Financial Modeling and Valuation Certification Course

Why Select this Training Course?

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.

What are the objectives of financial modeling and valuation?

Financial modeling determines a company’s historical analysis to predict its financial performance and evaluate its transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions. A financial valuation aims to assess the projected profit, cash flows, and other significant business value-generating areas.

The Financial Modelling and Valuation Certification Course by Rcademy will explore Financial Modelling, meaning, purpose, types, categories, and processes involved in creating a financial model. This course will also expose participants to comprehensive Financial Modelling, budget streamlining, forecasting, and business valuation techniques across the entire finance and accounting sphere. It is a complete course that exposes participants to the skills required to conduct the valuation analysis of any business and valuation best practices.

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

What are the Course Objectives?

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

How will this Course be Presented?

Renowned experts and professionals with extensive experience in Financial Modelling and Valuation will deliver the Financial Modelling and Valuation Certification Course. The Rcademy course of this course is designed to be practical and theoretical oriented. The theoretical aspect of the course will be delivered through a mix of self-paced video lessons, presentations, and additional reading materials. The practical aspect of this course is delivered through workshops, interactive solved examples, comprehensible case studies based on real situations, and group discussions. The course is curated to ensure participants’ constant and active learning; hence participants will be provided with practice assignments, quizzes, and online assessments to test their learning.

What are the Topics Covered in this Course?

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 and audit the 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