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Hands-On Financial Modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365 - Second Edition

By : Shmuel Oluwa
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Hands-On Financial Modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365 - Second Edition

By: Shmuel Oluwa

Overview of this book

Financial modeling is a core skill required by anyone who wants to build a career in finance. Hands-On Financial Modeling with Excel for Microsoft 365 explores financial modeling terminologies with the help of Excel. Starting with the key concepts of Excel, such as formulas and functions, this updated second edition will help you to learn all about referencing frameworks and other advanced components for building financial models. As you proceed, you'll explore the advantages of Power Query, learn how to prepare a 3-statement model, inspect your financial projects, build assumptions, and analyze historical data to develop data-driven models and functional growth drivers. Next, you'll learn how to deal with iterations and provide graphical representations of ratios, before covering best practices for effective model testing. Later, you'll discover how to build a model to extract a statement of comprehensive income and financial position, and understand capital budgeting with the help of end-to-end case studies. By the end of this financial modeling Excel book, you'll have examined data from various use cases and have developed the skills you need to build financial models to extract the information required to make informed business decisions.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Financial Modeling Overview
4
Part 2 – The Use of Excel Features and Functions for Financial Modeling
8
Part 3 – Building an Integrated 3-Statement Financial Model with Valuation by DCF
15
Part 4 – Case Study

Chapter 6: Understanding Project and Building Assumptions

In financial modeling, there is no one-size-fits-all. Financial models can vary widely in size, purpose, and complexity. A valuation model is vastly different from a loan repayment model. A model that's created to expand a business will be different from one that's created to dispose of a business. A model that's created to give someone a rough idea of the value of a business will be far less complex than one that's created in support of a private placement or an initial public offering of the shares of the business. It is imperative that you understand the scope and purpose of the model you have been asked to prepare. No matter how impressive your model is, it is of no use if it doesn't meet the requirements of the user.

In this chapter, you will learn how to analyze projects and learn what the purpose of a project is. You will also learn how to create assumptions about the reasons for historic growth...