Courses / Short Learning Series
Business Planning & Financial Forecasting
SL-08 · Business finance
Turn business goals into clear assumptions, a linked three-statement forecast and a plan that lenders and investors can trust. Following one growing UAE business through a branch expansion, you will build the forecast, test it with scenarios and sensitivity analysis, and present it with confidence.
Who it's for
Business owners, managers and finance professionals who prepare business plans, forecasts or funding requests.
What you'll be able to do
- Translate a strategy into measurable objectives, drivers and a documented assumption register
- Build a linked three-statement forecast in which profit, balance sheet and cash always reconcile
- Test a plan with base, downside and upside scenarios, sensitivity analysis and break-even
- Calculate the debt service cover ratio and present a funding request that answers what lenders and investors look for
Lessons
- 1From strategy to assumptionsreading
- 2Building a three-statement forecastreading
- 3Scenarios and sensitivity analysisreading
- 4Presenting the plan to lenders and investorsreading