FP&A Mastery Signature Program - Track A

NEW  ·  26 Weeks  ·  Cohort-based Course

Hosted by: Carl Seidman

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Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP

The person Fortune 500s use for their financial leadership development programs

Partial List of Current & Former Clients

Course Overview

FP&A mastery is the premier membership for high-achieving finance professionals

FP&A mastery is the ability to make good, defensible judgments about finance-related decisions, even in the face of high stakes and ambiguity. Leaders who exemplify FP&A mastery skills work at amazing corporations and rapidly-growing entrepreneurial companies.

A common misconception around these finance skills is that they’re something you either have or you don’t and they take many years to attain.

…but that’s not true.

In reality, you can significantly improve your financial planning & analysis (FP&A) influence + critical and strategic thinking ability by reframing your mindset and mastering a handful of core skills: business modeling, financial analysis, empathy and partnership, and effective communication.

The best FP&A professionals don’t think like analysts. They think like advisors. They’re higher-level thinkers. They understand how their insights connect to what others care about. And they’re masterful communicators. They don’t refer to themselves as masters, but they’re always in pursuit of mastery.

People who level up their FP&A technical and non-technical ability tend to get selected for better projects that are more interesting and challenging than those their peers get assigned to. Directors know these exceptional people can handle it and shine. When they succeed, they’re more likely to get promotions, higher pay, and even more exciting opportunities. Work is far more enjoyable and less frustrating because they’re now more capable, confident, and positive. This leads to a more inspiring career and a fulfilling life.

Influence through finance is a skill that can be rapidly developed by changing how you think through learning, application, practice, and ongoing support. This isn’t wishful thinking. This is reality for those who are committed to their own growth.

FP&A MASTERY SIGNATURE PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

In this practical course — full of examples, exercises, templates, models, discussions, and implementation — you will learn and apply the frameworks and techniques of high-performing corporate finance practitioners. We explore dozens of instances of financial models, Excel techniques, analyses, reports, and dashboards to assess what makes them exceptional (or not).

Everything is delivered live, with recordings available to rewatch later (or in some cases, prior cohort videos shared in advance if you’re eager to accelerate). Every hour we meet will challenge you to reflect about finance, modeling, empathy, and communication in ways that most finance people never do in their careers. You will be a live witness to your own transformation of environmental- and self-awareness, experiencing a complete augmentation of how you think.

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM:

Whether you learn best through live discussions, on-demand lectures, interactive exercises, real-life business cases and simulations, or peer-to-peer community, the FP&A Mastery Signature Program is a comprehensive hybrid (live AND go-at-your-pace) development experience. It’s the premier membership for financial professionals who want a clearer pathway and more experiential learning for their next level of growth.

It’s built for high-performing finance professionals like you.

TRACK A (OCT 2025 - APR 2026) CONCEPTS COVERED*:

* Registration in the FP&A Mastery Signature Program includes enrollment only in Track A. Attendees of Track A can receive a 25% waiver code off of Track B when they purchase both programs together.

If you are interested in Track B, please click the button below.

WHY ENROLL IN THE FP&A MASTERY SIGNATURE PROGRAM VS. INDIVIDUAL COURSES?

Individual courses will immerse you in the content of that single learning experience. The Signature Program gives you access to EVERYTHING across the full learning ecosystem:

WHO ATTENDS THESE PROGRAMS:

Since 2013, Seidman Financial has delivered hundreds of financial programs, workshops, strategic advisory sessions, and LinkedIn Learning courses to over 145,000 FP&A professionals from 25+ industries worldwide. Companies that have enrolled financial analysts, managers, and directors include:

ABM Industries, Accordion, Allscripts, Capitol Broadcasting, CHEP, Choice Hotels, CIBC, Cigna, Cox Enterprises, Crawford & Company, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Discover, Energy Transfer, Erie Insurance, EVRAZ, Express Scripts, FS Investments, Genentech, Guy Carpenter, HCPI, Heartland Financial, HP Enterprise, Hormel, Hostess Brands, IGT, Marsh & McLennan, Merck, Michelin, NerdWallet, Outsystems, Rapid7, Rice University, Riveron, Santander, Sloan Valve, Sol Petroleum, Spotify, Telus, Triple-S, UBT, United Technologies, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Verizon, Walmart, and Workday.

