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Simulation Programme · 5 days

Financial Fundamentals

Numbers are the language the board speaks — AI helps you translate faster.

A finance simulation for non-finance leaders and finance juniors alike. You build the model, break it, fix it, and present the case to an investment committee. AI co-pilots generate variance commentary, build scenarios and sanity-check assumptions.

5 evenings · 4 hours eachSpreadsheet labsInvestment committee panelAI co-pilots: Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini

Simulation Game

Pick a character. Start as a sales rep. Finish as CEO.

Every programme runs as a career simulation game — four characters, six ranks, and a USD 10,000,000 investment to allocate in the final round.

Session by session

01
Session 1

The Three Statements How money actually moves

Profit is an opinion, cash is a fact.

Read and connect the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statement. AI summarises each statement and highlights the key linkages.

  • P&L structure and margin layers
  • Balance sheet and working capital
  • Cash flow: operating, investing, financing
  • AI lab: statement summary and linkage prompts
  • Deliverable: linked three-statement summary
02
Session 2

Costing, Pricing & Breakeven Where profit is decided

Price is the fastest lever on the P&L.

Classify costs, price the product range and calculate breakeven. AI models price sensitivity and discount impact.

  • Fixed vs variable, direct vs indirect
  • Contribution margin and product mix
  • Pricing strategies and discount impact
  • AI lab: breakeven and sensitivity prompts
  • Deliverable: pricing and breakeven model
03
Session 3

Budgeting & Forecasting Planning with discipline

A budget is a plan with consequences.

Build the annual budget and a rolling forecast with variance control. AI generates driver assumptions and scenario variants.

  • Revenue and cost drivers
  • Budget build-up and phasing
  • Variance analysis and reforecasting
  • AI lab: driver and scenario generation
  • Deliverable: Year-1 budget + rolling forecast
04
Session 4

Financial Analysis & Ratios Diagnosing a business in ten minutes

Ratios tell you where to look, not what to think.

Analyse performance, liquidity and returns, then write the diagnosis. AI drafts the first-pass memo and flags outliers.

  • Profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency
  • Benchmarking and trend analysis
  • Red flags and early warning signals
  • AI lab: ratio memo and outlier detection
  • Deliverable: financial analysis memo
05
Session 5

Valuation & Capital Allocation Defending the ask

Every dollar has an alternative use.

Appraise the investment, allocate capital and present to the committee. AI builds NPV/IRR scenarios and narrates the case.

  • NPV, IRR and payback
  • Cost of capital basics
  • Use-of-funds and scenario analysis
  • AI lab: investment-case narrative generation
  • Deliverable: investment case + capital allocation table

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