An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Certificate in Financial Modelling
for Planning and Forecasting
Building Accurate, Data-Driven Models to Support Strategic Financial Decisions
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22-26 Dec 2025 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 13-17 Jul 2026 | Barcelona - Spain | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 21-25 Sep 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 21-25 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-24 Apr 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
This Certificate in Financial Modelling for Planning and Forecasting training course offers a practical, hands-on approach to building effective financial models for strategic business planning and accurate forecasting. In today’s fast-paced and evolving business landscape, making informed decisions relies heavily on dependable financial projections and scenario analyses. This course is designed to equip professionals with the essential tools, techniques, and best practices for developing robust models using Excel. Participants will gain the skills to structure dynamic financial models, forecast outcomes, assess risks, and align results with strategic goals. Emphasizing practical application, the course ensures participants can immediately implement what they learn in real-world planning scenarios.
As data-driven strategies and agile decision-making become vital for success, proficiency in financial modelling has become a key competitive asset. This training course enhances participants’ abilities to create accurate, flexible, and insightful models that support both immediate decisions and long-term planning. The skills gained will not only refine financial forecasting and performance evaluation but also strengthen strategic thinking—enabling professionals to drive growth, adaptability, and resilience within their organisations.
This training course will feature:
- Practical Excel-based financial modelling techniques
- Forecasting methods for revenues and costs
- Scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Strategic financial planning tools
- Building dynamic and flexible models
Training Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, delegates will be able to:
- Design dynamic financial models
- Apply forecasting and planning techniques
- Analyse scenarios and sensitivities
- Evaluate investment and risk impact
- Interpret results for better decisions
Designed for
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals looking to improve their financial analysis and planning skills.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Financial analysts and planners
- Business and budget managers
- Corporate finance professionals
- Project and investment managers
- Anyone involved in business forecasting
Learning Methods
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes interactive discussions, real-life case studies, hands-on Excel modelling, group exercises, and step-by-step guided tutorials to apply key modelling techniques in business planning and forecasting.
The Course Outline
- Role of models in decision-making
- Structuring financial models in Excel
- Key functions and best practices
- Building assumptions and drivers
- Financial statement structure overview
- Linking income, balance, cash flow
- Revenue and cost forecasting methods
- Forecasting assumptions and scenarios
- Time series and regression models
- Drivers of working capital changes
- Forecasting capital expenditures
- Forecasting funding and financing needs
- Creating dynamic integrated models
- Modelling using historical data
- Excel tools for dynamic modelling
- Building cash flow forecasting models
- Debt and interest modelling basics
- Finalising the model for analysis
- Introduction to scenario analysis
- Sensitivity and what-if analysis
- Monte Carlo simulation overview
- Building flexibility into models
- Stress testing assumptions
- Presenting risk-adjusted projections
- Using models for strategic planning
- Long-term financial forecasting models
- Investment appraisal and valuation
- KPI tracking and dashboard creation
- Case study: end-to-end model build
- Course wrap-up and best practices
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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Our training programs are hosted at luxurious five-star hotels in prestigious destinations across the globe. Some of our popular locations include Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Vienna, and many other iconic cities.
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