Monthly Cash Flow Modeling

Overview:

This course is essential for finance professionals seeking to master cash flow forecasting, a critical skill for effective financial analysis. By accurately predicting cash flow, businesses can ensure liquidity, optimize financial performance, and make informed strategic decisions. In this course, you will learn to build a rolling 12-month cash flow forecast model in Excel from scratch, incorporating key assumptions, financial statements, and supporting schedules.    

You will also gain expertise in forecasting revenues, operating expenses, and balance sheet changes, calculating monthly cash flow, and evaluating its impact on the company’s financial health. Additionally, the course covers how to create informative charts to visualize the cash flow profile, aiding management in decision-making. This comprehensive approach equips you with the skills to manage cash flow effectively and contribute to the financial stability and growth of your organization.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

• 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

Who Will Benefit:

This course is designed for finance professionals, analysts, and aspiring FP&A specialists seeking to enhance their skills in financial modeling and cash flow forecasting to advance their careers in corporate finance, financial planning, and strategic management.