FAST Business Forecasting is a one-day classroom-based course for business people who need to prepare, amend or analyse forecasts. Using the basics of MS Excel, it teaches how the simplest functions and structures in spreadsheets can be used to prepare business forecasts that are highly effective, flexible and easy to read.
The consistent application of FAST design standards means the end of bad spreadsheets.
Each course participant is taught to apply core techniques rigorously as they prepare forecasts based on a number of case studies. Calculations required to forecast an income statement are undertaken step-by-step.
The course also covers amendments to basic forecasts: growth forecasts, inflation, working capital (and its financing) and “what if” analysis. The course ends with a consideration of charts and data tables. Detailed instruction and hands-on practice help participants to get maximum benefit from classroom time.
FAST Business Forecasting Delivers Efficiency
- Build spreadsheets that can be shared and easily understood
- Significantly reduce the time spent building spreadsheets
- Cut the amount of time spent reviewing spreadsheets built by others
- Quickly identify errors and easily correct them
- Spend more time on added-value commercial analysis
Who would benefit from FAST Business Forecasting training?
Anyone who has to regularly create, update or review spreadsheets will benefit from this course.
The following list is far from exhaustive but it contains a small sample of the job roles and organisations who should consider FAST Business Forecasting:
Management Accountants, AAT Technicians, Finance Teams, Bookkeepers, Local Authorities, Auditors, Actuaries, Government, NHS, Lawyers, Marketing and PR agencies, Investment Funds, Business Angels, Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Wealth Management Firms.
Full details of the FAST Business Forecasting course can be found here.