A path for building a driver-linked cash forecast connected to ledger evidence and liquidity decisions.
Coming soonIntermediateArabic and English1,320 learning minutes
Audience
Who is this course designed for?
FP&A and treasury analysts and accountants moving into decision-support roles.
Modules
5
Applied tasks
30
Planned outcomes
What will the learner build?
Design a planning process that connects ownership, drivers, and outputs.
Build a cash forecast that can be refreshed, reconciled, and analyzed.
Explain variances and convert them into actions and ownership.
Prerequisites
What learners need before starting
Ability to review professional documents in Arabic and English and document assumptions during application.
Course map
Planned modules, tasks, and tools
This map shows the course modules, tasks, and tools as planned before enrollment opens.
Module 1
FP&A Operating Model
Define the planning cycle, driver owners, and decision-quality criteria.
1
Diagnostic and concept map: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Review a short set of synthetic facts about FP&A Operating Model. Classify what is known and what needs evidence, then map an initial event-to-consequence path without exposing an answer or inventing facts.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 25 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model diagnostic mapTask status: Coming soon
2
Interactive explanation and worked example: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Work through a staged synthetic FP&A Operating Model example: inspect evidence first, form an assumption, build the workpaper, and test consistency. Answer short checkpoints before each stage explanation is revealed.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 40 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model worked-example analysisTask status: Coming soon
3
Evidence desk: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Review a synthetic planning calendar, driver-owner interviews, and decision pack. Link each decision to its information, timing, and owner and identify handoffs lacking a clear definition or approval.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 35 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model evidence registerTask status: Coming soon
4
Workpaper build: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Design an operating map for the planning cycle from input collection through challenge, approval, and refresh, defining version controls and ownership of variance explanations.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 50 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model workpaperTask status: Coming soon
5
Independent unseen mission: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Receive a fresh synthetic pack not used in the example or guided practice. Identify missing evidence, choose a defensible treatment, build the output, and state a counterfactual showing when your conclusion would change.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 60 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model unseen-mission outputTask status: Coming soon
6
Mastery check and review memo: FP&A Operating Model
Task brief
Write a governance memo explaining bottlenecks, ownership conflicts, and decision-timing risks and propose explicit gates without claiming the process is approved.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 45 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: FP&A Operating Model mastery memoTask status: Coming soon
Module 2
Cash Forecast Design
Design forecast structure, data sources, and separation of inputs, logic, and outputs.
1
Diagnostic and concept map: Cash Forecast Design
Task brief
Review a short set of synthetic facts about Cash Forecast Design. Classify what is known and what needs evidence, then map an initial event-to-consequence path without exposing an answer or inventing facts.
Interactive explanation and worked example: Cash Forecast Design
Task brief
Work through a staged synthetic Cash Forecast Design example: inspect evidence first, form an assumption, build the workpaper, and test consistency. Answer short checkpoints before each stage explanation is revealed.
Triage synthetic bank balances, receivables and payables aging, payroll, financing, and operating assumptions. Document each source's frequency, cut-off, join key, and confidence before ingestion.
Build a driver-based cash forecast with separate inputs, logic, and outputs, linking each row to a source or owned assumption and adding checks that prevent opening or closing cash from disappearing.
Receive a fresh synthetic pack not used in the example or guided practice. Identify missing evidence, choose a defensible treatment, build the output, and state a counterfactual showing when your conclusion would change.
Mastery check and review memo: Cash Forecast Design
Task brief
Prepare a design memo explaining forecast horizon, time grain, detail level, and uncertainty treatment and identify what needs treasury or finance approval before use.
Reconcile historical cash flows to forecast assumptions and explain differences.
1
Diagnostic and concept map: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Review a short set of synthetic facts about Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge. Classify what is known and what needs evidence, then map an initial event-to-consequence path without exposing an answer or inventing facts.
Planned work tool: Cash-flow builderDuration: 25 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge diagnostic mapTask status: Coming soon
2
Interactive explanation and worked example: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Work through a staged synthetic Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge example: inspect evidence first, form an assumption, build the workpaper, and test consistency. Answer short checkpoints before each stage explanation is revealed.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 40 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge worked-example analysisTask status: Coming soon
3
Evidence desk: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Receive synthetic cash movement, general ledger, cash-flow classification, and prior forecast files. Trace amounts across sources and identify timing, classification, and scope differences before interpreting performance.
