Close the month and build the model
Learn what happens at month end, where the numbers come from, and how profit, cash and debt fit into one simple model.
Hand in: a model that adds upMake three statements tell one story.Learn to close the month, build the model and explain the numbers to the people who run the business.
Everyone who finishes gets a certificate for the work they did. If your work is strong, you can also earn a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
in recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication shown during the Financial Analyst Program bootcamp, and of a curiosity that went well beyond the syllabus.
I am writing to recommend Your Name, who completed the Financial Analyst Program bootcamp with Fin Maverick from 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026.
Over the course of the program Your Name worked on the Financial Analyst Program capstone and consistently stood out for judgement applied with genuine rigour rather than textbook recall.
I recommend Your Name without reservation for any opportunity in finance, and am confident they will bring the same dedication to future roles.
Sincerely,
has successfully completed an internship of 6 months with Fin Maverick under the Financial Analyst Program program, during the period 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026. Your Name carried the capstone from first brief to final submission, and showed real commitment, discipline and aptitude.
Never worked in a finance team before? Start here. Each week you learn one part of a financial analyst’s job, practise it on the same company, and hand in one piece of work.
Learn what happens at month end, where the numbers come from, and how profit, cash and debt fit into one simple model.
Hand in: a model that adds upSee why a growing business can run short of cash, which products really make money, and what people cost.
Hand in: cash, margin and peopleBuild a budget people believe, judge two spending requests fairly, and explain why the result missed the plan.
Hand in: plan, review and bridgeTest what happens if your biggest customer leaves, and get the numbers you need from the people who own them.
Practice: a what-if packClose a hard month, fix the plan and back a decision with numbers, then present it like a monthly pack.
Final: a monthly packA company can make a profit and still run out of cash if customers pay slowly. Pick how many days customers take to pay, and see how much cash gets stuck with them.
Six skills a finance team will test you on. Each one starts with a real problem from the job and ends with work you can show.
“You join on day three of month end, everybody is busy and a report is due Friday. Close it.”
“Profit is up, cash is down, and the managing director wants to know how both can be true.”
“The business is growing and profitable, and short of cash. Show where the money is stuck.”
“Sales are up 9%, profit is flat and nobody can say which part of the business is to blame.”
“The result is ₹4 lakh behind plan and the commentary just says “market conditions”.”
“The board asks what happens if the biggest customer leaves, and the model has only one set of numbers.”
You make a real call in a finance team, see where it goes wrong, then fix it. Here are three of them.
The month closed without two costs that belong in it. Find them and see what profit really was.
Open simulation →The commentary blames the market. Break the gap into price, volume and cost to find the real cause.
Open simulation →Three systems give three different revenue figures. Work out which one is right and why.
Open simulation →A company made ₹10 crore profit this year. Over the same year, customers started paying later, so the money they owe went up by ₹14 crore. Ignoring everything else, what happened to cash?
The company earned ₹10 crore but ₹14 crore more is now sitting with customers instead of in the bank. ₹10 crore minus ₹14 crore is a fall of ₹4 crore. Profit is what you earned; cash is what you actually have. Telling these apart is the first thing every finance team needs from you.
Three graded milestones and a capstone. Each one is real work you can show.
A month that closed with two missing costs, three systems that disagree on revenue, and a model built by someone who has left.
A profitable, growing business short of cash, flat profit on rising sales, and people cost forecast as last year plus five percent.
A budget nobody believed, two spending requests written by the people who want them, and a result behind plan.
A hard month: missing costs, a system mismatch, a result behind plan, a cash squeeze and a board that wants answers.
Every week follows the same simple loop: learn an idea, try it straight away, use it to make a decision, review it, then show you can do it.
Do I need a finance background?
No. Week 1 starts from zero: what happens at month end and where the numbers come from. If you are comfortable with percentages and a basic spreadsheet, the bootcamp teaches everything else.
How much time does it take each week?
Plan a few focused hours each week. Lessons are short and recorded, so you can fit them around college or work.
Is it live or recorded?
Fully self-paced. Lessons, actions, simulations and milestones are all on demand, so you learn when it suits you and replay anything as often as you need.
What do I walk out with?
Work you can walk through in an interview: a closed month, a three-statement model, a cash forecast, a budget, a variance bridge and a monthly pack. Strong work also earns a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
Will this get me a job?
No course can promise that. What it gives you is work you can show and the answers to the questions finance teams actually ask. That is what gets you through the interview.
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