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Financial Modeling & Valuation Challenges
Financial Modeling & Valuation challenges put you inside the work of pricing companies, deals, and assets. You'll develop skills in Financial Statement Reading, Time Value of Money, Three-Statement Modeling, and DCF, then test what you build with sensitivity & scenario analysis.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — LBO modeling, M&A accretion/dilution, precedent transactions, and private equity waterfall modeling — running due diligence and comparable companies analysis the way deal teams actually do, and stretching into structured deal modeling and derivatives pricing. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- ResearchSeniorNew
Price American Options with a Deep Hedging Notebook
Simulate price paths for a single underlying (geometric Brownian motion is fine as a baseline; bonus for stochastic volatility). Implement Longstaff-Schwartz Monte Carlo as the …
- Deep Learning
- Stochastic Modeling
- Derivatives Pricing
AI and Quantitative Finance - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Acquisition of a Bangalore D2C Cosmetics Startup
As a junior M&A analyst at BeautyCo, you must assess GlowUp's business model, financials, and market position. You need to conduct a valuation using DCF and comparable company a…
- Financial Analysis
- Valuation
- Due Diligence
Open coursework - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Capital Budgeting for a Solar Farm Expansion
Your task is to build a project finance model that estimates unlevered and levered free cash flows over 25 years (the project's life). Incorporate the 30% Investment Tax Credit …
- Capital Budgeting
- Npv Irr Analysis
- Project Finance
Corporate Finance (MBA) - StrategyIntermediateNew
Scaling Social Impact: Strategy for a Kenyan AgriTech Startup
Your task is to create a scaling strategy for KilimoConnect. Analyze their current model, identify key bottlenecks (e.g., supply chain, farmer training, technology adoption), an…
- Scaling Strategy
- Social Enterprise Model
- Financial Modeling
Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Develop in-demand professional skills.
Each challenge names the skills it strengthens. Over time, your profile fills with the competences a hiring manager would actually look for.
Why Ewance
- AnalysisIntermediateNew
ESG Integration in a Mining Company's Valuation
Your task is to forecast CopperCorp's residual income for 5 years, incorporating adjustments for potential carbon taxes, water remediation costs, and reputational risks that cou…
- Residual Income Valuation
- ESG Integration
- Scenario Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation - AnalysisSeniorNew
Assess Partnership Risk for WellsTrade's Instant Payments Launch
Using the PayFlow due-diligence data room and the eighteen-month PayFlow operational metrics dataset, identify and quantify the operational, security, compliance, and reputation…
- Operational Risk
- Vendor Risk
- Cybersecurity
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Hedging Currency Risk for a German Exporter
You are a junior financial analyst at Mittelstand GmbH. The company has a firm order of €10 million from a US client, payable in USD in 6 months, and a £5 million order from a U…
- Currency Hedging
- Derivatives Pricing
- Risk Management
Financial Markets and Institutions - ResearchSeniorNew
Foresight-Driven Innovation for a Renewable Energy Co-op
You are a foresight analyst for WindFolk. Develop three alternative futures for the Danish energy market in 2030 (e.g., 'Green Grid', 'Tech Fragmentation', 'Policy Stagnation').…
- Scenario Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Decision Analysis
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Frame the business question, model the options, build the recommendation. From market sizing to competitive analysis, this role is where strategy consulting meets in-house decision-making.
