans and leasing</li></ul> <h3>3 Managing and improving profit</h3><ul><li>Understanding how profits generate cashflow</li><li>The fundamental nature of costs: fixed and variable business costs</li><li>Understanding gross margin and break-even</li><li>How common pricing methods affect gross margin and profit</li><li>Effective strategies to improve gross margin</li><li>Using value chain analysis to reduce costs</li><li>Lean manufacturing methods<ul><li>Understanding Just-in-time, 6 Sigma and Kaizen methods</li></ul></li><li>Improving profit<ul><li>Effective and defective strategies</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>4 Measuring and managing business performance</h3><ul><li>Measures of financial performance and strength</li><li>Investor behaviour: the risk and reward relationship</li><li>Return on investment (ROI): the ultimate measure of business performance</li><li>How profit margin and net asset turnover drive return on net assets</li><li>Why some companies are more profitable that others</li><li>Understanding competitive advantage: cost and differentiation advantage</li><li>Why great companies fail<ul><li>What happened to Kodak?</li></ul></li><li>Using a 'Pyramid of Ratios' to improve business performance</li><li>Using Critical Success Factors to develop Key Performance Indicators</li></ul> <h3>5 Budgeting and forecasting methods</h3><ul><li>Using budgets to support strategy</li><li>Objectives and methods for effective budgets</li><li>Using budgets to monitor and manage business performance</li><li>Alternative approaches to budgeting</li><li>Developing and implementing Balanced Scorecards</li><li>Beyond Budgeting</li><li>Forecasting methods and techniques</li><li>Identifying key business drivers</li><li>Using rolling forecasts and 'what-if' models to aid decision-making</li></ul> 


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In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions: all require some degree of financial knowledge. The key financial skills are not as difficult to learn as many people believe and in the hands of an experienced senior executive they can provide a formidable competitive advantage.
After completing this course delegates will be able to:
Understand fundamental business finance concepts; understand, analyse and interpret financial statements: Profit Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statement
Understand the vital difference between profit and cashflow; identify the key components of working capital and how they can be managed to generate strong cashflow
Evaluate pricing decisions based on an understanding of the nature of business costs and their impact on gross margin and break-even sales; managing pricing, discounts and costs to generate strong business profits; understand how lean manufacturing methods improve profit
Use powerful analytical tools to measure and improve the performance of their own company and assess the effectiveness of their competitors
Apply and interpret techniques for assessing and comparing investment opportunities in capital projects, business acquisitions and other ventures; understand and apply common methods of business valuation
Understand the role of business finance in formulating and implementing competitive business strategy; the role of budgeting as part of the planning process and the various approaches to budgeting and performance measurement
1 Basic principles
Delivering value to key stakeholders
Accounting concepts, GAAP, IFRS and common terms
Understanding and using the balance sheet
Understanding and using the profit statement
Recognising the vital difference between profit and cashflow
Understanding and using the cashflow statement
What financial statements can and cannot tell us
2 Managing and improving cashflow
Sources of finance and their advantages and disadvantages
What is working capital and why is it so important?
Managing stocks, debtors and creditors
Understanding how working capital drives business growth
Understanding and avoiding the over-trading trap
Unlocking the funds tied up in fixed assets: asset backed loans and leasing
3 Managing and improving profit
Understanding how profits generate cashflow
The fundamental nature of costs: fixed and variable business costs
Understanding gross margin and break-even
How common pricing methods affect gross margin and profit
Effective strategies to improve gross margin
Using value chain analysis to reduce costs
Lean manufacturing methodsUnderstanding Just-in-time, 6 Sigma and Kaizen methods
Improving profitEffective and defective strategies
4 Measuring and managing business performance
Measures of financial performance and strength
Investor behaviour: the risk and reward relationship
Return on investment (ROI): the ultimate measure of business performance
How profit margin and net asset turnover drive return on net assets
Why some companies are more profitable that others
Understanding competitive advantage: cost and differentiation advantage
Why great companies failWhat happened to Kodak?
Using a 'Pyramid of Ratios' to improve business performance
Using Critical Success Factors to develop Key Performance Indicators
5 Budgeting and forecasting methods
Using budgets to support strategy
Objectives and methods for effective budgets
Using budgets to monitor and manage business performance
Alternative approaches to budgeting
Developing and implementing Balanced Scorecards
Beyond Budgeting
Forecasting methods and techniques
Identifying key business drivers
Using rolling forecasts and 'what-if' models to aid decision-making

The In House Training Company

Financial Modelling & Analysis

Finance Cert & Exam Prep

Financial Analysis

Corporate Finance Level 1

Finance For Non Finance Managers

Corporate Finance

Advanced financial analysis (In-House)

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>Financial Analysis and reporting play a very important role within the organisation and its stakeholders. This course is designed to analyse the functions of financial reporting in communication and its effects on decision-making processes or managerial decisions. It will highlight the accounting and financial standards-setting process and its implication on the organisation globally.</p>

