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Forvis Mazars Financial Modelling
Financial modelling training from the world’s #1 model audit practice
Practitioner-led courses in project finance, renewable energy, corporate finance, acquisitions and real estate, taught in person in major cities worldwide and online. Built by the team that has issued audit opinions on more than 2,000 project models.
View dates & locationsBrowse courses- Ranked #1Global model audit practice,
year after year - 2,000+Project models given
independent audit opinions - 20,000+Professionals trained
on our methodology - WorldwideIn person in major cities
and live online
Upcoming sessions
Next available dates
Soonest first, across all courses. The full schedule carries every date, location and fee, with online booking.
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Dates run year-round across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Americas and online.
The portfolio
Where most people start
Courses across project finance, sector specialisations, corporate finance, AI and model review. These three are the most common first step.
FOUNDATION
Best Practice Project Finance Modelling
Build a project finance model from a blank workbook on our globally proven methodology. Two days, and where most participants begin.
ADVANCED
Advanced Project Finance Modelling
Take a transaction from screening to financial close: debt sizing and sculpting, covenant monitoring and integrated three-way statements.
AI
AI in Project Finance Modelling
Structured prompting for modelling work, rapid build and stress-testing and a systematic AI-assisted approach to model review.
What participants say
Judged by the people who took them
“Forvis Mazars Financial Modelling is the gold standard of financial modelling training. One does not attend this course hoping to just get another financial model template. Rather, one attends to learn the underlying concepts of financial modelling, and ultimately have a deeper appreciation of the essential drivers of cash flow and risk in any particular industry or transaction.”
ANZ
“I appreciate that they are not simply Excel experts, but that they commercially understand what we are trying to accomplish.”
Pacifico Energy
“The two-day Best Practice Project Finance Modelling course was a fantastic use of time and money. The pace was good and the presenter, Joshua Grimm, knowledgeable, clear and helpful. All sessions efficiently run with useful content throughout, and no periods wasted. Highly recommend this course as a first base in best practice modelling.”
Red5 Limited
Training a whole team?
In-house and private delivery
Any of our courses, delivered privately for your team and built around your sector and your transactions. Priced per day rather than per seat, so the economics improve with every additional person in the room. One annual capability partnership can cover training, clinic days and a model helpdesk.
In-house & private trainingCapability partnershipModelling services
When you need the work done, not taught
Training is one arm of the practice. The others audit, build and support the models behind live transactions.
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| Financial Model AuditAn independent opinion on the model behind your transaction, from the number one ranked global model audit practice. Red flag report in under five days. |
| Financial Model DevelopmentTransaction and operational models that are lender-ready, documented and handed over with the logic explained. No locked cells, no black boxes. |
| Financial Modelling SupportModelling capacity when you need it, from a single rebuild to a season of refinancing runs. No minimum commitment. |
| Valuations & AdvisorySpecialist valuation across energy and infrastructure, and transactional advice from modelling support through to lead financial advisory. |
| AI EnablementPractical AI adoption for modelling teams: where it can be relied upon, where it cannot and coaching until your people run it without us. |
From the practice
Latest research and writing
RESEARCH
Can Claude replace a financial model audit?
We seeded 44 errors into a project finance model and benchmarked the leading AI tools against them. Related course: AI in Project Finance Modelling.
AI
Why AI adoption is paced by governance, not capability
Insights from the IPFA report on AI in financial modelling and what they mean for project finance. Related service: AI Enablement.
WEBINAR
From transaction model to operations model
The model that closed the deal is rarely the model that runs the asset. Rebuilding for actuals, revised forecasts and stakeholder reporting after financial close. Live 26 August.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us your team, your sector and what the models are for. We will point you at the right course, or the right service, and say so if we are not the right fit.
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