CFI Financial Modeling Syllabus
The syllabus from CFI’s Building a Financial Model in Excel course includes (1) learning how to use a structured approach to modeling, (2) understanding best practices, (3) learning how to plan and prepare before building a model, (4) forecasting operating revenues, (5) expenses and operating profit, (6) forecasting property, (7) plant and equipment as well as other non-current assets, (8) forecasting working capital including accounts receivable, inventory, and accounts payable, (9) learning to model debt and interest expense, (10) modeling equity and dividends, (11) handling circular references, (12) performing error checking, (13) calculating each of the three financial statements, and (14) performing a basic discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation.
