Vancouver Power BI & Modern Excel User Group: Reducing Errors in Excel Financial Models
It’s never been more important to have a dynamic financial model to accurately predict business outcomes and forecast volatile economic inputs. One of the biggest issues facing users of Excel, particularly for those building financial models is the possibility of error. Join us to hear from financial modelling specialist, Danielle Stein Fairhurst as she visits the Vancouver Power BI & Modern Excel User Group to explain financial modelling best practices for robust and dynamic models, dos, don’ts and ways to reduce the risk of error for building financial models in Excel. (more…)
Microsoft Excel continues to evolve at an incredible pace. The introduction of new features and functions like Dynamic Arrays, LET and LAMBDA open up a whole new world of possibilities for modellers. Those at the cutting edge of these Excel features are more excited than they’ve ever been. But what about the vast majority of Excel users who still struggle with the basics? How can they keep up, and how can we, as a global community, help them cut through the hype? Watch to hear from financial modeller Giles Male, co-founder at Full Stack Modeller during his visit to Sydney.
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Plum Solutions is very pleased to announce that in partnership with the Financial Modeling Institute (FMI), we will be offering a “Women in Financial Modelling” scholarship aimed at empowering and advancing women within the financial modelling industry. 
Join us for an enlightening meetup as we continue our journey into the Future of Financial Modelling, powered by cutting-edge technology and AI. Hosted by Danielle Stein Fairhurst, Part 3 in this series culminates with an in-depth exploration of Microsoft Fabric, presented by technology and financial modelling expert, Lance Rubin. He delves into its potential to disrupt traditional OLAP Cube modelling systems that will revolutionise traditional accounting, 
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Financial modelling is an essential skill that straddles business, accounting, and technology, and will continue to do so. In order to build good financial models, we increasingly rely on accessible and reliable data. Although the complexity of this data layer varies depending on the organisation and its level of maturity, all large organisations do eventually outgrow the unregulated “wild west” nature of spreadsheets. 
As AI technology evolves rapidly through advances such as ChatGPT, let’s consider how this will impact the financial modelling industry. Join industry leaders Jeff Robson, Lance Rubin and Craig Hatmaker and host Danielle Stein Fairhurst for a virtual meetup to discuss how these technological advancements might impact the process of building a model along with the role and skills of a financial modeller both today and in the future. 
Welcome to a 5-part video series on the “Must-have Excel Functions for Financial Modelling”. If your financial model is showing some returns, growth rates or any outputs that are fluctuating quite a bit over time, it’s useful to see what the compound annual growth rate is for this. In part 4 of this series, we take a look at a couple of different ways to calculate the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) using simple Excel functions. 