The curriculum in the FP&A Mastery Signature Program has been a cornerstone of FP&A training and financial leadership development at dozens of Fortune 500s, mid-market companies, and small entrepreneurial businesses.

The FP&A Mastery Signature Program isn’t for everyone – it is for growth-focused finance professionals dedicated to reaching their next level of technical capability, communication, confidence, and success. They seek a higher level of enablement, empowerment, and assurance which can only be possible through longer-term commitment and community. The program is exclusively available to finance and accounting professions who meet the following criteria:

If you are eligible, tap into this community of like-minded high-achievers committed to your success. Immerse yourself in technical and non-technical development designed to change how you think and support you in reaching your next level of growth.

For companies with multiple attendees, group rates are available.

Seidman Financial is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org. 

Seidman Financial is a division of Seidman Global LLC.

2025 COHORT STRUCTURE:

Who Is This Course For

What you’ll get out of this immersive financial learning & development experience, unlike any other you'll encounter:

This Course Includes

Live sessions

Learn directly from Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP in a real-time, interactive format.

Access to recordings

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion and CPE credits

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

$3,500

Next cohort

Oct 21—Apr 17, 2026

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Course Syllabus

177 lessons • 20 projects

Week 1: Oct 21—Oct 26

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Oct 21 | 9am CST

  • Comparing and contrasting direct and indirect cash flows
  • Discovering connections across the financial statements
  • Understanding financial modeling best practices
  • Analyzing the difference between accrual and cash timing
  • Aligning cash flow strategies with business goals

📄 Cash Flow Modeling Best Practices | Structure

📄 Direct vs. Indirect Cash Flows

📄 Cash Flow Modeling Best Practices | Contents and Formulas

📄 Cash Flow Modeling Best Practices | Quality Review and Presentation

📄 Structuring the Cash Flow Forecast Model

📄 Getting the Timing Right: Accrual vs. Cash

📄 How the Financial Statements Connect and Relate

📄 Introduction to the Business Case

  • Identifying key documents and reports to source the cash flow forecast
  • Reviewing nuances likely to be encountered from company to company
  • Comparing and contrasting different financial statement appearances
  • Yearly, monthly, and weekly anomalies likely to be encountered
  • Navigating data collection challenges in the business
  • Building a sustainable cash flow management system

📄 Sourcing information from reports, statements and data

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Oct 24 | 9am CST

  • Reviewing the sales forecast for reasonableness, seasonality, conservatism, and speculation
  • Understanding collection terms and methods for acceleration
  • Identifying business dynamics likely to impact sales and collections
  • Industry-specific cash flow forecasting techniques
  • Cash flow solutions for smaller and midsized businesses

📄 Modeling Sales and Cash Collections

✍️ Build Your Own Sales and Collections Forecast (Submit by May 13)

  • Modeling cash outflows for inventory purchases
  • Modeling cash outflows for payment of accounts payable and accrued expenses
  • Modeling cash outflows for prepaid expenses or upfront deposits
  • Modeling payroll, benefits, payroll taxes, and layoffs

📄 Modeling Payroll, Benefits, Payroll Taxes, and Layoffs

📄 Modeling Direct Costs and Payments

📄 Modeling Inventory Categories

📄 Advanced Inventory Modeling (Raw Material | Work in Progress | Finished Goods)

📄 Modeling Direct Costs and Accounts Payable (A/P)

📄 Modeling Prepaid and Accrued Expenses

Week 2: Oct 27—Nov 2

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Oct 28 | 9am CST

  • Modeling long-term debt and equity infusions
  • Developing a fixed asset register and capex schedule
  • Modeling the nuances of depreciation expense
  • Forecasting fees expense for recurring and non-recurring professionals

📄 Modeling Indirect Operating Expenses

📄 Modeling Debt and Equity

📄 Modeling Capex / Fixed Assets

📄 Modeling Professional Fees

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Oct 31 | 9am CST

  • Analyzing cash flows for future surpluses and deficits
  • Calculating the borrowing base and forecasting borrowing availability
  • Modeling short-term debt, the revolving line or credit, and borrowing capacity
  • Completing and analyzing the cash flow forecast model

