The What if modeling company presents:
The Complete Financial Modeling Program
Introducing our comprehensive Financial Modeling Program for financial professionals, startup founders, and entrepreneurs.
The Advanced Modeling course has provided a wealth of new ideas and skills in a format that I can go and apply immediately.
~ Nathan W, Process Engineer
More Course Options
Modeling
Fundamentals
A Course on Product Development and how to create a Cashflow Model
$199
Lifetime Access
Includes:
✓ Structured Assumptions
✓Forecasting Principles
✓Indirect Cash-Flow based on P&L
✓Basic Sensitivities
✓Dynamic Output
Intermediate
Modeling
A Course on Product Expansion and how to create a Forecasted Income Statement
$299
Lifetime Access
Includes everything in Fundamentals +
✓ Expanding Assumptions: Standard Profiles*
✓Direct Cash-Flow
✓Balance Sheet Items: Debt, PP&E, Net Working Capital
✓Building Automated Scenarios
✓Introducing Terminal Value
Advanced
Modeling
A Course on Product Diversification and how to create a Forecasted Balance Sheet
$499
Lifetime Access
Includes everything in Intermediate +
✓Expanding Assumptions: Schedules and Dates*
✓Automating Inventory Build via Standard Profiles*
✓Introducing Subordinate Schedules*
✓Three Integrated Financial Statements
✓Unit Economy, FCFF v FCFE
* Unique features unlikely to be found in other courses
Fifty
Skill Testing Questions
Twenty-One
Practical Excel Templates
Three
Practical Fully-Automated Models
One
Time Purchase
Telling the Entrepreneur’s Story
The program is divided into three courses following one story of a visionary entrepreneur embarking on several of business ventures, including Product Development, Product Substitution, and Product Diversification. The complexity of the course grows with each level.
What You’ll Learn
 How to forecast a Business, identify the essentials, and ignore the immaterial | The concept of terminal value | |
| How to gather, record, and validate assumptions | What is FCFE and how it differs from FCFF | |
| How to model the three financial statements |  | Best practices to model inventory build and release |
| How to build automated scenarios | The unique aspects of forecasting Finance Lease | |
| How to run sensitivity analyses | The advantages of using standard profiles, the specifics of manufacturing schedules, and much more… |
Testimonials
Levelling Up
My background in sciences and engineering hadn’t prepared me with tools and structure for what my job really requires. After 8 hours, the Advanced Modeling course has provided a wealth of new ideas and skills in a format that I can go and apply immediately.
~ Nathan W, Process Engineer
New Insights
Before I started the course, I was expecting a predominantly video-focused format complemented with an Excel file. It turned out to be more text-heavy than I initially thought – it gave me some school day flashbacks! 😅
I like the clarity of the content, especially the videos. The workflow structure and the Excel file you’ve incorporated are fantastic and I learned a lot about the way a financial model is supposed to be done. The course has given me insights that are clearly superior to my current methods, and I plan on implement them in my work the first chance I get.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the template packed with ready-to-use data. It’s such a great addition and will be incredibly handy for kickstarting new models.
~ Andri Franklin Thorarinsson, CIO, CREAID
Skills & Prerequisites
- Basic Corporate Financial Acumen;
- OR an Entrepreneur with a base knowledge of financial statements and terminology;
- Understanding of the Basics of Excel, IF() Statement Logic, SUM() Statements, and Formatting;
- A willingness to learn by doing. First, do the reading, then go and break things.
Delivery & Content
Each course offers a combination of engaging video lessons and hands-on Excel models to ensure a practical learning experience. Throughout the program, you will delve into key components of Financial Modeling such as Assumptions Gathering and Validation, Forecasting Principles, the Interconnectivity of three Financial Forms, Automated Scenarios and Sensitivities, and Output Visualization
Modeling Fundamentals
Summary
In the first course of our Financial Modeling program, titled “How to Build a Cash Flow Model” we dive into the fundamental aspects of constructing a financial model using a real-life scenario of a new hotel owner planning to upgrade several rooms.
