Investment Banking Analyst Certificate (IBAC)®

Our Financial Maths Bootcamp is the starting point for you if you are newer to finance . We cover 2 of the key concepts used in financial analysis, valuation and modelling - the Time Value of Money and core Statistical Measures in Finance. The fundamental Time Value of Money (TVM) concept is used across markets - for valuation, investment returns analysis and the comparison of financial products.

Learn how to analyse and interpret company accounts, not how to be an accountant! Accounting is the language of value. Understanding accounting is the first pillar of business competency. Accounting ratios and metrics underpins all measure of value in shares, bonds and indeed any asset class. 

This programme will train you how to build robust forecast models for companies. We recommend (and provide as part of this programme) our Excel skills module. Modelling is a core life-skill in investment banking and in any entrepreneurial or business venture. Modelling is the second pillar of competence as a corporate financier/investor/entrepreneur.

The third pillar of competency, how to value a company. What metrics are relevant in which sectors? How do we adjust accounts and calculate the key numbers.

This programme will teach you step-by-step how to build a leveraged buyout model. This is exactly the kind of model you might use as an investment banking analyst to “trawl” for deal opportunities and prepare a pitchbook.

M&A advice is the core work of a corporate financier. Merger/acquisition modelling and leveraged buyout modelling are two core techniques used to structure deals and critically measure whether value is potentially going to be created or destroyed in a deal. How much can we afford to pay? How do we finance it?

Analysts will spend many hours putting together presentations for internal and external audiences. There are quick wins when it comes to using PowerPoint – thing that will get you moving faster, more efficiently and consistently in building your presentations. Of course, PowerPoint is quite intuitive, which means many people don’t feel the need to look further than what they have been self-taught, but this course goes past the fundamentals to give some quick-wins in tools and tricks that will enhance your result.