Timing logic that holds up
Almost every financial model has important logic tied to timing events. Common ones are the financial close date in project finance, the transaction date in M&A, construction start on a greenfield project and recurring events such as maintenance capex.
Working in a structured way with timing flags makes this logic transparent and flexible. Decision makers can trust the forecasts more, and modellers can build more functionality faster and with fewer errors.
What you will learn
- A reusable structure for setting up timing phases quickly, such as construction and operations
- The flow of logic from assumptions to timing, calculations and outputs
- Regular events, using maintenance capex as the example (a set spend every few years)
- How timing phases add flexibility to a model, for planning, delays and earn-outs
- How to control timing events with a scenario manager, to compare commercial outputs quickly