Business decisions and most routine financial roles are increasingly made based on a financial model built in Excel. In today's ever-changing business environment being able to accurately model and forecast the volatile economic inputs is a critical skill for business professionals, the capability to write simple spreadsheets is just not enough. You have to be able to incorporate all the "what if" scenarios and stress any proposal to its limits. Financial modelling involves develop-ing a dynamic spreadsheet that describes a financial structure. A well-structured financial model can facilitate and improve the reliability, quality and timeliness of your decision-making. Modelling techniques are used in many different areas, such as investment appraisal, capital planning, budgeting, valuation, financial analysis and forecasting. Financial Modelling with Excel is such a workshop where knowledge of Finance meets with Technology for better understanding of the Financial World.

Best Practice Modelling - Learn and apply the most effective ways to design, cross-check and

structure robust, flexible and dynamic models to get your job done faster and painlessly;

Develop robust dynamic budgeting models - using advanced Excel techniques according to interna-

tional Best Practice Standards

Audit, protect and automate your models - with macros, buttons and hyperlinks.

Create self-balancing model - budgeted, balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements by

applying dynamic Excel formulas.

.Apply “drag and drop” - multidimensional modelling technology in budgeting

Use financial functions - to create loan and investment amortisation schedules

Ability to appraise and evaluate capital projects easily - by applying advanced Excel Techniques

and functions to evaluate the most viable capital projects, including the use of IRR, NPV, Payback, BEP, sce-

nario Manager, and utilising the Solver Add-In to optimise resources in Capital Rationing decision-making.

What-if Analysis – Interpret and analyse the results of your model through “what-if” analysis and then deal

with risk and uncertainty by creating scenarios, building stress tests in your models and performing

sensitivity analysis to make better, more profitable and informed business decisions

Understanding the co-relation between P&L statement, Balance sheet and Cash flow statements

and using them for business forecasting and valuation.

By the end of each course, you would have been able to design sophisticated operational and capital budgeting models that relate to corporate strategy which fosters for easy scenario management and adoption of any desired changes without undertaking any rigorous manipulation to obtain new set of results. This highly-practical, intensive, hands-on course is packed with cutting edge spreadsheet design ideas to take your budgeting and forecasting ability to whole new level. Far too many business spreadsheet models are flawed due to a lack of well thought objec-tives, layout and design.

FINANCIAL MODELLING IN EXCEL—BUDGETING

LEARNING OUTCOMES

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

   

The course is purely applied financial modelling in Excel relating to Budgeting and forecasting (Both operational Budget and Capital Budgeting)

including evaluation of capital projects in Excel using IRR, NPV, Break-even Point/Payback method, among other techniques. The module also

adopts spreadsheet Best Practice Financial Modelling Design Structure, key modelling Formulas and Functions, and Decision-making & Planning

Tools. . Participants would be expected construct real life, robust and dynamic budgeting and forecasting financial models from scratch using the

tools and techniques learnt in the course. Delegates will also learn how to incorporate forecasting, portfolio analysis, optimisation, risk assessment

and sensitivity scenarios into their models.

COURSE STYLE

REG

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RED CPD PROVIDER

1/4/2012 – 31/3/2

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SUMMARY COURSE OUTLINE SUMMARY COURSE DETAILS

Duration : 3 Days (8am to 5pm)

Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Harare.

Bookings:

Register online from our website:

ww.celsoftcorporation.com

Enquiries & Bookings

Call: Blessing Charukwa

Celsoft Corporation

3rd floor, Zambia House, Kwame Nkuruma Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tel: +263 (0)4 293 3375/6

E: celsoft@celsoftcorporation.com

Website: www.celsoftcorporation.com

Fees

USD600.00 each level per delegate VAT exclusive.

Early Booking Special rate: Any book-ings made on or before 30 October 2012 will pay USD550.00

5 or More Participants Special rate: Group rate of USD500.00 applies to bookings and payments received on or before 20 November 2012.

BANKING DETAILS:

Bank          ‐  Stanbic Bank 

Acc name  ‐ Celsoft Investments 

Acc. No.     ‐ 0240076034001 

Sort Code  ‐ 3102 

Branch       ‐ Parklane Branch 

Swift Code ‐ SBICZWHXXX  

The courses have been designed for financial officers, budget officers, middle and senior management

from government agencies, non-government agencies and the private sector who are involved in the

manipulation, use and analysis of financial data and models for decision making including:

Accountants, Financial controllers, managers, auditors, Administrators & directors

Financial & business analysts, Private Equity and Venture Capitalists

Project managers, lenders & Corporate treasury managers

Risk managers, Portfolio managers, Economists & Corporate finance professionals

Budget Analysts and financial & strategic planners and General Managers

Any Finance specialist interested in learning cutting edge budgeting and forecasting skills.