Basics Of Financial Planning & Analysis
 

Basics of FP&A: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial statements for Aspiring Professionals
What you'll learn
Understand the complete FP&A cycle, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis
Build strong fundamentals of budgeting, forecasting techniques, and financial decision-making
Read and analyze income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements confidently
Apply ratio analysis to evaluate liquidity, profitability, and overall financial health
Evaluate investments using capital budgeting tools like NPV and IRR
Requirements
A stable internet connection to access course content
A laptop or desktop device to follow examples and calculations
Basic understanding of business or finance concepts is helpful but not mandatory
Access to Excel
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Basics of Financial Planning & Analysis is a beginner-friendly course designed to help you understand how businesses plan, analyze, and make financial decisions using data. This course focuses on building a strong FP&A foundation, explaining concepts in simple language with real-world business logic rather than heavy theory.
You will start by understanding what FP&A is and how the FP&A cycle works, followed by a clear breakdown of budgeting and forecasting, including different budget types with fixed and flexible budget examples. The course then moves into forecasting techniques, helping you understand how future financial performance is estimated.
As you progress, you will gain a solid understanding of financial statements, including the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. You will also learn ratio analysis, covering liquidity and profitability ratios, and how these ratios help evaluate financial health and efficiency.
The course further introduces cost management, cost behavior, and cost drivers, followed by advanced FP&A concepts such as capital budgeting using NPV and IRR, and the role of FP&A in mergers and acquisitions.
By the end of this course, you will be able to read financial statements confidently, analyze performance, and evaluate investment decisions using FP&A tools.
Enroll now and start building practical FP&A skills to support smarter business decisions today.
Who this course is for
Students and fresh graduates who want to build strong fundamentals in Financial Planning and Analysis
Working professionals looking to transition into FP&A, finance, or business analytics roles
Accounting, finance, and commerce professionals seeking practical FP&A knowledge
Entrepreneurs and business owners who want to understand budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance
Anyone interested in understanding how companies plan, analyze, and make financial decisions