Financial Training Associates is a provider of finance related courses to the banking, accounting, legal, and financial services sector

Subject areas

Our company’s training courses encompass Excel financial modelling training, corporate finance, company valuation, project finance as well as other related subject areas such as risk management, corporate credit analysis, private equity, loan restructuring and energy risk management. Please click on the links below for more information.

Financial modelling courses

Our financial modelling training courses are all “hands on”. Delegates are provided with the opportunity to create their own cash flow forecast in Excel as part of building a complete and integrated model of financial statements...

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Project finance training

Our project finance training courses encompass topics such as project risk and allocation, key performance indicators, major areas of negotiation, key contractual issues, due diligence, documentation, the impact and role of financing structures, as well as Excel modelling for project finance...

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Corporate finance courses

Our training courses in these areas focus on the application of corporate finance and valuation techniques to real life problems. Although grounded in financial theory, the emphasis here is on “workshop style” teaching with pragmatic application to real life situations...

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Stress testing cash flows in Excel

In these courses delegates model cash flows to build a full sensitivity analysis in Excel. Participants develop and model scenarios that might, for example, need to be analysed as part of board or credit committee approval...

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Merger & acquisition modelling

Subjects covered on our M&A training courses include merger and acquisition processes, accounting treatments and analysis. What are the key risks? How should a deal be structured and financed...

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Company buy outs

Leverage has been used to great effect in spectacular company buy outs. But how can an outsider tell when debt levels might have become too high? How can cash flows and covenant tests be forecasted and modelled accurately...

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Building an integrated financial model

On these training courses we build a fully integrated model of financial statements for a real case company. Starting with a blank Excel spreadsheet, participants build a template and import historic financials...

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Credit risk training

Our credit courses teach delegates how to analyse corporate credit risk and assess likely return. Our credit courses set out a comprehensive credit analysis framework...

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Real estate finance courses

Real Estate investing continues to attract the attention of institutional investors even though today’s property markets bring risk as well as opportunity. Our training courses in this area comprehensively cover technical issues in property financing...

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Energy courses

Our training courses for the energy sector encompass energy company valuation, the application of financial products in the energy markets, energy trading and risk management…

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Risk management courses

Recent failures of risk control are too easy to find, to the point where it seems that no institution is immune. As a result, the role of risk management has changed: it is not just a mechanism of control but a critical component of business strategy...

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Financial model building courses

On these training courses we build a financial model in Excel using the accounts of a real-life case company. Delegates are provided with a model template with key historical information embedded and assumptions outlined. Participants go on to...

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Private equity courses

The private equity industry is changing, and change always brings potential opportunity. Debt levels in existing private equity backed companies are high. Banks are more reluctant to lend than they used to be. Exits are now difficult for private equity firms...

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Analysing company accounts

On our finance training courses for non-financial managers delegates are given the opportunity to understand and interpret company accounts. What do the key line items really mean? How do the accounts link together? What’s interesting about what’s buried in the notes...

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Finance market courses

Financial markets have been in a state of flux. Who has been involved? What have been the roles of key institutions? Who has won? Who has lost? Why has it all happened...

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Loan restructuring courses

Market conditions today are tough, with certain companies increasingly finding it difficult to access short term capital. Our courses in this area equip delegates to recognise the early warning signs…

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Intern and graduate training

We would be very happy to speak with you further regarding your needs for graduate or intern training courses. Other clients regularly look to our trainers for courses that enable new employees to “hit the ground running”...

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