Accounting Essentials

Build a clear, practical understanding of how financial statements work and connect — the foundation for any great model.

• The three core financial statements
• How they link together
• Working capital and cash flow implications
• What net debt is and why it matters
• IFRS 16 leases made simple
• A quick, realistic walkthrough to tie it all together

Valuation Basics

• Enterprise Value vs Equity Value (and why it matters)

• Trading comps & precedent transactions in plain language

• How multiples actually work
• Clean examples to make the logic stick 

DCF Basics

Build an intuitive understanding of DCF — one of the most important interview topics to land an IB job.

• Time value of money
• The core DCF steps
• Terminal Value logic
• WACC intuition
• A short walk through to cement the reasoning

Merger Model Basics

Understand the logic behind M&A models without getting lost in spreadsheets.

• What an M&A deal fundamentally is
• Sources & Uses — clean, simple, intuitive
• Purchase Price Allocation
• Synergies and why they matter
• Accretion/Dilution logic
• Numeric illustration to tie it together

Private Equity & LBO Basics

Learn the core intuition behind LBOs — one of the most valued interview skills.

• What Private Equity actually is
• What an LBO is — in simple terms
• The key value drivers in an LBO
• IRR vs MoM (and how to think about both)
• A clean "paper LBO" to practise the logic

Interview Technicals Masterclass

Bring everything together and learn how to communicate technicals like a strong candidate.

• The 10 most common technical questions
• How to structure clear, confident answers
• Typical traps analysts use — and how to avoid them