Corporate Finance & Valuation for Consultants is a structured track of 12 lessons that build a complete, interview-ready understanding of the topic. Work through them in order, then use the quiz and flashcards in each lesson to revise.
What this course covers
- The Finance a Consultant Is Expected to Know - The realistic finance bar for a consultant, and what sits outside it.
- Reading a Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow - The three statements read at the level a client conversation requires.
- Margins, Returns & the Ratios Clients Quote - The ratios that come up in client meetings, with what each actually measures.
- Cost of Capital and Why Discount Rates Matter - Where a discount rate comes from, and how sensitive conclusions are to it.
- Investment Appraisal in Cases: Present Value, Return & Payback - The appraisal methods, worked on a realistic client investment decision.
- Valuation Approaches at Case Depth - Cash flow and multiple-based valuation, at the depth a case actually needs.
- Building a Simple Business Case Model - A defensible five-line model built from drivers, not from a spreadsheet template.
- Sizing the Financial Impact of a Recommendation - Turning a strategic recommendation into a number a chief financial officer accepts.
- Working Capital, Cash Flow & Funding Constraints - Why a profitable recommendation can still be unaffordable.
- Private Equity Due Diligence Work in Consulting - What commercial diligence involves, its pace and what juniors are asked to produce.
- Using AI to Build and Check a Business Case - Drafting and checking a model with AI, and the errors it reliably introduces.
- Applied: Quantifying the Value of a Recommendation - One recommendation costed end to end, with assumptions and a sensitivity range.