Modeling Financial Statements

(3 Credits)

Specializations: Accounting, Financial Systems and Analytics. Various management disciplines teach you how to analyze and forecast parts of a business. Building on this foundation, this course will help you weave your forecasts into coherent spreadsheet-based pro-forma financials. Modeling financial statements provides a reality check on the forecasts, enables "what if" analysis, provides an integrated view of the business, and is a key step in valuation and credit risk analysis. The course is indispensable to careers in investment banking, private equity, buy-side or sell-side research, credit research, corporate finance, valuation, project finance, and due diligence advisory. First year and second year students can both take this course. The course gives a significant competitive edge during interviews, summer internships, and jobs.