FP&A Analyst (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.
- Monthly variance analysisA month's revenue miss split into volume and price, and a cost line judged against a flexed budget, each with its cause and what it means.
- Full-year reforecastWhere the year will land: actuals to date, the rest of the year from its drivers, the gap to budget, the assumptions, and the upside kept separate.
- Investment business caseA capital request tested properly: the savings built up, payback, net present value at the company's rate, the risks, and a recommendation.
- Board finance commentaryThe finance commentary for a board pack: the headline first, then the month, the year, next year's budget and the investment, each with its so-what and any decision needed.
What you'll learn
Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons
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What an FP&A analyst does, budget against actual, and how revenue, costs and margin fit together.
Requirements
- Comfortable with the fundamentals this course's own Module 1 covers, or equivalent experience.
- No prior experience in this field is required to start.
- A computer with a reliable internet connection.
- Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.
Description
Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for fp&a analyst.
Who this course is for
Anyone aiming to become a fp&a analyst, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:
Explains the numbers every month, forecasts the rest of the year, and builds the budget and business cases the business decides on.
Works alongside a department's leaders as their finance partner, shaping decisions before they are made.
Runs the planning and reporting cycle for the whole business and answers to the finance director and the board.
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