This course focuses on equipping you with essential skills to develop a robust cash flow projection.
You’ll also learn how to create a Dynamic Data Table and understand how to implement sensitivities on your model.
Intermediate Modeling
Summary
In the second course of our comprehensive Financial Modeling program, we explore a captivating scenario involving a new hotel owner who faces the decision of whether to replace several rooms with a bar.
Throughout this course, our key learning objectives are centered around better understanding the underlying drivers of revenue per room, average check per customer, and other critical factors that impact financial performance.
You’ll also learn how to create Scenarios which your client or manager can play around with on their own.
Advanced Modeling
Summary
In the final portion of our program, we explore the scenario where your client wants to pursue the manufacturing and leasing of boats.
Throughout this course you will gain a deep understanding of critical concepts like FCFF (Free Cash Flow to Firm) versus FCFE (Free Cash Flow to Equity), as well as the significance of Unit Economy in financial modeling.
You’ll also learn how to model business synergies and structure your model so as to segment the outputs for your audience.
Your Instructors
Vladimir Baydin, MSc, MBA, PhD
Through his twenty-year journey in the field of financial modeling, Vladimir has contributed to the successful projects execution in various industries: Hospitality, Development, Telecom, IT, Utilities, Consulting, Manufacturing, and Aviation. Most recently, he served as a Lead Financial Architect in the launching of the new generation of the 515 DHC firefighting Aircraft. An acute forecaster, Vladimir knows well how hard is to foresee. He humbly hopes that you will find value in the course and enjoy it as much as he does.
Aaron Campbell, BA
Through an almost decade-long career in aviation and manufacturing, he has gained an extensive knowledge in creating and teaching financial modeling. A multiple winner of speaking competitions, he has a passion for good communication and clear storytelling. Following this he has spent years helping colleagues with complex business problems such as inventory analysis, forecasting, budgets, and program launches for Management and Shareholders. A life-long seeker of knowledge, he hopes that you will share in his joy of learning and get the most out of this course.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I get a certificate of completion?
Yes! If you are a CPA-charter holder you can record hours spent on this course to comply with CPA regulations.
How many hours will it take to complete?
The video-lectures total 1.5 hours.
The Guide is estimated at 2 hours depending on your financial literacy.
We strongly recommend to spend up to 10 hours to work with the Models. All in, our best guess is about 10-15 hours, excluding templates. Please share your experience, we would very much appreciate it!
I have taken the course but was unsatisfied. Can I get my money back?
Please contact us through email or telegram @whatifmodelingcompany so we can address your concerns.
What’s included in the downloadable templates?
Templates are broken by next categories: Financial Forms, Scenarios & Automation, Risk Analysis, Inventory, CAPEX & DEBT, Other, Excel Formulae
The full list:
Constructing BS, Indirect CF, FCFF vs FCFE, BS Items: AR, AP, Customer Deposits, Sales Scenarios, Generic Profiles, Batch Distribution, Payback Calculation, Adding Scenarios, Testing Assumptions (Risk Analysis), Sensitivity Analysis using Data Tables, Manufacturing Schedule, Inventory Build-up & Release, Inventory Build by Unit, Depreciation Schedule, Debt Schedule, Personnel Forecast, Factory Rate Calculation, Tax Losses, Finance Lease, Customer Credits, Excel Formulae
Other courses provided more downloadable materials and more video lectures. Why should I choose yours?
We don’t want to waste your time, but we do want you to learn, and complete the course. We strongly believe that the unique combination of focused video-lessons with the “How to Model” Guide and dozens of notes inside each Model are sufficient to equip you with practical knowledge of financial modeling in under a week. We strongly encourage you to spend up to 10 hours to play with the models, to change assumptions, to investigate the flow of calculations, to break them, and of course to answer all questions we prepared. If you are struggling with any part of our course or any part of any model, please contact us and will be happy to provide you with clarifying information free of charge. As for downloadable materials, we are confident that our practical ready-to-use templates will equip you with all necessary tools to start building financial models. They contain nothing useless or irrelevant to the most common issues with financial modeling.
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