Financial Forecasting and Modeling ON DEMAND
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5.0 Credits
Member Price $145.00
Non-Member Price $167.00
Overview
The ability to construct a reliable financial model that projects future performance is essential for the forward-looking business professional. This course provides the essential knowledge needed to become proficient at forecasting and modeling. This course does so by discussing the different types of forecasting methodologies, the situations in which they should be used, and how to construct them. The course also examines the layout and formulation of a financial model, and addresses specific issues within such a model, including the treatment of depreciation, debt, equity, and working capital. Further, the course describes the construction of short-term and longer-term cash forecasts and concludes with a review of the Excel functions that can be used for financial forecasting and modeling.
Highlights
Financial forecasting. Financial modeling. Cash forecasting. Microsoft excel modeling.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, auditors, consultants, and financial and managerial professionals.
Objectives
Recognize the characteristics of the Delphi method. Identify the best uses of the different forecasting methods. Specify the situations in which a smoothing constant can be used. Recognize the different types of leading and lagging indicators. State which report makes use of the accounting equation. Specify how an income statement is used. Identify the key inputs to a financial model. Recognize the complications caused by the use of a plug within a financial model. Specify the circumstances under which a business could fund its own growth. Recognize the cases in which an expansion of a financial model might be warranted. Specify the sources of the receipts and disbursements method, and more.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $167.00
Member Price $145.00