Financial Forecasting: Tools and Techniques

The course is a hands-on workshop that applies the forecasting techniques utilizing MS Excel through the use of different exercises and case studies.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply different forecasting techniques that will help in making financial and business decisions
• Utilize Microsoft Excel to build forecasting models effectively
• Explain the different macro and micro assumptions affecting financial and business forecasts
• Build models for forecasting income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements and their components
• Differentiate between various forecasting models and approaches and assist senior management in understanding their impact

Financial controllers, analysts, finance and accounting managers, supervisors, and finance professionals who need to create, interpret and maintain forecasts in their organizations.

• Forecasting
• Time series analysis
• Regression analysis
• Modeling financial statements
• Applying Excel functions and tools