Financial analyst - rate 65,500 rub. from Russian School of Management, training, Date: September 9, 2022.
Miscellaneous / / November 29, 2023
The advanced training course “Financial Analyst” will help you master modern techniques for systematizing information and financial analysis. In a crisis, the main task of a financial analyst is to develop scenarios for cash flow budgets and income and expense budgets in case the situation worsens, develop and implement a financing strategy (communications with banks, creditors and owners), a strategy for dealing with currency risks, a system for assessing and monitoring the risks of the main debtors. Training will help the analyst quickly identify weaknesses, assess the severity of problems and find ways to solve them.
As a result of training you:
— Learn to analyze the company’s financial indicators and conduct operational analysis of financial statements.
— Master the principles of constructing a financial model and learn how to forecast profits. You will be able to evaluate the business, look for growth areas and increase the financial efficiency of the organization.
— You will understand how to build financial plans, forecast balance sheets and budgets, and develop methods for regulating financial results.
— Learn to identify types of risks in a timely manner, calculate the amount of financial losses of the company and develop a strategy to minimize them.
— Learn how to automate the process of collecting and processing information. You will be able to choose a suitable system for the company’s tasks and write regulations for analytical work.
Ph.D., Staff consultant to the Moscow Government on optimization of business processes and development of IT infrastructure.
Ph.D., Staff consultant to the Moscow Government on optimization of business processes and development of IT infrastructure.
Professional financial director with practical experience in business. Consultant in the field of organizing financial and economic functions.
MBA teacher at Russian School of Management. Expert in financial management, budgeting and analytics. Implemented more than 100 consulting projects.
Modeling in business: business and financial models
• Business plan/business model.
• Osterwalder's business model.
• Application of simulation.
• Project risk analysis.
• Project presentation structure.
Business analysis: key users, questions, reporting forms. Profit and efficiency analysis
• Business analysis: key users, questions, reporting forms. Profit and efficiency analysis
• Cash flow and efficiency analysis
• Types of analysis and their applicability. Key indicators of profitability and profitability
• Indicators used to analyze the market, customers and business processes
• Personnel analysis. Analysis of the Cost-Volume-Profit relationship (C-V-P analysis)
Formation of the company's financial model
• Basic principles of constructing a financial model.
• Financial model, budget, investment plan - practical understanding and application.
• Model – standard structure, sequence of “assembly”.
• Risk and return.
• How important are exceptions to the rules (adaptation of standard forms of financial reporting, introduction of elements of management accounting)?
• Management sections of the model, depth of detail.
• How to solve the problem of investor motivation (dividends, “risk payment”, etc.) and reflect this in the model?
• What risks should be taken into account?
• Differences in the financial structure of the models.
• Use of internal and external analysis tools.
• Practical construction of a financial model.
• Workshop: “Calculation of financial flow according to several proposed options.”
• Testing the generated financial model and generating proposals for making management decisions.
• Dynamic model (assessment of the impact of changes in various parameters on the implementation of the business plan) – demonstration of various development scenarios.
• Product profitability (product picture excluding operating expenses).
• Profit and liquidity (“tuning” the model, smoothing cash gaps) – demonstration with an example.
• Business plan and business process (what is necessary for the financial model to work).
Analysis of investment projects. Management of risks
• Project stages. 5 components of a successful project. Principles of effective investment
• Methods for evaluating investment projects. Static and dynamic methods. Discounting. DPB-, NPV-, IRR-methods. Practice of applying investment project evaluation methods in practice
• Sensitivity analysis of investment projects. Scripting method. Monte Carlo method. Decision tree method
• Risk management. 5 stages of accepting negative economic events. Causal risk model. Methods for identifying risks. Risk assessment. Risk matrices. Gradation of risks
• Ways to deal with risks
Business planning
• Target audience of the business plan.
• Summary of the business plan.
• About insiders.
• Company description – mission and values.
• Company description – history and current position.
• Description of the company – organizational structure.
• Company description – business model.
• Description of the market and environment.
• Description of competitors.
• SWOT analysis.
• PESTLE analysis.
• Strategic planning.
• Typical mistakes in strategic planning.
• Operational plan.
• Sales (distribution).
• Implementation of the plan.
• Description of risks.
• Financial plan.
• Description of the command.
• Investment memorandum.
• Analysis of additional materials and links.