Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis in Excel

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Recommended Prep Courses

These preparatory courses are optional, but we recommend you to complete the stated prep course(s) or possess the equivalent knowledge prior to enrolling in this course:

  1. Building a 3 Statement Financial Model
  2. Business Valuation Modeling

Scenario and sensitivity analysis course overview

This advanced financial modeling course will teach you how to perform Excel sensitivity analysis with a focus on practical applications for professionals working in investment banking, equity research, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), and finance functions.  The tutorial goes step by step through all the formulas and functions required to perform the analysis in Excel from scratch.


Scenario and sensitivity analysis course overview


What will I learn about Excel sensitivity analysis?

This course is highly condensed and students will learn a lot in a short time.  The agenda for this tutorial is:

  • Introduction, scenario vs sensitivity
  • Why perform sensitivity analysis? - how to enhance financial modeling and analysis
  • Scenario analysis in Excel - structure, setup and CHOOSE function 
  • Sensitivity model integration - direct and Indirect methods, data tables
  • Analyzing results - sorting and organizing the data
  • Gravity sort table - using LARGE and SMALL functions in Excel to auto-sort
  • Tornado charts - a visual representation of the results
  • Presenting results - making the output presentation ready

By the end of this course, you will have a thorough grasp of how to build a robust sensitivity analysis system into your Excel financial model. Form and function are both critical to ensuring you can handle quick changes and information requests when you're working on a live transaction.


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Why take this Excel sensitivity analysis course?

This course is designed based on years of practical experience performing financial model sensitivity analysis. We use real-life templates and examples to teach you how to perform it step-by-step the way industry veterans do.

Unlike other courses, ours uses both the direct and direct methods of measuring financial sensitivity - and applies those methods to both operating and financial stresses.

Our sensitivity analysis Excel template can be downloaded at the end of the course and used as an example in your own work.

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Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis in Excel is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 30 courses.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification
  • 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.

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11 courses from beginner to intermediate level.

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Take 3 out of 11 courses at an advanced level.

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FMVA® Financial Analyst Certification courses are offered 100% online, allowing you the flexibility to start the financial analyst program anytime and learn when it’s most convenient for you.

The program is a part of the All Access Subscription, which includes all programs and courses.

CFI courses are designed by instructors with over 21 years of financial analyst training experience.

Students must complete all core and elective courses (14 in total) and demonstrate mastery of the topics through successful completion of course materials, quizzes, and assessments.
Within 48 hours of program completion, your Blockchain Verified FMVA Certification will be emailed to you.

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Would highly recommend this course to anyone willing to advance their skill-set in financial modeling and valuation analysis in Finance and investment Industry, comparing to CFA I personally found out that CFA is time-consuming and more theoretical after CFA you feel you still need some practical course for your Career, unlike CFI-FMVA provides great immense and valuable and practical knowledge in financial modeling, excel , budgeting & forecasting, strategy, presentation, accounting, and investment and business valuation, because of all that great combination the most distinguished about this certificate is you will become a confident a world-Class Financial Analyst.

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The tornado chart is super useful

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