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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.  Introduction to 3-Statement Modeling
  2.  Introduction to Business Valuation

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

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Level 3

Approx 2.5h to complete

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This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification
Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis in Excel is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 42 courses.
  • Skills Learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
  • Career Prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development

Learner Reviews

Great course
A simple overview of how to create different scenarios and explore them, as well as measure sensitivity of the model to various changes in inputs

Michael Castelli

Perfect
It was so good explained and I felt like I understood it immediately!

Arbiana Spirollari Bekolli

practical course
I enjoyed and I am sure new students will enjoy too.

Faisal Al Bahanata

sensitivity analysis skills
i'm proud of what i got now. i understand better how to analysis business using drivers, and different scenario. i understand know how to get an impact of drivers to the model.

Anicet Lazare NOAH ALIMA

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