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Financial Modelling & Business Valuation

A practical professional programme focused on financial modelling & business valuation, designed to strengthen financial capability, analytical judgement and organisational performance.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Financial Modelling & Business Valuation develops the practical capability to build structured financial models and use them to estimate business value and support investment decisions.

The programme examines model design, assumptions, integrated financial statements, forecasting, discounted cash flow valuation, market multiples, sensitivity analysis and scenario testing.

Participants learn to create transparent and decision-focused models that separate inputs, calculations and outputs and make valuation assumptions explicit.

Objectives

  • Develop structured financial-modelling capability.

  • Build integrated financial forecasts from operational assumptions.

  • Apply discounted cash flow and market-based valuation methods.

  • Test valuation sensitivity to key assumptions.

  • Present valuation outputs and limitations clearly.

Learning outcomes

  • Design a logical and transparent financial model.

  • Develop integrated income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow forecasts.

  • Calculate free cash flow for valuation purposes.

  • Apply discounted cash flow and comparable valuation methods.

  • Perform sensitivity and scenario analysis on valuation results.

Who it is for

  • Financial analysts.

  • Corporate finance professionals.

  • Investment professionals.

  • FP&A professionals.

  • Finance managers involved in business valuation and investment analysis.

Programme modules

1. Financial Modelling Foundations
  • Model objectives

  • Model architecture

  • Inputs, calculations and outputs

  • Model controls and transparency

2. Financial Forecasting
  • Revenue drivers

  • Cost assumptions

  • Working capital

  • Capital expenditure and financing

3. Integrated Financial Statements
  • Income statement forecast

  • Balance sheet forecast

  • Cash-flow forecast

  • Statement linkages

4. Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
  • Free cash flow

  • Discount rates

  • Terminal value

  • Enterprise and equity value

5. Market-Based Valuation
  • Comparable companies

  • Valuation multiples

  • Transaction comparisons

  • Interpreting market evidence

6. Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis
  • Key valuation assumptions

  • Sensitivity tables

  • Scenario testing

  • Communicating valuation ranges

Methodology

The programme combines financial-model design, forecasting calculations, valuation cases and sensitivity exercises. Participants progressively construct and analyse a decision-focused financial model.

Assessment

Assessment includes financial-modelling exercises and a final applied valuation case requiring participants to build forecasts, estimate value and explain the sensitivity of their conclusions.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

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Training & Professional Development

Structured professional learning that develops practical, role-relevant knowledge and capability.

Consulting & Advisory

Structured advisory support for strategy, governance, performance, transformation and organisational decision-making.

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