📄 Modeling Financing Strategy with Excess Cash and Cash Flow Surpluses

📄 Modeling Financing Strategy with Cash Constraints and Cash Flow Deficits

📄 Modeling the Borrowing Base and Available Collateral for Short-Debt Financing

📄 Modeling the Revolving Line of Credit (LOC), Cash Needs, and Borrowing Base

📄 The Completed Cash Flow Model

Week 3: Nov 3—Nov 9

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Nov 4 | 9am CST

  • Presenting operating improvements and financial restructuring
  • Suggesting options for business reorganization and revitalization
  • Reconciling profitability with liquidity
  • Integrating a 13-week cash flow forecast with a long-term financial model

📄 Modeling Operating Improvements and Changes to Working Capital

📄 Reorganizing and Revitalizing the Business

📄 Reconciling Profitability to Cash (EBITDA-to-Cash Bridge)

📄 Integrations and Nuances in the Timing of Cash Flows

📄 13-Week Cash Flows, DIP Budgets, and Bankruptcy

✨ FP&A MSP - Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Nov 7 | 9am CST

✍️ Capstone Business Case – Cash Flow Forecasting and Modeling (Submit by Nov. 14)

Week 4: Nov 10—Nov 16

📄 Break for Capstone Business Case Completion

Week 5: Nov 17—Nov 23

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Tues. Nov 18 | 9am CST

📄 What is Microsoft Power Query and Why Does it Matter to Finance

📄 Dynamic Data Modeling Process Flow

📄 How Power Query and Financial Systems Interact

📄 When to Use Power Query vs. Excel

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Fri. Nov 21 | 9am CST

📄 Data Acquisition Sources for Power Query

📄 Data Conversion Through Power Query

📄 Editing Power Query Parameters

📄 Power Query Editor – Intro to the Ribbons

📄 Power Query Editor – Home Ribbon

📄 Power Query Editor – Transform Ribbon

📄 Power Query Editor – Add Column Ribbon

📄 Data Connections via Power Query

📄 Introduction to Dynamic Tables

📄 Integration of Dynamic Tables with Power Query

📄 Financial and Business Modeling with Power Query and Data Tables

Week 6: Nov 24—Nov 30

Holiday Break (Thanksgiving) - No live sessions

Week 7: Dec 1—Dec 7

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Tues. Dec 2 | 9am CST

📄 Intro to Data Modeling with Power Query

📄 Data Modeling – Establishing Tabular Relationships

📄 Data Modeling – Establishing Data Hierarchies

📄 Data Modeling – Data Relationship Directions

📄 Data Modeling – Cascading Data Flows

📄 Data Modeling – Viewing and Hiding Tabular Relationships

📄 Data Modeling Rules

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Fri. Dec 5 | 9am CST

📄 Introduction to Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

📄 Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Syntax and Rules

📄 Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Syntax and Rules

📄 Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Calculated Columns

📄 Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Measures

Week 8: Dec 8—Dec 14

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Tues. Dec 9 | 9am CST

📄 Introduction to Power Pivot

📄 How Power Pivot Compares/Contrasts with Traditional Pivot Tables

📄 Activating and Accessing Power Pivot

📄 Creating a Power Pivot Report

✨ FP&A MSP - Data Management for Finance w/ PQ: Live ✨

Thurs. Dec 11 | 9am CST

📄 Overlap Between Power Excel and Power BI

📄 How Power Query Integrates with Power BI

📄 Untitled lesson

✍️ Capstone Business Case: Build a Dynamic Data Flow Process (Submit by Dec. 12)

Week 9: Dec 15—Dec 21

📄 Break for Capstone Business Case Completion

Week 10: Dec 22—Dec 28

Holiday Break - No live sessions

Week 11: Dec 29—Jan 4

Holiday Break - No live sessions

Week 12: Jan 5—Jan 11

Holiday Break - No live sessions

Week 13: Jan 12—Jan 18

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Jan 13 | 9am CST

  • Understanding the basic functionality and relationships between financial statements
  • Explanation of the supporting accounting transactions
  • Building assumptions and generalizations about the layout of the models
  • Review of basic-to-advanced Excel functions used in integrated statement modeling
  • Introduction to the building process of the integrated statement model

📄 Introduction to 3-Statement Financial Modeling and Integrated Business Modeling

📄 3-Statement Financial Modeling (Corporate Finance vs. Investment Banking)

