When looking at any financial opportunity the ability to perform accurate and realistic analysis is imperative. In today’s ever-changing business environment the capability to write simple spreadsheets is not enough. You have to be able to incorporate all the “what if” scenarios and stress any proposal to its limits. A well-structured financial model can facilitate and improve the reliability and quality of your decision-making.

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the different types of financial models and when each should be applied
• Construct financial models making use of a broad range of Excel methods and techniques
• Incorporate elements such as risk, sensitivity, optimisation and forecasting into financial models
• Produce meaningful management reports and charts for communication

• Opening and closing Excel files
• Excel screen menu and standard toolbar
• Auto fill
• Moving around a worksheet
• Moving around the sheets in a workbook
• Creating files
• Deleting files and individual sheets
• Changing column width and row height
• Entering simple formulas
• Entering labels
• Cell referencing
• Centring titles and merging cells
• Simple cell formatting
• Number formats
• Changing font sizes and colours
• Copy, cut and pasting cell contents
• Inserting graphic objects
• Custom views
• Previewing worksheets
• Printing documents and ranges