- StrategyBeginnerNew
AI Make-or-Buy Analysis for a Climate-Tech Series-B
You receive: the company's headcount and ML capability map, vendor RFP responses from 3 vendors per category, and 18-month strategic context. For each model category, build a ma…
- Ai Strategy
- Make Or Buy Analysis
- Vendor Evaluation
AI for Business and AI Product Management - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Valuing a Toronto D2C Cosmetics Scale-Up
Your task is to build a financial model projecting GlowUp's cash flows for 5 years, estimate terminal value, and derive an equity value per share. You must also select a peer gr…
- Financial Modeling
- DCF Valuation
- Comparable Company Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Production Planning for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Your task is to build a linear program that decides weekly production quantities for each product line. Constraints include labor hours (max 400 hrs), machine hours (max 200 hrs…
- Linear Programming
- Optimization
- Excel
Operations Research and Optimization - AnalysisIntermediateNew
LBO of a German Industrial Components Manufacturer
Conduct a full LBO analysis: build a financial model projecting EBITDA, debt repayment, and returns under base and downside scenarios. Propose a capital structure (senior debt, …
- Financial Modeling
- LBO Analysis
- Due Diligence
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- AnalysisFoundationalNew
Design a Go/No-Go CVP Model for EcoWear Activewear
Design a CVP decision model and proposal for EcoWear's biodegradable activewear line using only the EcoWear Activewear Cost & Assumptions Brief and the Comparable Activewear SKU…
- Cvp Analysis
- Break Even Analysis
- Sensitivity Analysis
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
UK Market Entry Strategy for GlowDublin Cosmetics
Develop a complete go-to-market strategy for GlowDublin's launch in the United Kingdom, working only from the materials you have been given: the GlowDublin company snapshot (its…
- Market Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
- Go To Market Strategy
Open coursework - DesignIntermediateNew
Circular Economy Business Model for a Fashion Rental Platform
Propose a circular business model for Rent-a-Robe that includes a take-back program, repair service, and resale marketplace. Your deliverable is a 5-slide pitch deck outlining t…
- Circular Economy
- Business Model Innovation
- Financial Modeling
Sustainability and Sustainable Business - StrategyBeginnerNew
Investigate GlowToronto's Pricing to Rebuild Margins
Develop a pricing strategy for GlowToronto's core product line of serums and moisturizers. Begin by analysing the provided GlowToronto transaction dataset to understand how disc…
- Pricing Strategy
- Customer Segmentation
- Competitive Analysis
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery for a Lisbon Grocery Startup
Your task is to build a linear programming model (or heuristic) to assign orders to vehicles and sequence deliveries. Success means reducing average route length by at least 15%…
- Linear Programming
- Python
- Route Optimization
Open coursework - StrategySeniorNew
Design a Circular Business Model for EcoWear
Acting as EcoWear's business model innovation analyst, examine the EcoWear company file, the customer behavior dataset, the operations brief, and the circular economy industry r…
- Circular Economy
- Business Model Canvas
- Financial Modeling
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Design a Three-Tier Pricing Proposal for an Observability Startup
Using the anonymized customer export and the current-pricing memo in the provided materials, design a replacement pricing model and prove it pays. First, analyze the 80 customer…
- Pricing Strategy
- Packaging
- Financial Modeling
Open coursework - DesignSeniorNew
Structuring an Interest Rate Swap for a UK Infrastructure Fund
You are a structured finance associate at a bank advising InfraBridge. Design a plain vanilla interest rate swap that converts the floating-rate liability to fixed. Provide the …
- Interest Rate Swaps
- Derivatives Pricing
- Credit Risk
Open coursework - DesignBeginnerNew
Build a Multi-Criteria Vendor Selection Tool for an AI Consulting Firm
You will design a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA, a structured way to score options against weighted criteria) tool that accepts 6-10 vendor options, 6-12 weighted crite…
- Mcda
- Decision Support Systems
- Streamlit
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Growth Strategy for a London D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to develop a 12-month retail expansion plan. Analyze the trade-offs between D2C and retail channels, assess the brand's readiness for B2B relationships, and propose…
- Market Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Go To Market Strategy
Open coursework - AnalysisSeniorNew
Investigate Coffee-Price and Euro Risk for a Vietnamese Exporter
Investigate using only the materials provided. First, observe the real market: track how the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) robusta coffee futures settlement price and the euro…
- IFRS 9
- Hedge Accounting
- Derivatives
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Diversification Strategy for a Regional Brewery
Your task is to analyze the brewery's current value chain and core competencies, then evaluate three diversification options using the Ansoff Matrix and relatedness criteria. Yo…
- Diversification Strategy
- Value Chain Analysis
- Ansoff Matrix
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