• Creating a framework for financial forecasting
• Identifying data patterns and applying time series modeling techniques
• Modeling and forecasting your key business drivers
• Simulating a complete financial forecast: Drilling down to the bottom line
• Dealing with uncertainty
• Weighing approaches to interest rate risk modeling
• Communicating the forecast to management Data visualization techniques

Vice presidents of finance, financial managers and analysts, controllers and treasurers, directors of planning and corporate and business development, business unit managers, operations analysts, budget managers and analysts.

• Learning Objectives
• Objectives of Financial Forecasting
• Framework for Financial Forecasting
• Getting Started: The Role of Assumptions in Making Financial Forecasts
• Indentifying Data Patterns: Exploring Data Analysis in Financial Forecasting
• Applying Time Series Modeling Techniques to Your Data
• Modeling and Forecasting Your Key Business Drivers
• Simulation of a Complete Financial Forecast: Dealing with Uncertainty
• Issues in Interest Rate Risk Models
• Communicating the Forecast to Top Management: Data Visualization
• New Directions in Financial Forecasting

• Presentation & Slides
• Audio Visual Aids
• Interactive Discussion
• Participatory Exercise
• Action Learning
• Class Activities
• Case Studies
• Workshops
• Simulation