Course description
The Financial Modelling and Valuation Certification Course is developed to provide participants with the required knowledge on how financial models and valuation methodologies are employed in strategic business decision-making. For example, most companies conduct Financial Modelling and Valuation to assess the costs of a project and forecast the profits of the proposed new project.
What do modeling and valuation mean in finance?
Modeling in finance entails creating econometric models to depict a simplified simulation of the performance of a financial asset or business portfolio or any other investment. Valuation in finance describes evaluating the present or fair value of an asset, portfolio, or any additional investment.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who Should Attend?
The Financial Modelling and Valuation Certification Course by Rcademy is suitable for personnel who carry out Financial Modelling and Valuation and professionals interested in pursuing a career in this area. The following persons should attend this certification course:
- Senior executives: accountable for their firm’s growth, investments, and portfolio
- Business and finance professionals: interested in improving their Financial Modelling skills
- Mid-level managers: charged with the responsibilities of research, accounting, Financial Modelling valuation, and investment decisions
- Finance experts: in investment banking and finance whose duties include getting, executing, and managing deals
- Consultants: involved in advising private investors and organizations on financing and investing decisions Professionals: seeking to enhance their Financial Modelling and Valuation skill sets
- Graduate students: aspiring to become investment bankers, financial advisory professionals, and consultants
- Individuals interested in pursuing a career in Financial Modelling and Valuation
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The Financial Modelling and Valuation Certification Course by Rcademy will provide participants with the required expertise and knowledge in conducting Financial Modelling and Valuation. Upon the completion of this, participants would have attained the following objectives:
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Financial Modelling skills, budget streamlining, and forecasting process
- Learn about the rudiments of conducting sensitivity and scenario analyses to improve the structure of the financial model
- Build valuation models with multiple scenarios by employing comparable company and precedent transactions analysis
- Identify the different valuation methodologies, such as relative valuations, DCF, and DDM, and discuss the merits and demerits of each method
- Learn how to build historical financial statements and multi-year forecasts for the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Learn how to solve complex problems in Excel that are related to Financial Modelling
- Examine how financial models are used in strategic business decisions
- Analyse and understand an income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet
- Learn about the discounted cash flow (DCF) and ways of establishing the weighted average cost of capital and terminal values to create target prices
- Understand Financial Modelling best practices to create robust financial models and guarantee confidence in the stakeholders involved in business decisions
- Understand valuation best practices to create target prices based on financial models
Training Course Content
Module 1: Overview of Financial Modelling
- Meaning
- Objectives
- Best practices
- Categories: – Project finance models – Pricing models – Integrated financial statement models – Reporting models
Module 2: Types of Financial Models
- Three-Statement model
- Discounted cash flow (DCF) model
- Merger model (M&A)
- Initial public offering (IPO)
- Model leveraged buyout (LBO) model
- Consolidation model
- Forecasting model
Module 3: Uses of Financial Models
- Valuations and raising capital
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Measuring possible outcomes of management decisions
- Credit analysis
Module 4: Examples of Financial Models
- Discounted cash flow analysis
- Sensitivity analysis
- In-depth appraisal
Module 5: Three-Statement Model
- Meaning
- Components – Balance sheet – Income statement – Cash flow statement
- Forecasting and expanding the three-statement model
Module 6: Financial Modelling Processes
- Historical results and assumptions
- Create and complete the income statement and balance sheet
- Build the supporting schedules
- Build the cash flow statement
- Conduct the discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis
- Execute sensitivity analysis and scenarios
- Create graphs and charts
- Stress test andauditthe model
Module 7: Financial Modelling Specifics
- Building flexible financial models in Excel
- Financial Modelling for Revenues and Cogs
- Financial Modelling for operating expenses and D&A
- Financial Modelling for other items: Extraordinary Items, Interest expenses, and taxes
Module 8: Overview of Company Valuation
- Introduction
- Importance of valuation
- Purpose
- Principles in valuation – Intrinsic Value – Time Value of Money
- Types of valuation – Advanced valuation – Market-based valuation – Intrinsic valuation – Results presentation – Asset-based valuation
Module 9: Valuation Methodologies
- Comparable company analysis model
- Asset valuation
- Relative valuation
- Historical earning valuation
- Precedent transactions analysis
- Discount cash flow valuation
- Future maintainable earnings valuations
Module 10: Multiples Valuation
- Meaning
- Rationale
- Principles
Module 11: Financial Statement Modelling
- Cash flow Statement
- Income statement
- Balance sheet
Module 12: Forecasting
- Forecasting sales volume and sales price
- Balance sheet forecasting
- Forecasting of P & L items
- Modeling the top line of the financial model
Module 13: Financial Forecasting Model
- Bottom-up financial forecasting
- Top-down financial forecasting
- Correlation forecasting
- Delphi forecasting
- Asset and liability management forecasting
- Statistical forecasting
Module 14: Financial Modelling and Valuation – Real-Life Case Studies
- Facebook IPO
- Uber valuation
Module 15: Skills Required in Financial Modelling and Valuation
- Microsoft Excel
- Simulation
- Linear programming
- Financial data analysis
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