Advanced Financial and Business Modeling

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5 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

📈 Build sophisticated financial models that enable you to make strategic business decisions and optimize business outcomes.

Partial List of Current & Former Clients

Walmart
OutSystems
Genentech
Erie Insurance
AFP

Course overview

What this course is all about...

In this exceptionally interactive, roll-up-your-sleeves program, you will transition from a traditional financial analyst to a strategic financial modeler, capable of building complex and dynamic integrated Excel models that capture the intricacies of business operations.


This training will walk you through, step-by-step, how to build integrated 3-statement financial and operating models. It will be focused on modeling for performing and underperforming businesses, not exclusively for investment banking transactions.


While other financial modeling training mostly focuses on model-building and how financial statements connect, this program will walk you through the strategic financial considerations you'll be making as a financial analyst, Controller, Director of FP&A, or CFO.


Because the program is live and cohort-based, it provides a hands-on and immersive experience with a 20-year finance practitioner and a group of smart, driven professionals just like you.


The modeling techniques learned are the same techniques and methods employed in small entrepreneurial businesses, mid-market companies, and Fortune 1000s.


The ability to build powerful financial models is no longer just for investment bankers and Excel gurus. It's a necessity for corporate finance and FP&A professionals too.


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Seidman Financial is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.


Seidman Financial is a division of Seidman Global LLC.


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📆 JANUARY 2025 COHORT:

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5 Sessions, 4 hours each

Fridays, 9 am - 1 pm CDT


- January 10

- January 17

- January 24

- January 31

- February 7


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Total Live Commitment: 20.0 hours

Total CPE: 20.0 credits

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Who is this course for

01

Aspiring financial analysts seeking to develop advanced modeling skills for career growth in finance, investments, and banking.

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Corporate finance professionals seeking to build robust financial models to support strategic planning, capital raises and allocations.

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CFOs and finance leaders looking to elevate their team's capabilities in financial modeling for strategic planning and value creation.




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Financial managers aiming to optimize business performance through data-driven decision-making using advanced financial models.


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Private equity analysts seeking expertise in advanced financial modeling to assess potential acquisitions and improve portfolio performance.

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Accountants looking to expand their skillset by mastering advanced financial modeling techniques beyond core accounting and Controllership.

What you’ll get out of this course

Develop exceptional technical expertise in financial modeling

A key obstacle for financial modelers is evolving models without adding unnecessary complexity. You'll gain a deep understanding of key financial concepts and model-building principles that will allow your financial models to grow seamlessly without breaking or getting clunky.

Position for the benefit of your audience, not just yourself

You will learn how to incorporate various aspects of finance -- including accounting, corporate finance, and investment analysis -- into your financial models. This comprehensive approach will allow you to analyze and interpret financial data from multiple end-user perspectives.

Understand how the 3 financial statements -- the P&L, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows -- connect and influence each other

You'll learn the foundations of finance and accounting that you need to understand the connections across the 3 core financial statements. You'll get comfortable with how the changes in certain business drivers hit the financials and what the company can do to manage them.

Master Excel functionality

Microsoft Excel continues to be the gold standard for most financial modeling. While it's not always the perfect tool, learning how to perform in Excel will allow you to leverage your model for use in other platforms.

Gain a thorough understanding of the drivers of financial performance

The goal of financial modeling isn't to build a financial model. The goal is to develop financial intelligence to support business decisions. The development of your financial models will allow you to better understand the drivers and nuances of the business and what can be done.

Improve problem-solving skills

You'll be exposed to real-world financial scenarios and business cases, which will enable you to develop strong problem-solving skills. You'll learn to analyze complex financial data, identify trends and patterns, and derive insights that can inform quicker business decisions.

Increased confidence in decision support and building defensible assumptions

Financial models are only as good as the underlying data and assumptions. Increase your confidence in front of your peers and leadership by development a thorough understanding of the context behind the assumptions.

Effective communication and presentation abilities

Crafting the financial model is one thing, but being able to manage it and communicate what is say is something entirely different. You'll learn to identify what's most important to leadership, third-parties, and business partners to present your models effectively.

Grow your professional network

You'll be in a cohort-based group of smart people just like you. You'll discover their backstories, what they do for work, how they've gotten to where they are today, and what they can bring to the learning community. You'll be expected to share the same.

