Corporate Finance Institute – FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model

Description of FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model

Master the art of building a rolling 12-month cash flow forecast model in our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) class.

• Understand the proper structure of a monthly operating model
• Create business assumptions and inputs
• Develop a dashboard to convey key results and metrics

Master the art of building a rolling 12-month cash flow forecast model in our Financial Planning & Analysis FP&A class. In this monthly cash flow modeling course, you will learn to build an Excel model from scratch, complete with assumptions, financials, supporting schedules, and charts.

This FP&A course will look at forecasting revenues, operating expenses, and changes in balance sheet items to arrive at monthly cash flow. From there, we will assess the financial impact of the forecast on the business, decide if capital needs to be raised, evaluate credit metrics, and create elegant charts to inform management and make executive decisions.

This FP&A Excel modeling course covers best practices such as building an organized assumptions section, designing better formulas, and creating informative charts and graphs. More specifically, students will learn how to forecast the income statement, balance sheet, and resulting cash flow, as well as creating schedules for accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, property plant and equipment (PP&E), debt and interest.

Excel skills that will be emphasized in this course include conditional formatting, data validation, IF statements, and other formulas and functions required to complete the financial model.

What You’ll Learn In FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model?

• 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 should take FP&A Monthly Cash Flow Forecast Model?

This monthly cash flow modeling course is critical for anyone working in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), accounting, or finance departments and is required to build monthly financial models in their job. Career paths may include accounting, finance, treasury, and corporate development.