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Analytic Overview
The aim of this section is to set out the parameters of how to build and run a flexible and robust
financial model which can be used to run numerous scenarios.
Building Financials
The aim of this section is to build financials within the model using normalised historics for the inputs.
The objective of this section is for the participants to build the basic balance sheet structure of their
forecasting model.
The objective of this section is to take the balance sheet for each forecasting period derived above
and use it to establish an income statement for each accounting period.
The objective of this section is to provide participants with the ability to model typical bank KPI’s from
the financial statements they have built in the previous sections. These ratios can then be used to
evaluate the integrity of the model, facilitate interpretation of the model and enable comparison
against peer institutions.
The aim of this section is to review the bank valuation and equity outputs of the model and review
quality controls.
Quality controls
Checks
Error flags if balance sheet does not balance or financials don’t reconcile
Charts as controls
The aim of this section is to test model inputs, review scenario analysis and look at stress testing
assumptions.
Data tables are very useful in testing sensitivity of various inputs to a model
1-dimensional data tables
2-dimensional data tables
Efficient techniques for updating data tables as inputs change
Self-centring data tables
Adding flexibility so the model can be run under different net interest margin scenarios or
macroeconomic drivers– i.e. base, upside, downside, management etc
Introducing CHOOSE, INDEX, SUMIF VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, OFFSET and MATCH functions
Drop down menus/Visual basic tools to enable the efficient switching between different scenarios will
be introduced
The aim of this section is to build and run a diagnostic function into the model.