Financial Analysis Modeling and Forecasting |Smart

Overview

Why Attend

Financial professionals are often asked to provide analysis and projections of finances to help management make decisions. By attending this course, you will be able to prepare and build financial analysis models effectively, understand and analyze the time value of money, and prepare forecasted financial statements.

Course Methodology

The course is a hands-on workshop that applies MS Excel to model financial analysis and forecasting through different exercises and case studies.

Course Objectives

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

Use financial ratio analysis to interpret organizational financial performance and position
Calculate financial ratios related to the cash flow statement
Utilize Microsoft Excel in the time value of money calculations
Apply MS Excel modeling tools and functions such as spinner, list box, option button, etc.
Forecast and build models for the three main financial statements

Target Audience

Financial controllers, analysts, finance and accounting managers, supervisors, and finance professionals who need to interpret and analyze financial statements and use them to create financial forecast models in their organizations.

Target Competencies

Understanding and performing financial analysis
Performing vertical, horizontal, and trend analysis
Financial forecasting
Modeling financial statements
Applying Excel functions and tools

Note

This training course is a workshop that relies extensively on using laptops. Participants must bring their own laptops equipped with Excel 2016 or a later version.

Course Outline

Financial Analysis Techniques
- Vertical analysis and strategy
- Horizontal, trend analysis, and growth
- Liquidity analysis:
  - Current, quick, and cash ratios, defensive interval, and cash conversion cycle
- Asset management and activity ratios:
  - Total and fixed assets turnover
- Solvency analysis:
  - Debt, equity, and times interest earned ratios
- Profitability analysis:
  - Profit margin, gross margin, return on assets, return on equity, EBITDA
- Market and valuation:
  - Price earnings and earnings-per-share ratios
- DuPont analysis: The three-step and five-step models
- Limitation of ratio analysis
Cash flow statement: Interpretation and ratio analysis
- Cash flow categories: Operating, investing, and financing
- Cash flow pattern; the cash cow
- Cash-flow-related ratios:
  - Quality of earnings
  - Financial management
  - Mandatory cash flow
  - Discretionary cash flow
Financial calculations in MS Excel
- Time value of money:
  - Present Value (PV) and Net Present Value (NPV)
  - Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Multiple IRR (MIRR)
  - Using XNPV and XIRR
- Effective yields and returns
Model construction techniques using Excel
- Data tables
- Goal seek
- Spinner data modeling
- List box data modeling
- Option box data modeling
Modeling projected financial statements
- Micro and macro factors
- Forecasting sales
  - Estimating market demand
  - Estimating company demand
  - Developing sales forecast
- Forecasting cost of sales
- Forecasting operating expenses
- Forecasting key assets and liabilities accounts
- Modeling the income statement
- Modeling the balance sheet
- Modeling the cash flow statement

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

15 - 19 Nov, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

15 - 19 Nov, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

2027 Schedule & Fees

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

14 - 18 Feb, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

14 - 18 Feb, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

16 - 20 May, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

16 - 20 May, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

15 - 19 Aug, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

15 - 19 Aug, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

14 - 18 Nov, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

14 - 18 Nov, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

Financial Analysis Modeling and Forecasting

Overview

Why Attend

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

Note

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

2027 Schedule & Fees

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