This is practical, Excel-based course designed to develop essential skills in personal financial planning, financial analysis, forecasting, business/project evaluation and corporate valuation. The course combines fundamental financial concepts with hands-on development of 15 practical financial tools and models using Excel, enabling participants to apply financial theory to real-world decision-making.
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Fundamentals of the Time Value of Money, Present Value and Future Value, Compounding and Discounting, Annuities and Perpetuities, Financial Goal Planning, Investment Avenues: Equity, Mutual Funds, SIP, Fixed Income Securities Tool 1: Financial Goal & Savings Planner: Development of an Excel-based calculator to determine the periodic investment/savings required to achieve a specified financial goal. Tool 2: EMI Calculator & Loan Repayment Planner: Development of an EMI calculator and repayment schedule for loans based on principal, interest rate and tenure. Tool 3: Fixed Deposit & Recurring Deposit Calculator: Calculation of periodic investment, interest earned and maturity value for Fixed Deposits and Recurring Deposits.
Fundamentals of Personal Risk Management, Life Insurance Planning and Cover Assessment, Emergency/Contingency Fund Planning, Retirement Planning Framework, Retirement Corpus Estimation, Developing Pension Plans for corporate clients Tool 4: Life Insurance Requirement Calculator: Financial modelling with Excel to estimate the appropriate insurance cover based on income, liabilities, dependents, future obligations and financial goals. Tool 5: Contingency Fund Calculator: Development of a financial planning model to determine the required emergency/contingency fund based on household expenses, income stability and risk factors. Tool 6: Retirement Corpus & Retirement Planner: Calculation of required retirement corpus by incorporating current age, retirement age, life expectancy, current expenses, inflation, expected return and post-retirement income requirements. Tool 7: Pension Plan: Development of a corporate pension planning model incorporating rate of return, contribution period, maturity value, annuity, pension income and relevant withdrawal/surrender considerations. Case Study: Atal Pension Yojana
Corporate Finance, Understanding Financial Statements and Interlinkage, Performance Analysis of Profit & Loss Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement, Comparative and Common-size Financial Statements, Key Financial Ratios and DuPont analysis, Capital Budgeting, Cost of Capital, Financial Forecasting (Y/Y Growth, CAGR) and Financial Projections, AI integration in Financial Analysis and Modelling Tool 8: Profit & Loss Analysis & Forecasting Model with AI: Development of an Excel model for historical analysis, trend identification, assumptions and forecasting of revenues, expenses and profitability. Tool 9: Balance Sheet Forecasting Model with AI: Development of an integrated model for analysing and forecasting major balance sheet components using appropriate financial assumptions and drivers. Tool 10: Cash Flow Analysis & Forecasting Model with AI: Development of a model for analysing operating, investing and financing cash flows and forecasting future cash positions. Tool 11: Beta Calculation and WACC Assessment: Development of an excel-based model for calculation of Beta and assessment of weighted average cost of capital.
Business Model Development, Identification of Revenue and Cost Drivers, Estimation of Initial Investment, Working Capital Requirements, Operating Assumptions, Preparation of Projected Financial Statements, Profitability and Return Analysis (NPV, IRR, XIRR), Project Evaluation Tool 12: Business Plan Development and Analysis Tool 13: Project Evaluation and Analysis
Introduction to Investment Banking, Due Diligence and DCF Valuation, Analysis of Historic Performance, Estimating Cost of Capital, Forecasting Performance, Assessment of WACC, Estimating Terminal Value, Calculation of Enterprise Value (EV), Calculating Intrinsic Value of shares, Assessment of over and under valuation. Tool 14: DCF Model/ Due Diligence: Development of an integrated Excel-based Financial Model for DCF Valuation (with AI)/ Due Diligence for IPO valuation/ Merger and Acquisition / Equity Research.
Introduction to Market Multiples & Comparable Valuation Equity Valuation Multiples: P/E (Price/ Earning), P/B (Price/Book Value), and P/FCFF (price of Free Cash Flow to Firm). Enterprise Valuation Multiples: EV/EBITDA, EV/ Sales, EV/ BV. Tool 15: Analysis of Comparable Companies based upon P/E, P/B, P/FCFF, EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales & EV/BV Multiples.
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Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Associate Professor at Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, India, holds a Ph.D. in Corporate Governance, specialising in finance and income tax. He actively mentor students in financial strategy and tax compliance, contributing to curriculum development and industry-aligned research.
Dr. Sushant Gupta is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University (LPU). He has 30+ Publications. With more than 12 years of teaching, research, and academic experience, Dr. Sushant specializes in Financial Markets, Derivatives, Investment Analysis and F&O Trading.
Dr. Harpreet Singh Bedi is a Professor at the Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, with over 2 decades of teaching experience. He holds a Gold Medal in MBA and has received the Academic Honour Award in PGDBM, along with a distinction in M. Com. Dr. Bedi is a certified professional in Microsoft Excel (by Microsoft) and Financial Modelling (by NSE, India).