📄 Context is Key: Understanding Business/Client Objectives

📄 Understanding the Dynamics of the Business and its Industry

📄 🎯 INTRODUCTION TO THE BUSINESS CASE

📄 Modeling Skills Inventory: The Skills you Need and Those You Don’t

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Jan 16 | 9am CST

  • Understanding the nature of the objective/engagement and why we were retained
  • Determining the work product required by the company, firm and end-users
  • Interviewing team leaders and managing document requests
  • Reviewing documents pertaining to organizational structure, business activities, legal and HR
  • Reviewing relevant data, financial information, process documentation, etc.
  • Assessing information corresponding to analysis and modeling needs

📄 Initiating Document Requests: Information you Need and That Which You Don’t

📄 Document Requests: Financial Information

📄 Document Requests: Non-Financial Information

📄 Interviews of Key Personnel

Week 14: Jan 19—Jan 25

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Jan 20 | 9am CST

  • Organizing the model, document requests, and data received
  • Developing the overall model structure and crafting supporting schedules
  • Following commonly-recognized best practices for ease of use and collaboration
  • Horizontal vs. vertical arrangements

📄 Designing and Developing the Model at the Outset of the Project

📄 Model Formats and Layouts: Vertical Structure vs. Horizontal Structure

📄 Model Hygiene and Common Font Color Schemes

📄 Error Check Schedules and Conducting Quality Reviews

📄 Other Modeling Best Practices to Consider

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Jan 23 | 9am CST

  • Importing historical information
  • Building baseline forecasts with roll-forwards and streamlined assumptions
  • Forecasting assumptions and key drivers for major line items
  • Developing the revenue and expense forecast with top-down and bottoms-up approaches
  • Analyze fixed vs. variable vs. mixed costs in the build-up of the expense budget
  • Building balance sheet roll-forwards for key accounts (receivables, payables, inventory, fixed assets, debt, equity)

📄 Overview of the Financial Statements

📄 The Income Statement

📄 The Balance Sheet

📄 The Statement of Cash Flows – Indirect

📄 The Statement of Cash Flows – Direct

📄 Understanding the Key Connections Across the Financial Statements

📄 Accrual vs. Cash Impact

📄 Identifying Risks and Uncertainty Inherent in the Business and Model

📄 Overview of the Integrated Financial Statement Modeling Process

Week 15: Jan 26—Feb 1

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Jan 27 | 9am CST

  • Understanding the drivers of revenue, pricing, and volume
  • Building the revenue forecast
  • Profiling drivers of costs and the material, labor, and OH forecasts
  • Forecasting general overheads (SG&A)

📄 Overview of the Income Statement | Profit & Loss

📄 Review of the Historical Financials and What They Mean for the Forecast Model

📄 Identifying Revenue Drivers and Segmenting the Sales Forecast

📄 Driver-Based Forecasting: Industry Examples

✍️ Exercise: Forecasting Revenue (Submit by Jan 9)

📄 Identifying Cost Types and Drivers | Forecasting Direct Costs

✍️ Exercise: Forecasting Direct Costs (Submit by Jan 13)

📄 Forecasting General Overhead Expenses (SG&A)

✍️ Exercise: Forecasting Key SG&A Line Items (Submit by Jan 16)

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Jan 30 | 9am CST

  • Identifying key balance sheet account roll-forwards, reconciling beginning/ending balances
  • Building out the roll-forward forecasts for all key accounts
  • Reviewing common anomalies and nuances within the accounts

📄 Overview of the Balance Sheet

📄 Key Balance Sheet Roll-Forwards

📄 Accounts Receivable (A/R) Roll-Forward

📄 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and A/R Aging Analysis

✍️ Exercise: Accounts Receivable Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Inventory Roll-Forward

📄 Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) | Days Inventory On Hand (DOH) Analysis

✍️ Exercise: Inventory Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Prepaid Expense Roll-Forward

📄 Accrued Payroll Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Accrued Payroll Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Accrued Professional Expenses and Fees Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Accrued Professional Fees Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Taxes Payable Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Taxes Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Accounts Payable | Accrued Expenses Roll-Forward

📄 Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) Analysis

✍️ Exercise: A/P and Accrued Expenses Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Review of the Key Working Capital (WC) Accounts and Roll-Forwards

📄 Capital Expenditures (CapEx) and Fixed Assets Roll-Forward

📄 Intangible Assets Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Fixed Assets and Intangible Assets Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

