FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model
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Overview
Recommended Prep Course
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Monthly cash flow modeling course overview
Master the art of building a rolling 12-month cash flow forecast model in our Financial Planning & Analysis FP&A class. In this monthly cash flow modeling course, you will learn to build an Excel model from scratch complete with assumptions, financials, supporting schedules and charts.
This FP&A course will look at how to forecast revenues, operating expenses and changes in balance sheet items to arrive at monthly cash flow. From there we will assess the financial impact of the forecast on the business, decide if capital needs to be raised, evaluate credit metrics, and create elegant charts to inform management and make executive decisions.
Monthly cash flow modeling course objectives
Key Learning Objectives:
- Apply a structured approach to monthly cash flow modeling in Excel
- Build up the assumptions and formulas required to forecast the business month by month
- Understand how to forecast the financial statements based on the business plan
- Calculate the monthly cash flow
- Analyze the impact of the forecast on the company’s balance sheet and capitalization
- Output relevant graphs to illustrate the cash flow profile to management
What's covered in this FP&A Excel modeling course?
This FP&A Excel modeling course covers best practices such as building an organized assumptions section, designing better formulas, and creating informative charts and graphs. More specifically, students will learn how to forecast the income statement, balance sheet, and resulting cash flow, as well as creating schedules for accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, property plant and equipment (PP&E), debt and interest.
Excel skills that will be emphasized in this course include conditional formatting, data validation, IF statements, and other formulas and functions required to complete the financial model.
Who should take this FP&A course?
This monthly cash flow modeling course is critical for anyone working in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), accounting, or finance departments and is required to build monthly financial models in their job. Career paths may include accounting, finance, treasury, and corporate development.
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FP&A training and analyst certification
From beginner to advanced, this FP&A training course is designed to teach you how to be a complete financial analyst.
This class is one of the 9 required "Core" courses for CFI's financial analyst training program, which grants the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) accreditation.
What You'll Learn
Become a certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)®
FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 30 courses.
- Skills Learned Financial Modeling and Valuation, Sensitivity Analysis, Strategy
- Career Prep Investment Banking and Equity Research, FP&A, Corporate Development
Path To Certification
Prerequisite Courses
7 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
01OptionalCore Courses
11 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
02RequiredElective Courses
Take 3 out of 11 courses at an advanced level.
03RequiredGet Certified
Submit your FMVA® checklist and order your certificate.
04RequiredJoin Our Community
Get access to the Global Corporate Finance Society.
05OptionalHow the Certification Works
What Our Students Say
Very good explanations and detailed models
Delbert Adivnovak
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Marco Pelser
The course was straight to the point (2 to 4 hours) and covered several important topics as the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. Very clear explaining key formulas and inputs. Highly recommended.
Omar Poventud Miranda
This is the best Model with explanation I have ever seen!!! Keep up the good work