Financial Forecasting

Forecasting is a delicate balance of extrapolating from the past and predicting the future. For businesses the ability to build financial forecasts is key to business planning. Participants will learn when a forecast is the tool to use and how to prepare the financial portion of a business case.

Financial Forecasting is a required seminar for the Series for Excellence in Financial Management.

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Program Content

Learn to run the numbers

• Understanding how the balance sheet and income statement inter relate so you can prepare complete forecasts
• Learn how to make and defend financial assumptions
• Build a model to test assumptions

Leverage

• Learn how financing decisions affect profitability
• Appropriate use of debt
• Sensitivity analysis

Cash Flow

• Understand the difference between cash flow and profits
• Learn how depreciation impacts business forecasting
• See how credit policies impact cash flow

What You Will Learn

• How to prepare a financial forecast which can be used to build the financial part of a business case
• A better understanding of how assets and expenses differ
• How to test assumptions

Who Should Attend?

You will benefit from this seminar if you:

• are responsible for preparing or reviewing financial forecasts
• are in management