📄 Long-Term Debt Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Long-Term Debt Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 16)

Week 16: Feb 2—Feb 8

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Feb 3 | 9am CST

📄 Revisiting the 3-Statement Modeling Process

📄 Building the Statement of Cash Flows

✍️ Exercise: Building the Statement of Cash Flows (Submit by Aug 5)

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Feb 6 | 9am CST

📄 Connecting the Financial Statements

📄 Modeling Plugs and Unknowns — Revolving Lines of Credit, Cash, Accrued Expenses

✍️ Exercise: Revolving Line of Credit Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 23)

📄 Interest Expense Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Interest Expense Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 23)

📄 Completing the Integrated Financial and Business Model

Week 17: Feb 9—Feb 15

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Tues. Feb 10 | 9am CST

  • Understanding the limitations of the integrated model
  • Considering possible scenarios and sensitivities
  • Rolling the model forward for future periods and updating information seamlessly
  • Updating the model for actual results

📄 Revisiting the 3-Statement Modeling Process

📄 Performing Quality Review and Error-Checks

📄 Limitations of the Financial Model

📄 Developing a Recurring Process for Updating the Model

✨ FP&A MSP - Adv. Business + Financial Modeling: Live ✨

Fri. Feb 13 | 9am CST

  • Incorporating a borrowing base forecast of advanced on A/R and inventory
  • Building an EBITDA-to-cash bridge forwards and backwards
  • Organizing the model for presentations
  • Reviewing variances and waterfalls
  • Updating the model for operating assumptions
  • Reconciling the integrated long-term model with a 13-week cash flow

📄 Advanced Concepts in Integrated Financial and Business Modeling

📄 Borrowing Base Roll-Forward

✍️ Exercise: Borrowing Base Roll-Forward (Submit by Jan 27)

📄 The EBITDA-to-Cash Bridge: Reconciling Profitability with Liquidity

✍️ Exercise: EBITDA-to-Cash Bridge (Submit by Jan 27)

📄 Explaining Hits and Misses: Illustrating With Variances and Waterfalls

📄 Organizing the Model for Presentations

📄 Updating Operating Assumptions and Running Business Scenarios

✍️ Exercise: Actively Manage Costs and Expenses (Submit by Jan 27)

📄 Summary and Final Thoughts

✍️ Capstone Business Case: Advanced Financial and Business Modeling (Submit by Aug 15)

Week 18: Feb 16—Feb 22

✨ FP&A MSP - Optional Office Hours ✨

Week 19: Feb 23—Mar 1

📄 Break for Capstone Business Case Completion

Week 20: Mar 2—Mar 8

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Tues. Mar 3 | 9am CST

📄 FP&A Business Modeling and Financial Modeling Best Practices

📄 FP&A Business Model Structure and Layout

📄 FP&A Modeling and the P.E.A.C.E. Framework

📄 FP&A Formula Auditing, Error-Checking, and Evaluation

📄 Monitoring and Tracking Updates and Changes

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Fri. Mar 6 | 9am CST

📄 Introduction to Dynamic FP&A Business Modeling

📄 Dynamic Functionality in Enterprise Performance Management and Excel

📄 Dynamic Data Sets and Tables

📄 Dynamic Data Ranges and Formulas

📄 Dynamic Data, Pivot Tables and Slicers

📄 Dynamic Sparklines

📄 Dynamic FP&A Models in Practice

Week 21: Mar 9—Mar 15

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Tues. Mar 10 | 9am CST

📄 Introduction to Dynamic FP&A Business Modeling

📄 Dynamic Functionality in Enterprise Performance Management and Excel

📄 Dynamic Data Sets and Tables

📄 Dynamic Data Ranges and Formulas

📄 Dynamic Data, Pivot Tables and Slicers

📄 Dynamic Sparklines

📄 Dynamic FP&A Models in Practice

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Fri. Mar 13 | 9am CST

📄 Resonating with the Intended Audience

📄 Managing Aesthetics, Presentation, and FP&A Model Components

📄 Enhancing User-Interface with Form Controls

📄 Presenting Dashboards, Waterfall Charts, and Executive Summaries

Week 22: Mar 16—Mar 22

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Tues. Mar 17 | 9am CST

📄 Sum of Worksheets Approach to Scenario Management (Excel)

