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AI-Driven Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Automation

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AI-Driven Financial Planning, Forecasting, and Automation

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build multi-year forecasts and stress-test financial plans

  • Apply predictive models to forecast business metrics and value drivers

  • Design AI-powered pipelines to automate financial analysis and reporting

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March 2026

Assessments

22 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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There are 11 modules in this course

You will apply zero-based budgeting principles to build a departmental budget from the ground up. You’ll structure and code expenses clearly, allocate costs accurately, and design a template that supports disciplined cost management and transparency.

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3 videos1 reading1 assignment

You will analyze budget-to-actual variances to determine their root causes and assess their business impact. You’ll interpret deviations, identify operational drivers, and prepare clear explanations that support corrective action and decision-making.

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2 videos1 reading2 assignments

You will create a multi-year P&L projection by integrating top-down market assumptions with bottom-up sales and cost plans. You’ll model revenue and expense drivers across multiple years and ensure assumptions are logically connected.

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3 videos1 reading1 assignment

You will evaluate the resilience of a financial plan by stress-testing it against adverse scenarios. You’ll run downside cases, assess margin pressure, and propose adjustments that preserve financial stability.

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2 videos1 reading2 assignments

You will analyze transaction-level data to isolate key drivers of revenue, cost, and margin. You’ll build pivot-based reports, interpret performance patterns, and identify the operational factors shaping financial outcomes.

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3 videos1 reading2 assignments

You will evaluate data completeness and reconcile discrepancies between source systems such as ERP, General Ledger, and data warehouse platforms. You’ll document findings and ensure financial accuracy across reporting environments.

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3 videos1 reading3 assignments

You will apply supervised-learning algorithms to forecast key business metrics using structured datasets. You’ll build and tune predictive models and evaluate forecast accuracy using appropriate performance metrics.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

You will analyze feature importance using explainable AI techniques such as SHAP and feature importance scores. You’ll interpret model outputs to identify the variables that most strongly influence business performance

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2 videos2 readings3 assignments

You will evaluate competing AI models for credit-risk classification using financial datasets. You’ll compare model performance using metrics such as F1 score and AUROC to determine which approach best supports risk assessment.

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3 videos2 readings2 assignments

You will create an automated pipeline that retrieves financial data from SEC filings, retrains models, and updates earnings forecasts. You’ll design a workflow that keeps financial insights accurate, efficient, and continuously updated.

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3 videos2 readings3 assignments

In this project, you will build a 12-month financial forecast using structured revenue and cost assumptions. You will develop base, optimistic, and downside scenarios to evaluate profitability under different business conditions. You will perform variance analysis by comparing forecasted results to recent performance and assess financial sensitivity to key value drivers. Finally, you will prepare a professional recommendation brief summarizing risk exposure and strategic actions. This project simulates a real FP&A assignment and demonstrates your ability to translate financial assumptions into structured analysis and executive-ready insights.

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2 readings1 assignment

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