TRAINING COURSE "ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF FIRM OPERATION"

(3 Credits)

Educationaldegree:Master

Learning Objectives

The objective of the course is accumulation knowledge, skills and abilities for analysis and forecast of the company operation with the help of Business Intelligence (BI) software.

Tasksof the course are:to form an idea of the system of financial modeling of consequences of strategic decisions at an enterprise; to study methodological and methodical bases of business intelligence for strategic analysis and forecasting of the company operation; to gain skills for structuring and processing of large amounts of information about the company in the Diamond FMS software.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will be able to:

• analyze financial information to identify the key drivers of business performance,

• make predictions based on financial models of financial results of the company's strategic options,

• form the financial model of the company based on internal Diamond FMS reports,

• conduct sensitivity analysis of planned profits in relation to the key factors of business performance in Diamond FMS,

• generate analytical reports on the results of the analysis and the forecast of the company operation.