This course includes

5 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

64 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

17 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Jan 10—Jan 12

    Jan

    10

    ✨ Advanced Financial and Business Modeling - Session 1 ✨

    Fri 1/103:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 1: Introduction to Integrated Financial Statements and Business Modeling

    6 items

    Module 2: Understanding Modeling Objectives and Initiating Document Requests

    4 items

    Module 3: Financial Model Structuring and Best Practices

    5 items

Week 2

Jan 13—Jan 19

    Jan

    17

    ✨ Advanced Financial and Business Modeling - Session 2 ✨

    Fri 1/173:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 4: Preparing to Build the 3-Statement Financial Model

    9 items

Week 3

Jan 20—Jan 26

    Jan

    24

    ✨ Advanced Financial and Business Modeling - Session 3 ✨

    Fri 1/243:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 5: Building the Income Statement | Profit & Loss (P&L)

    9 items

Week 4

Jan 27—Feb 2

    Jan

    31

    ✨ Advanced Financial and Business Modeling - Session 4 ✨

    Fri 1/313:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 6: Building the Balance Sheet (BS)

    24 items

Week 5

Feb 3—Feb 7

    Feb

    7

    ✨ Advanced Financial and Business Modeling - Session 5 ✨

    Fri 2/73:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 7: The Statement of Cash Flows

    3 items

    Module 8: Completing the 3-Statement Financial Model

    6 items

    Module 9: Bringing it All Together and Making it Live

    4 items

    Module 10: Advanced Concepts in Integrated Financial and Business Modeling

    10 items

Post-course

    Post-Course Learning & Development

    1 item

5.0 (22 ratings)

What students are saying

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I liked the structure -- a folder full of files with each file having another layer completed. It made it easy to get up to speed if you missed a section. The combination of qualitative information / insight and actual Excel work was great.


-- Tim Ahlberg, Restructuring Director

Meet Carl, your instructor and guide

Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP

Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP

Principal, Seidman Financial | Microsoft MVP

Carl serves as a Fractional CFO, FP&A advisor, and management consultant to entrepreneurial businesses throughout North America and Europe and assists them with strategic financial planning, value enhancement, and revitalization. 

 

He is a Microsoft MVP and one of the preeminent trainers and facilitators in strategic finance and FP&A, with more than 13,000 participants attending his financial training programs, seminars, workshops, and masterminds. Notable clients include:


ABM Industries, Accordion, AlixPartners, Allscripts, Broadridge, CHEP, Choice Hotels, CIBC, Cigna, Cox Enterprises, Crawford & Company, Deloitte, Dexcom, Discover, Dominium, Express Scripts, EY, FS Investments, EVRAZ, Genentech, Healthpeak, Heartland Financial, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hostess, IGT, KPMG, Marsh & McLennan, Michelin, NerdWallet, Radisson, Rapid7, Sol Petroleum, Spotify, Triple-S, Telus, Santander, United Technologies (RTX), UBT, Verizon, Walmart, and Workday


Carl is masterful at making the complex amazingly simple, engaging his audiences, building confidence, and facilitating a welcoming and transformative group experience. His content is rich and relatable, used in financial leadership development programs (FLDPs) at Fortune 500 companies, and is utilized or licensed by 7 of the top global financial training companies.


Carl serves as an Adjunct Professor in data analytics at the Jones School of Business at Rice University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) has earned other professional credentials including the CIRA, CFF, CFE, CGMA, AM (Accredited Member in Business Valuation), CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), Certified Anaplan Model Builder, and was a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) 40 Under Forty honoree. He holds a BA in finance and economics and an MS in managerial accounting.


He's been where you want to be and does the work you want to do.


Contact: info@seidmanfinancial.com

        I think Carl did a fantastic job in the training and leaving a usable, easy to reference template that includes most of the baseline topics you run into when modeling. I enjoyed the training and took away many valuable lessons and tips.
John Christian

John Christian

Restructuring Analyst at Conway MacKenzie
        This program was very detailed and hands-on compared to other training programs I have attended.
Rachael Kuehn

Rachael Kuehn

Senior Associate at Conway MacKenzie
        Very logical structure, highly relevant to work we do at the firm. Carl articulately lays out the process of modelling and is an engaging speaker. It was excellent based on the actual work we do in restructuring.
Harry Bramson

Harry Bramson

Restructuring Advisor
        I think it provides a very strong foundation in model formatting and hygiene. This was much more applicable than the Austin based modeling training.
Conor Flynn

Conor Flynn

Restructuring at BRG
        This was my first training of this this type and this was excellent! The way that Carl set up the files and allowed us to check our work and also not fall behind if we missed a section or had an error was great. The training was very hands on applicable to my job.
Christy Roper

Christy Roper

Turnaround and Restructuring Analyst
        This was a very complete program, although I would like to see more practical cases for other different types of industries. Extremely important for people to take to improve the quality of their work.
Raphael Di Napoli

Raphael Di Napoli

Managing Director, Turnaround & Restructuring

Course schedule

4 hours per week for 5 weeks

  • Fridays: October 18, 25 and November 1, 8, 15

    9am - 1pm CST

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Students receive a certificate and 20.0 continuing professional education (CPE) credits for completing the course.

Seidman Financial is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

Seidman Financial is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

Frequently Asked Questions

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This program was much better than the previous modeling course I attended due to the call for thinking critically as well as the granularity covered. I've already recommended this course to others.


-- Eric Armenteros, Turnaround and Restructuring Advisor

Critical thinking is what makes this program different

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