An intensive professional development training course on
Mastering Spreadsheet Skills for Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
Looking Forward to Organisational Success
Why Choose Mastering Spreadsheet Skills for Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting Training Course?
The corporate history of the 21st century is notable for the failure of a significant proportion of previously successful enterprises that were unable to adapt to disruptive business model innovation and market changes. In many cases failure can be attributed to the organisation’s inability to plan, execute and adapt successful competitive strategies. Planning, budgeting and forecasting skills are the essential foundation of this critical business process and spreadsheet skills facilitate the rapid development of financial models in vital applications to support these activities.
This hands-on asting and Budgeting training course will focus on practical spreadsheet skills directly relevant to understand and make a practical contribution to the planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
This Mastering Spreadsheet Skills for Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting training course will feature:
- A comprehensive guide to the business planning and budgeting process
- Practical expert tuition in the development of spreadsheet skills
- Detailed explanation of effective business forecasting techniques
- Explanation of modern business performance management methods
- Development of practical skills for capital investment evaluation
- Leading edge techniques for risk analysis and management
What are the Goals?
By the end of this training course delegates will be able to:
- Participate effectively in planning, budgeting and forecasting process
- Apply advanced Excel spreadsheet skills in business forecasting
- Employ leading edge tools for cost analysis and forecasting
- Develop financial models to assist in capital investment decisions
- Make spreadsheet models for cash flow forecasting
- Build powerful “what if” spreadsheet models for risk sensitivity analysis
The Course Content
- The aims and principles of strategic planning
- A framework for effective strategic execution
- The structure and format of financial statements
- Measuring and managing financial performance
- Principles of financial modelling
- Spreadsheet skills: Excel best practice and modelling tips
- Spreadsheet skills: using Excel’s statistical analysis tools
- Using moving averages to analyse time series data
- Using linear regression for sales trend analysis
- Applying exponential smoothing to forecasting
- Spreadsheet skills: using Excel Solver to minimise forecasting error
- Avoiding common forecasting problems
- Data visualisation – presenting data to non-financial managers
- The role of budgeting in the planning cycle
- Traditional and advanced approaches to cost analysis
- Spreadsheet skills: using regression and correlation for cost forecasts
- Criticisms and limitations of conventional budgeting methods
- Beyond Budgeting
- Spreadsheet skills: building rolling forecast models
- Understanding the drivers of business cash flow
- Spreadsheet skills: building a cash flow forecast model
- Principles of capital budgeting
- Capital investment appraisal tools
- Understanding discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis
- Spreadsheet skills: building a capital investment appraisal model
- Identifying and analysing business risk
- Probability based approach to decision-making
- Spreadsheet skills: building decision trees in Excel
- Sensitivity analysis and “What-If” forecasting
- Identifying the key drivers of financial performance
- Spreadsheet skills: building a “What-If” forecast for sensitivity analysis
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
How Aztech Saudi Can Enhance Your Professional Career
At Aztech Saudi, we believe that professional development is the foundation of long-term career success. This training course is expertly designed to equip individuals with practical skills, forward-thinking strategies, and the confidence to navigate today’s dynamic work environments. Each course is delivered by subject matter specialists with extensive industry experience, ensuring that every learning experience is relevant, impactful, and aligned with real-world challenges. Whether you're looking to strengthen your technical expertise, enhance leadership abilities, or stay ahead of industry trends, Aztech Saudi provides the tools you need to elevate your performance and deliver measurable value to your organization.
Our training is more than just knowledge transfer—it’s a catalyst for career transformation. By participating in our courses, professionals gain a competitive advantage in their fields, improve their decision-making capabilities, and position themselves for new opportunities and leadership roles. We take pride in supporting individuals across various sectors and career stages, helping them unlock their full potential through high-quality, globally benchmarked learning experiences. With Aztech Saudi as your development partner, you’re not only investing in education—you're investing in a stronger, more successful future.
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