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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Formulating the corporate financial plan

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 2 of 16

CourseAB503
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Formulating the corporate financial plan

  1. Pro forma financial statements
  2. Sensitivity and scenario analysis
  3. Capital requirement determination
  4. Resource allocation modeling
  5. FIN 10 Pro Forma Financial Statements
  6. Lecture 7 – Financial Planning and Forecasting – Part 2
  7. Sensitivity analysis in Excel

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explain the key requirements to formulate a corporate financial plan.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the key requirements to formulate a corporate financial plan.

Study materials

Videos

  • FIN 10 Pro Forma Financial Statements · YouTube · Tony Bell · 15 min · for registered students
  • Sensitivity analysis in Excel · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 10 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P1 Sensitivity Analysis · YouTube · OpenTuition · 22 min · for registered students
  • Sensitivity Analysis · YouTube · tutor2u · 8 min · for registered students
  • Using a Cash Flow Forecast in Business Planning · YouTube · Galton College · 16 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 18: Financial Forecasting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 537–566 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 2, ch. 3.3: Break-even sensitivity analysis · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 135–141 · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurship, ch. 14: Fundamentals of Resource Planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 539–580 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Principles of corporate financial planning
  • Week 2: Formulating the corporate financial plan
  • Week 3: Sources of business finance
  • Week 4: Financing risks and capital structure
  • Week 5: Financial and money markets
  • Week 6: Investment appraisal and business strategy
  • Week 7: Global financial risk environment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global financial risk management and hedging
  • Week 10: Corporate governance and financial oversight
  • Week 11: Practical implications of governance on financial control
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Planning and Control in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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