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45 students
Mastering the 3-Statement Financial Operating Model
Build an advanced monthly model that dynamically links the Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet.
Created byStratFin Academy
Last updated 5/2025
English
What you'll learn
- Master the core components of a 3-Statement Model: the Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Operational & Capital Structure Schedules
- Build an advanced, monthly 3-statement model that dynamically links the Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet.
- Recognize the 3 statements as finance's foundation, key to building other advance models, and essential for analyzing business performance and decisions.
- Master key Financial Modeling techniques. Learn best practices such as how to structure a financial model, and how to build the inputs, core model, and outputs
- Apply the model for decision-making, using it to perform scenario analysis, evaluate funding needs, and profitability trends
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Course content
7 sections • 26 lectures • 2h 15m total length
Requirements
- Intermediate finance experience and knowledge would be ideal. Our 'Introduction to 3-Statement Financial Modeling' course is a good starting point.
Description
Welcome to 3-statement financial modeling! If you’ve taken our Introduction to 3-Statement Modeling course, much of this will feel familiar – think of this course as the next step. While the fundamentals remain the same, here you’ll learn how to build a detailed, monthly operating model designed for actually running a business.
What sets this course apart from others is its unique approach. Unlike courses that are too basic or require you to watch too many hours of videos, this course provides a comprehensive and practical guide to building a robust operating model that can be applied in real-world business scenarios. We've distilled complex concepts into concise, to-the-point videos, paired with a detailed e-guide that allows you to learn at your own pace.
Three-statement modeling is an essential skill for any finance professional. It integrates the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement into a dynamically linked, comprehensive model. This allows you to thoroughly evaluate a company’s financial health and forecast its future profitability, asset position, and cash outlook. As a key decision-making tool, it serves as the foundation for more advanced models, such as discounted cash flow (DCF) and merger models. Ultimately, everything in business and finance ties back to these three financial statements, as they form the bedrock of performance analysis and strategic decision-making.
Whether you're an FP&A leader, a private equity professional, or a student launching a finance career, this course will teach you the skills and knowledge needed to build effective, real-world three-statement models. Happy modeling!
Course Outline:
Introduction
Getting Started: Building the Model
Model Design & Model Layout | Historical Actuals | Inputs & Headcount Planning
Build the Operational Schedules
Revenues & Costs | Working Capital | Capex & Depreciation | Income Tax
Build the Capital Structure Schedules
Debt Schedule (including revolver and cash sweep) | Equity Schedule
Build the 3 Core Financial Statements
Income Statement | Cash Flow Statement | Balance Sheet
Bring it Home
Circularity | Error Checking | Outputs & Exec Summary
Conclusion
Who this course is for:
- This course is for finance professionals, FP&A analysts, private equity professionals, and entrepreneurs looking to master financial modeling. Students preparing for careers in finance will also find it especially valuable.