Build Financial Models That Actually Work
We teach you to construct models that support real decisions — not just spreadsheets that look impressive. Our autumn 2025 cohort focuses on practical techniques used in corporate finance and investment analysis.
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How We Structure Learning
Each module builds on previous skills. You start with fundamentals and progress to complex scenarios at your own pace.
Foundation Mechanics
Start with core Excel functions and financial formulas. Learn to structure worksheets that scale cleanly when assumptions change. Most students spend 6-8 weeks here before moving forward.
Scenario Analysis
Build models that test multiple outcomes simultaneously. You'll create sensitivity tables, waterfall charts, and variance analyses that executives actually use during budget reviews.
Integration Practices
Connect financial statements properly so changes flow through your model automatically. This is where most commercial analysts differentiate themselves from spreadsheet operators.
Your Development Timeline
Months 1-2: Core Mechanics
Master the formulas and structures that form the base of every solid model. You'll rebuild common templates from scratch to understand why they're designed that way.
Months 3-4: Business Applications
Apply your skills to real company financials. Build three-statement models, DCF valuations, and operating budgets using actual public company data.
Months 5-6: Advanced Scenarios
Tackle merger models, LBO analysis, and complex capital structures. These are the models investment professionals build during deal evaluations.
What Makes Our Approach Different
We focus on techniques that translate directly to workplace scenarios. Every exercise comes from situations our instructors encountered in corporate finance roles.
Error Detection Skills
Learn to audit models systematically. You'll identify common mistakes before they reach decision makers — a skill that separates junior analysts from trusted advisors.
Presentation Standards
Build models that others can navigate easily. Proper documentation and clear formatting mean your work gets used instead of rebuilt by someone else.
Assumption Management
Structure your models so key drivers are visible and adjustable. When executives want to test different scenarios, you'll deliver answers in minutes rather than hours.
Data Integration
Connect your models to external data sources cleanly. Update forecasts with new actuals efficiently without breaking formulas or losing historical comparisons.
Skills You'll Develop Through Practice
Build three-statement models that balance automatically and flow logically from assumptions to results
Create sensitivity analyses that show how changes in key drivers affect outcomes across multiple metrics
Structure valuation models using DCF, comparable company analysis, and precedent transaction methods
Document your work clearly so colleagues can understand your logic and modify assumptions confidently
"I spent three years building models at a mid-sized firm before taking this course. Wish I'd found it earlier — would have saved countless hours rebuilding broken spreadsheets. The audit techniques alone changed how I approach every new model."
Financial Planning Analyst, Melbourne