📄 Multi-Dimensional Modeling Approach to Scenario Management (Excel)

📄 Scenario Manager Tool (Excel)

📄 Employing Sensitivity Analysis for Variable Inputs and Drivers

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Fri, Mar 20 | 9am CST

📄 Methods in Forecasting, Budgeting, and Projetion

📄 Forecasting, Budgeting, and Projections for SMBs

📄 Techniques for Improving Forecast Accuracy

📄 Integrating Rolling Forecasts

📄 Modeling Risk, Uncertainty, Probability, and Impact

Week 23: Mar 23—Mar 29

Holiday Break - No live sessions

Week 24: Mar 30—Apr 5

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Tues. Mar 31 | 9am CST

📄 Quantifying the Value of Major Projects

📄 Determinations for Appropriate Investment and Maintenance Capex

📄 Measuring Cash Flow, Revenue Recognition, and Cost Allocations

✨ FP&A MSP - FP&A Technical Fluency + Thinking: Live ✨

Fri. Apr 3 | 9am CST

📄 FP&A Strategic Planning and Gap Analysis

📄 The Income Statement and Underlying Reporting

📄 Revenue and Cost Analysis

📄 The Balance Sheet and Underlying Reporting

📄 Working Capital Forecasting and Planning

📄 Cash Flows and Underlying Reporting

📄 Common-Sizing and Period-Over-Period Trend Analysis

📄 Liquidity Planning and Debt-Sizing

📄 Performance Optimization, Metrics, and Ratio Analysis

📄 Strategic Growth Planning and Profitability Enhancement

📄 Appraising the Business and Enhancing Value

📄 Course summary, reflections, wrap up, and next steps

Week 25: Apr 6—Apr 12

✨ FP&A MSP - Optional Office Hours ✨

Week 26: Apr 13—Apr 17

✍️ Capstone Business Case: Build an FP&A Process Flow

"Carl is an excellent coach. He focuses on the practical aspect of the day-to-day challenges vs. only focusing on theory. I absolutely enjoyed this course and learnt a lot. Highly recommended."
-- Preet, Finance Director (Visa)

Meet Carl, Your Instructor and Guide

Hosted by: Carl Seidman

Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP

Principal, Seidman Financial

Carl is a go-to FP&A development facilitator for Fortune 500s, mid-market companies, and entrepreneurial businesses. He is a Microsoft MVP (1 of just 35 US-based Excel MVPs) and one of the preeminent trainers and facilitators in strategic finance and FP&A, with more than 13,000 participants attending his financial training programs, seminars, workshops, and masterminds. Notable clients include:

ABM Industries, Accordion, AlixPartners, Allscripts, Broadridge, CHEP, Choice Hotels, CIBC, Cigna, Cox Enterprises, Crawford & Company, Deloitte, Dexcom, Discover, Dominium, Express Scripts, EY, FS Investments, EVRAZ, Genentech, Healthpeak, Heartland Financial, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hostess, IGT, KPMG, Marsh & McLennan, Michelin, NerdWallet, Radisson, Rapid7, Sol Petroleum, Spotify, Triple-S, Telus, Santander, United Technologies (RTX), UBT, Verizon, Walmart, and Workday.

Carl is masterful at making the complex amazingly simple, engaging his audiences, building confidence, and facilitating a welcoming and transformative group experience. His content is rich and relatable, used in financial leadership development programs (FLDPs) at Fortune 500 companies, and is utilized or licensed by 7 of the top global financial training companies.

Carl serves as an Adjunct Professor in data analytics at the Jones School of Business at Rice University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) has earned other professional credentials including the CIRA, CFF, CFE, CGMA, AM (Accredited Member in Business Valuation), CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), Certified Anaplan Model Builder, and was a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) 40 Under Forty honoree. He holds a BA in finance and economics and an MS in managerial accounting.

He’s been where you want to be and does the work you want to do.

Contact: info@seidmanfinancial.com

"Carl is an excellent teacher and really cares about his students...he stayed after hours with me to talk me through how to apply to my specific model and was incredibly helpful...I'm almost done a week following the course with my new forecasting model."
-- Sarah, FP&A Sr. Mgr.

