Navigating the Future: Managing Financial Forecasts

Format:Print
| Language:English
| Pages:23

Abstract

This module note guides instructors on delivering a course module that focuses on understanding, developing, and using financial forecasts from a chief financial officer’s (CFO) perspective. The cases in the module equip students with an understanding of the techniques and strategies employed in corporate finance-related revenue forecasting and how these forecasts influence capital allocation, operational planning, and investor communication decisions. Students learn how CFOs can effectively manage the forecasting process. The module outlined in this note can be incorporated into corporate finance courses, allowing students to gain insights into the role of forecasting in CFO decision-making processes.