Planned work tool: Cash-flow builderDuration: 35 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge evidence registerTask status: Coming soon
4
Workpaper build: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Create a bridge from historical cash flows to forecast assumptions showing recurring and non-recurring items, reconciliations, and unexplained differences while preserving every adjustment's lineage.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 50 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge workpaperTask status: Coming soon
5
Independent unseen mission: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Receive a fresh synthetic pack not used in the example or guided practice. Identify missing evidence, choose a defensible treatment, build the output, and state a counterfactual showing when your conclusion would change.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 60 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge unseen-mission outputTask status: Coming soon
6
Mastery check and review memo: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge
Task brief
Write a reconciliation memo separating data errors from behavior or timing changes and recommend validation steps before changing any forward driver.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 45 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Cash Flow to Forecast Bridge mastery memoTask status: Coming soon
Module 4
Liquidity Decisions
Organize decision boundaries, policies, and evidence for liquidity choices.
1
Diagnostic and concept map: Liquidity Decisions
Task brief
Review a short set of synthetic facts about Liquidity Decisions. Classify what is known and what needs evidence, then map an initial event-to-consequence path without exposing an answer or inventing facts.
Interactive explanation and worked example: Liquidity Decisions
Task brief
Work through a staged synthetic Liquidity Decisions example: inspect evidence first, form an assumption, build the workpaper, and test consistency. Answer short checkpoints before each stage explanation is revealed.
Planned work tool: Ratio analysisDuration: 40 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Liquidity Decisions worked-example analysisTask status: Coming soon
3
Evidence desk: Liquidity Decisions
Task brief
Review a synthetic liquidity forecast, financing terms, internal policy, and cash requests. Separate documented constraints from analytical alerts and identify missing data that blocks a responsible decision.
Create a decision board linking scenarios to available cash, obligations, and action options and show timing and assumption effects without embedding fixed thresholds or recommendations.
Planned work tool: Ratio analysisDuration: 50 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Liquidity Decisions workpaperTask status: Coming soon
5
Independent unseen mission: Liquidity Decisions
Task brief
Receive a fresh synthetic pack not used in the example or guided practice. Identify missing evidence, choose a defensible treatment, build the output, and state a counterfactual showing when your conclusion would change.
Planned work tool: Ratio analysisDuration: 60 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Liquidity Decisions unseen-mission outputTask status: Coming soon
6
Mastery check and review memo: Liquidity Decisions
Task brief
Draft a liquidity memo comparing deferral, acceleration, and funding options by effect, risk, and evidence needs and identify the decision owner for each option.
Planned work tool: Ratio analysisDuration: 45 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Liquidity Decisions mastery memoTask status: Coming soon
Module 5
Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Classify variances and refresh drivers while preserving assumption lineage.
1
Diagnostic and concept map: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Review a short set of synthetic facts about Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh. Classify what is known and what needs evidence, then map an initial event-to-consequence path without exposing an answer or inventing facts.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 25 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh diagnostic mapTask status: Coming soon
2
Interactive explanation and worked example: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Work through a staged synthetic Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh example: inspect evidence first, form an assumption, build the workpaper, and test consistency. Answer short checkpoints before each stage explanation is revealed.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 40 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh worked-example analysisTask status: Coming soon
3
Evidence desk: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Compare a synthetic prior forecast with actual results, a change log, and driver-owner commentary. Trace every difference to its source before classification and flag differences that cannot be explained.
Planned work tool: Cash forecastDuration: 35 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh evidence registerTask status: Coming soon
4
Workpaper build: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Build a variance analysis separating volume, price, timing, scope, and data effects, then create a refreshed forecast version preserving old and new assumptions, rationale, and owner.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 50 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh workpaperTask status: Coming soon
5
Independent unseen mission: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Receive a fresh synthetic pack not used in the example or guided practice. Identify missing evidence, choose a defensible treatment, build the output, and state a counterfactual showing when your conclusion would change.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 60 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh unseen-mission outputTask status: Coming soon
6
Unseen capstone: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh
Task brief
Complete a fresh synthetic capstone from start to finish. Submit the evidence register, assumptions, work product, self-review, and decision memo, then defend weaknesses and what could change your recommendation.
Planned work tool: Financial modelDuration: 90 learning minutesProfessional portfolio output: Variance Analysis and Forecast Refresh capstone fileTask status: Coming soon