EBITDA bridge Excel template
A period-to-period EBITDA bridge with revenue, COGS and opex drivers, a waterfall chart built on native Excel charting, and a variance check against the P&L. Drop in two periods of P&L and the bridge and chart update.
Built into ZAF Tools workflows and generated from your mapped trial balance.
- Bridge schedule for FY, YTD or LTM comparisons
- Waterfall chart with positive and negative colouring
- Cross-check row: bridge closing vs P&L EBITDA
- Notes on how to present bridges in an FDD report
Why it matters in due diligence
This is one of the core workpapers of a financial due diligence engagement. The layout above is the one we used on live mandates before automating it in ZAF Tools.
Build it from your trial balance instead
Inside ZAF Tools, Import and Map TB, AI Map and Build FS create the statements this schedule draws on. Run Full FDD then produces statements, commentary and management questions in one pass. See how EBITDA Bridge works, or calculate the hours saved.
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