Financial Modeling Workshop Using Excel

Financial modeling is crucial for taking investment decisions that can have a huge financial impact on companies. By attending this course, you will be able to effectively prepare and build financial models that cater to different types of investments alternatives, understand and analyze time value of money, present value, future value and weighted average cost of capital (WACC), in addition to conducting proper analysis of financial information.

This course uses hands-on application of financial modeling in Excel, in addition to demonstrating theoretical core topics. The course also features real-life case studies and presentations by participants. 

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

• Apply time value of money concepts
• Perform and interpret financial analysis
• Apply cost of capital calculation techniques
• Construct forecasted financial statement models and perform sensitivity analysis
• Use the free cash flow technique in determining the value of a project or a company
• Develop financial models using different Excel modeling techniques

Professionals in corporate finance, financial analysts, investment bankers, financial controllers, finance managers, professionals responsible for project valuation, project finance, portfolio managers, and professionals in the private investment industry.

• Using Excel for financial applications
• Performing capital budgeting analysis
• Understanding and practicing Present Value (PV), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
• Understanding and calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
• Performing financial modeling using Excel
• Reviewing scenario analysis

This is a hands-on training course using laptops which will be provided by Arab for the duration of the course. For courses outside the UAE, participants need to bring their own laptops equipped with a fully functioning version of MS Excel 2010/2013.