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This course prepares participants to make more accurate financial forecasts in standard generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) format financial statements by using business intelligence (BI). Particular focus is placed on the difference between conventional financial forecasts based on simple growth assumptions, and financial forecasts using growth rates derived from data. The course is intended as an applied primer in forecasting using new techniques resulting from the growth in Big Data and BI techniques.
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Learning Objectives
- Discover how to create a basic set of income statement, cash flow, and balance sheet forecasts
- Recognize the linkages between different items across the financial statements
- Identify how changes in growth assumptions impact financial forecasts
- Explore how to use regression analysis to determine forecast growth rates using outside variables (e.g. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and inflation)
Included In Certifications
This course is included in the following Certification Programs:
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- Business Intelligence - Data Collection and Cleaning
- Business Intelligence - Structuring Data for Analysis
- Business Intelligence - Fundamentals of Data Analysis
- Business Intelligence - Using Big Data Analytics
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- Regressions in Excel (Hands-on module)
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- Advanced Analytics – Omitted Variables
- Advanced Analytics – Fixed Effects
- Case Study in Data Analytics
- Using Regressions for Forecasting
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Prerequisites
Viewers should be familiar with basic financial and accounting concepts. At this point, participants in this course should be comfortable with gathering data, building databases, and running analyses.
Suggested Prior Coursework:
Business Intelligence (BI) - The fundamentals of BI; What it does and why it's so essential
Business Intelligence – Collecting, Cleaning, and Merging Data
Business Intelligence - Structuring Data for Business Analysis
Business Intelligence – Fundamentals of Data Analysis
Business Intelligence – Using Data Analysis