Course Schedule

Tuesdays & Fridays
9:00am - 11:00am CST (2 hours, 2x/week)

All sessions take place live. All sessions are recorded for future access, whether you miss a session or wish to revisit certain topics and discussions.

Because the FP&A Mastery Signature Program has a rolling curriculum, you may access recordings of prior live sessions.

On-Demand Sessions
Missed a session? No problem!

Every live session is recorded so you can access it after it takes place.

Want to access to a live session and group discussion before it runs again? Get on-demand access to prior live cohort sessions any time you want.

Everything is at your fingertips.

Capstone Projects
At the conclusion of each core course

Capstone projects are unveiled at the end of each course, at the conclusion of the final session. Attendees may attend office hours and are given 1 week to complete the project. Upon submission, attendees will receive coaching and feedback.

Office Hours
At the conclusion of each core course

Guest Sessions
Finance experts and software vendors

"This was my first course on business models, and Carl's course is very detailed and comprehensive. Carl is a great coach and makes financial modeling more accessible."
-- Sandrine, Senior Controller (Instabug, Inc.)

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FP&A Mastery Signature Program

COST

$3,500

UPCOMING

MSP TAC2 (Oct 2025)

DATES

Oct 21—Apr 17, 2026

PAYMENT DEADLINE

Oct 21, 2025

Here's what attendees of these courses have to say about the learning experience:

"Very interactive, and this helps reinforce key concepts. The course takes your thinking to a higher level as it creates the awareness of organizing the information in a logical and thoughtful way so that making future changes are easy."
-- Marian, Treasury Accountant (SLES Ltd)

Growth is so much better with live
cohorts and experiential learning

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

A one-of-a-kind experiential learning ecosystem, eligible for up to 56.0 CPE credits

FP&A Mastery Signature Program

Receive a certificate of completion to share with your network and coworkers

FP&A Certificate
A pattern of wavy dots "Overall a great course for professionals looking for a refresher on modeling as well as more experienced FP&A Managers. The pace was great and Carl always made time for interaction and Q&A throughout the course."
-- Jeff, Director of FP&A and Operations Finance (Eos Energy)

Frequently Asked Questions

No problem. While you are encouraged to attend live sessions — as a great part of the experience is both the live-reveals and the participant interaction — all sessions are recorded and may be accessed on your own time.

The experience is intentionally spaced out — 2 days each week over many weeks — so you can work your schedule around it.

There may be occasional pre-work and post-session work but it is minimal.

Because all sessions are recorded, you can revisit topics and discussions on your own schedule.

It is not customary for us to receive requests for refunds. However, if you are dissatisfied with your experience, please reach out to our customer service team so we can ensure you receive the value you expect.

I offer more than a dozen training programs and immersive development experiences across a wide range of finance and accounting topics. 

Here are the other programs I offer.

This program is designed for finance professionals who want the most comprehensive, connected experience, community, and results.

We meet live on Zoom for 2 hours, 2x per week.

Each session consists of 1-2 learning topics and modules. Each module ties into prior and future modules, so it is important to try to avoid missing classes or watched recordings.

The structure of the session begins with an intro, a tie-in to a real example, exercises, discussion, and reflections.

Prerequisites for the course include the following:

  • You should have a basic-to-intermediate understanding of Microsoft Excel
  • You should have a current version (2016 or later) of Microsoft Excel, ideally (though not necessary) on a PC.
  • You should have at least an basic understanding of accounting and finance concepts.

No, but I will offer you my promises.

Everyone who attends this experience will have different backgrounds and aspirations which means they have different business models or jobs.

My promise is to share with you my techniques, tools, and processes that will accelerate your finance career and make you far more confident in what you do

Yes. You get all of the template models, clean and completed.

Yes, it qualifies for 56.0 CPE credits.

Seidman Financial is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

Most on-demand courses teach steps for plugging numbers into basic models. They don’t teach the nuances that you’re likely to encounter across a wide range of instances. And most course trainers don’t come from FP&A and CFO backgrounds.

According to alumni, this is the best FP&A course curriculum available.

While students can enroll in any course individually, the FP&A Mastery Signature Program is designed as the most comprehensive, high-value, learning experience in the FP&A space.

Students are encouraged to get the most complete experience versus enrolling in each course one at a time.

The FP&A Mastery Signature Program kicks off with the top-rated corporate finance program on Maven. Here's what you'll learn: