Happy Halloween! I have been meaning to write about phantom links for a while, and Halloween is a good time to talk about hunting down and exorcise this ghoulishly annoying phenomenon from your financial models.
A 3-way financial model, consists of a fully dynamic and flexible Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement.
For those who have tried, building one in PowerBI is not a trivial task. (more…)
With the huge amount of data available to us every day, a well-built and visually appealing dashboard is one of the best ways to interpret and communicate large quantities of information. Learn to quickly and effectively communicate the results of your analysis to be easily interpreted and understood by others at a glance. Hear from Excel modelling specialist, Danielle Stein Fairhurst as she provides an introduction to her popular online workshop “Dashboard Reporting in Modern Excel”. (more…)
Advancing technology in financial modelling and forecasting is certainly reducing the reliance on humans to do the forecasting and planning/automation in AI, putting even highly technical skills (like financial modelling) at risk of being made redundant.
Modular spreadsheet development is already rapidly reducing the time it takes to build models, so what does that mean for those wanting to learn the fundamental skills of building a model? (more…)
A critical skill for the business professional to learn is how to handle data proficiently and analyzing it using the right tool, particularly in the area of human resources. Traditional HR practices have shifted from transactional to data driven practices which are business focused and result oriented. The HR Dashboard effectively demonstrates the key HR Data that provide insights necessary for decision-making that achieves business results. (more…)
All financing projects are slightly different, so when building a financial model for the purpose of gaining long-term financing, it’s very difficult to standardise project models of different natures. Join us to hear from Paris-based financial modelling author, lecturer and investment banker, Hedieh Kianyfard to discuss hints and tricks for model review. (more…)
The Financial Modeling World Cup is a brand new competition where modellers from all over the world and different backgrounds come together to learn, train and compete. To celebrate the launch of this new initiative, we’ve hosted an Exhibition Round where two expert modellers Dmitrijs Lukaševičs and Dan Mayoh pit their skills against each other and you’ve got front row seats! (more…)
If you are thinking about sitting for the next Level 1 Financial Modelling certification exam coming up on 24th October from the Financial Modeling Institute (FMI), you may be wondering what to expect on the day, or how you can best get ready to give yourself the best possible chance of success. (more…)
Watch our live recording as we come together from all four corners of the globe for this live podcast recording. Host of the Financial Modelling Podcast, Matthew Bernath joins from Johannesburg, Virtual Meetup host and Financial Modeller, Danielle Stein Fairhurst in Sydney, are joined by Jordan Goldmeier from New York and Tea Kuseva from London. (more…)
As financial modellers, we know that getting the numbers right is critical, and being able to build an accurate and reliable model is the cornerstone of any good financial modeller’s skillset. But what about the message shown by the numbers and the stories they have to tell us? (more…)