<p>Financial Analysis and reporting discuss how accountants act as processors and purveyors of information for decision-making and the needs of those who use accounting information. It also looks at the role performed by accountants and notes the need to be aware of relevant regulatory and conceptual frameworks.</p>
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Overview



 
Financial Analysis and reporting play a very important role within the organisation and its stakeholders. This course is designed to analyse the functions of financial reporting in communication and its effects on decision-making processes or managerial decisions. It will highlight the accounting and financial standards-setting process and its implication on the organisation globally.
Financial Analysis and reporting discuss how accountants act as processors and purveyors of information for decision-making and the needs of those who use accounting information. It also looks at the role performed by accountants and notes the need to be aware of relevant regulatory and conceptual frameworks.
 

GBA Corporate

Financial Analysis and Reporting

Online

On Site

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>In this course you will learn to build a financial model by working in Excel and how to perform sensitivity analysis in Excel. You will also learn the formulas, functions and types of financial analysis to be an Excel power user. By attending this course, you will be able to effectively prepare and build financial models.</p>

<p>Objectives</p>

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	<p>Harness Excel's tools within a best practice framework</p>
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	<p>Add flexibility to their models through the use of switches and flexible lookups</p>
	</li>
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	<p>Work efficiently with large data volumes</p>
	</li>
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	<p>Model debt effectively</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Approach modelling for tax, debt, pensions and disposals with confidence</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Build flexible charts and sensitivity analysis to aid the presentation of results</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Learn and apply Excel tools useful in financial forecasting</p>
	</li>
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	<p>Understand and design the layout of a flexible model</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Forecast financial statements of a public or private company</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Apply scenario analysis to the forecasted financial statements and prepare charts for data presentation</p>
	</li>
</ul>
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Overview



 
In this course you will learn to build a financial model by working in Excel and how to perform sensitivity analysis in Excel. You will also learn the formulas, functions and types of financial analysis to be an Excel power user. By attending this course, you will be able to effectively prepare and build financial models.
Objectives
Harness Excel's tools within a best practice framework
Add flexibility to their models through the use of switches and flexible lookups
Work efficiently with large data volumes
Model debt effectively
Approach modelling for tax, debt, pensions and disposals with confidence
Build flexible charts and sensitivity analysis to aid the presentation of results
Learn and apply Excel tools useful in financial forecasting
Understand and design the layout of a flexible model
Forecast financial statements of a public or private company
Apply scenario analysis to the forecasted financial statements and prepare charts for data presentation
 

Financial Modelling for Budgeting and Forecasting in Excel

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>The comprehensive course will cover the fundamentals of portfolio management, and delve deeper into risk and return. Participants will develop their understanding of how and why investors allocate money to fixed income, the numerous issues that impact risk and return, and the mechanics of portfolio construction.</p>
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Overview



 
The comprehensive course will cover the fundamentals of portfolio management, and delve deeper into risk and return. Participants will develop their understanding of how and why investors allocate money to fixed income, the numerous issues that impact risk and return, and the mechanics of portfolio construction.
 

Portfolio Management. Fixed Income Investment

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>This course is designed to evaluate the financial statement, budget and making an effective decision. It will help to understand Discounted Cash Flow and its techniques, applications of financial statements and decision-making process. </p>

<p>In this programme, you will challenge representatives to learn how to make use of financial statements to assess the strategic or financial performance of an organization. It will help to understand DCF Discounted Cash Flow techniques along with their apps for financial making decisions and making use of ratios in order to identify the major areas of concern. Find out the elements like weaker financial signals, major success factors, and robust financial signals within your own industry. It Projects future performance assuredly through real-world budgeting.</p>
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Overview



 
This course is designed to evaluate the financial statement, budget and making an effective decision. It will help to understand Discounted Cash Flow and its techniques, applications of financial statements and decision-making process. 
In this programme, you will challenge representatives to learn how to make use of financial statements to assess the strategic or financial performance of an organization. It will help to understand DCF Discounted Cash Flow techniques along with their apps for financial making decisions and making use of ratios in order to identify the major areas of concern. Find out the elements like weaker financial signals, major success factors, and robust financial signals within your own industry. It Projects future performance assuredly through real-world budgeting.
 

Evaluating Financial Analysis, Budgeting and Decision Making

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>This course is specially designed, this 5-day Financial Risk Management training course works to expand delegate's understanding and practical skills in the field of financial risk management. Specifically, this training course investigates the inter connection of risk in terms of markets, credit, operations, liquidity and reputation. Via intensive instruction and practical exercises, delegates will explore relevant techniques and methodologies, such as value-at-risk, credit modelling and stress testing.</p>
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Overview



 
This course is specially designed, this 5-day Financial Risk Management training course works to expand delegate's understanding and practical skills in the field of financial risk management. Specifically, this training course investigates the inter connection of risk in terms of markets, credit, operations, liquidity and reputation. Via intensive instruction and practical exercises, delegates will explore relevant techniques and methodologies, such as value-at-risk, credit modelling and stress testing.
 

