Business Intelligence (BI) and Financial Forecasting

Business Intelligence (BI) and Financial Forecasting

This course prepares participants to make more accurate financial forecasts with standard format generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) financial statements by using business intelligence (BI). Particular focus is 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.

If you would like Continuing Education Credit (e.g. CPE, CE, CPD, etc.) for this course, it is available if you take this course on the Illumeo dot com platform under course title: Financial Forecasting and Business Intelligence. Illumeo is certified to provide CPE in over two dozen different professional certifications covering finance, accounting, treasury, internal audit, HR, and more. However, in order to receive CPE credit the courses must be taken on an ‘approved-by-the-governing-body’ CPE platform, and for over two dozen corporate professional certifications, that is the Illumeo platform. Go to Illumeo dot com to learn more.

The course prepares participants to make more accurate financial forecasts in standard GAAP format financial statements.

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What you will learn

• 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.

Rating: 4.6

Level: Intermediate Level

Duration: 44 mins

Instructor: Illumeo Learning