Business Planning
Developing and Presenting a Business Plan by Integrating Economic, Extra-Financial, and Financial Variables
Duration : 5 days
A business plan is essential for your creation or investment projects. It supports your pitch to partners or investors. Serving as both a commercial argument and a financial tool, the business plan meets certain economic, extra-financial, and financial requirements. This training addresses these dual objectives by providing you with a simple and effective methodology.
Learning Objectives
Develop the forecast and financial part of the business plan
Present the business plan to support your commercial argument
Evaluate the soundness of an already established business plan
Training Program
Develop the Forecast and Financial Part of the Business Plan
Implement the financial structure of the business plan
Different cash flows
Investment expenditures (CAPEX, Working Capital)
Activity forecasts (OPEX)
The relationship between income statements, balance sheets, and forecasted cash flow statements
Practical case: determine the free cash flows using Excel
Analyze the Profitability of a Business Plan
Common profitability criteria
Net Present Value (NPV)
Estimation and use of the discount rate
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Payback period
Practical case: calculate the 3 indicators to assess project profitability using Excel
Choose the Sources of Financing for Your Business Plan
The cost of capital
Different financing sources and their costs
Financing flows
Practice and analysis of a financing plan
Cumulative cash and financial balance
Practical case: verify the financial balance of the operation
Present the Business Plan to Support Your Commercial Argument
Develop the business plan presentation document
Objectives of the business plan
Identifying the needs of stakeholders involved (company, investors...)
Storytelling according to the audience
Different presentation formats
Standard content and general construction principles
Usable tools for presentations
Translating economic logic into financial terms
Illustrations: explore various business plans in different formats on diverse topics
Build a Financial Model of a Business Plan
The business plan structure and modeling in Excel
Revenue and activity income forecasts
Estimation of operating expenses
Calculation of fixed assets and Working Capital Requirement (WCR)
Analysis duration and choice of residual values
Financing methods
Consideration of complex events (taxation, risks...)
Practical case study: establish the business plan of a software company
Evaluate the Soundness of an Already Established Business Plan
Measure the impact of variants and options in a business plan
Identify and evaluate variants
Impact of changing assumptions and simulations
Decisions to be made during business plan construction
Analysis of the future situation
Practical case study: simulate changes in assumptions using Excel and conclude on the impacts
Conduct Critical Analysis of Established Business Plans
Sensitivity analysis
Scenario construction
Evaluation of the model's and project's robustness
Practical cases: conduct a critical analysis of the previously established business plan and one created by another party
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Key Points
Creation of business plans using Excel
Provision of sample business plans in Excel format
Who Should Attend This Training
Accounting Managers
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
Administrative and Financial Managers (AFMs)
Controllers
Chartered Accountants
Asset Managers
Project Managers
Managers or Business Unit Directors with a background in accounting and financial analysis
Prerequisities
Having the level of the following training courses:
Finance for Non-Financials - Level 1
Finance for Non-Financials - Level 2
Teaching Methods
Structured training system focused on skill transfer
Acquisition of operational skills through practice and experimentation
Collaborative learning during synchronous sessions
Multi-phase learning path for engagement, learning, and transfer
Training encouraging participant engagement for better retention of teachings
Satisfaction and Evaluation
Skill assessment will be carried out throughout the training by the participant (self-assessment) and/or the trainer according to the training modalities.
Evaluation of the training action online in your participant area:
Immediately after the training to measure your satisfaction and perception of skill evolution relative to the training objectives. With your consent, your overall score and comments will be published on our site through Verified Reviews.
Sixty days post-training to validate the transfer of your acquired skills to the work situation
Attendance tracking and issuance of an individual training certificate or a certificate of completion
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