Financial Risk Management

<h4>Overview</h4>
						<hr />
						<div></div>
							<p>
							</p><p>Financial Analysis and Decision Making specifies a financial outline to support the life cycle approach of managing tedious projects over a long time scale. This course includes the advanced level of accounting structures which are required to insert knowledgable information in order to make decisions or to support the decision-making process where accounting and financial information overlaps other decision-making processes. In order to manage the growth of the organisation and measure the profitability it is very important to do a financial analysis. This course will take you through different models of accounting and finance which is helpful for the decision-making process thereby helping ensure sustainable growth and success.</p>
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							</p><div>
						
					</div>

Overview



 
Financial Analysis and Decision Making specifies a financial outline to support the life cycle approach of managing tedious projects over a long time scale. This course includes the advanced level of accounting structures which are required to insert knowledgable information in order to make decisions or to support the decision-making process where accounting and financial information overlaps other decision-making processes. In order to manage the growth of the organisation and measure the profitability it is very important to do a financial analysis. This course will take you through different models of accounting and finance which is helpful for the decision-making process thereby helping ensure sustainable growth and success.
 

Financial Analysis for Decision Makers

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>This course will provide participants with an introduction to the key elements to consider in analysing financial institutions for example factors used in the assessment of the operational performance of financial institutions including but not limited to solvency, liquidity, earnings, management and systems/controls. The program will primarily cover banking institutions but there will also be some sessions devoted to risks associated with insurance companies. </p>
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							</p><div>
						
					</div>

Overview



 
This course will provide participants with an introduction to the key elements to consider in analysing financial institutions for example factors used in the assessment of the operational performance of financial institutions including but not limited to solvency, liquidity, earnings, management and systems/controls. The program will primarily cover banking institutions but there will also be some sessions devoted to risks associated with insurance companies. 
 

Banking and Financial Institutional Analysis

<h4>Overview</h4>
						<hr />
						<div></div>
							<p>
							</p><p>Financial analysis gives you a wide understanding of a company's financial information which further helps you to analyse risks in the future and improve business prospects. It plays a vital role in calculating business profit. Professionals with the necessary skills help you to know how your business and forecast the future of the business. It helps to analyse financial statements and also to appraise the present and future prospects of the business.</p>

<p>This course is specially designed to enhance the skills of financial professionals, in financial analytics by having in-depth knowledge of fundamentals of financial statement analysis thereby empowering their analytical skills in measuring the risk business investors are dealing with and also asking the appropriate questions. It will enhance the skills of the participant and will boost their confidence uplifting their ability to comment on business activities and analyse financial health for management. These skills and the required technical knowledge will be put into practice throughout the course using interactive examples and case studies. </p>
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							</p><div>
						
					</div>

Overview



 
Financial analysis gives you a wide understanding of a company's financial information which further helps you to analyse risks in the future and improve business prospects. It plays a vital role in calculating business profit. Professionals with the necessary skills help you to know how your business and forecast the future of the business. It helps to analyse financial statements and also to appraise the present and future prospects of the business.
This course is specially designed to enhance the skills of financial professionals, in financial analytics by having in-depth knowledge of fundamentals of financial statement analysis thereby empowering their analytical skills in measuring the risk business investors are dealing with and also asking the appropriate questions. It will enhance the skills of the participant and will boost their confidence uplifting their ability to comment on business activities and analyse financial health for management. These skills and the required technical knowledge will be put into practice throughout the course using interactive examples and case studies. 
 

Advance Skills in Financial Analysis

<h4>Overview</h4>
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							</p><p>The development of effective and realistic business/financial models is a critical tool in today's value-driven organization. As shareholders are increasingly concerned with the value of their investments, organizations are continually driven to ensure the optimum use of resources. Using Excel®, the Business &amp; Financial Modelling process provides an effective tool with which the potential outcomes of various strategic and tactical initiatives can be projected.</p>

<p>This comprehensive five-day programme takes you through the modelling process from start to finish. It provides practical examples and applications of modelling for both strategic and tactical executives.</p>
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							</p><div>
						
					</div>

Overview



 
The development of effective and realistic business/financial models is a critical tool in today's value-driven organization. As shareholders are increasingly concerned with the value of their investments, organizations are continually driven to ensure the optimum use of resources. Using Excel®, the Business & Financial Modelling process provides an effective tool with which the potential outcomes of various strategic and tactical initiatives can be projected.
This comprehensive five-day programme takes you through the modelling process from start to finish. It provides practical examples and applications of modelling for both strategic and tactical executives.
 

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