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The ability to create and understand financial models that assess the valuation of a company, the projects it undertakes, and its future earnings/profit projections is one of the most valued skills in corporate finance. However, while many business professionals are familiar with financial statements and accounting reports, few are truly proficient at building an accurate and effective financial model from the ground up. Thats why, in The Financial Modeling Handbook, Jack Avon equips financial professionals with all the tools they need to precisely and effectively monitor a companys assets and project its future performance. Based on the authors extensive experience building models in business and financeand teaching others to do the sameThe Handbook of Financial Modeling takes readers step by step through the financial modeling process, starting with a general overview of the history and evolution of financial modeling. It then moves on to more technical topics, such as the principles of financial modeling and the proper way to approach a financial modeling assignment, before covering key application areas for modeling in Microsoft Excel.
Designed for intermediate and advanced modelers who wish to expand and enhance their knowledge, The Handbook of Financial Modeling also covers:

  • The accounting and finance concepts that underpin working financial models;
  • How to approach financial issues and solutions from a modelers perspective;
  • The importance of thinking about end users when developing a financial model;
  • How to plan, design, and build a fully functional financial model;
  • And more.

A nuts-to-bolts guide to solving common financial problems with spreadsheets, The Handbook of Financial Modeling is a one-stop resource for anyone who needs to build or analyze financial models.

What youll learn
  • Key financial modeling principles, including best practices, principles around calculations, and the importance of producing clean, clear financial models
  • How to design and implement a projection model that allows the user to change inputs quickly for sensitivity testing
  • The proper way to approach a financial modeling assignment, from project planning all the way through to the documentation of the models findings and effectiveness
  • How to model in Microsoft Excel, including how to set up an Excel environment, how to format worksheets, and the correct application of various modeling formulae
  • The skills and knowledge they need to become more proficient financial modelers and differentiate themselves from their professional competitors.
Who this book is for

Written in a clear, concise manner and filled with screen grabs that will facilitate readers comprehension of the financial modeling process, The Handbook of Financial Modeling is appropriate for intermediate to advanced financial modelers who are looking to learn how to enhance their modeling proficiency.

Table of Contents
  1. Financial Modeling: An Overview
  2. Financial Modeling Best Practices
  3. Modeling Functions and Tools
  4. Planning Your Model
  5. Testing and Documenting Your Model
  6. Designing and Building Your Model
  7. The Model User: Inputs
  8. An Introduction to Finance and Accounting for Modelers
  9. Managing and Evaluating a Business for Modelers
  10. The Implications and Rules of Accounting for Modelers
  11. Financial Based Calculations
  12. Logical and Structural Based Calculations
  13. How to Capture Document and Track Assumptions in Your Model
  14. Modeling to Give the User Transparency
  15. Model Testing and Auditing
  16. Modeling Handover Dos and Donts.
  17. Case Study: Building a Full Life Cycle Model
  18. Additional Tools and VBA for Financial Models
  19. What is the Future of Financial Modeling?
  20. Keyboard Shortcuts
  21. Finance and Accounting Glossary
  22. Readymade Functions
  23. Sample Outputs
  24. Housekeeping
  25. References

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THE HANDBOOK OF FINANCIAL MODELING

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING VALUATION PROJECTION MODELS

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Jack Avon

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The Handbook of Financial Modeling: A Practical Approach to Creating and Implementing Valuation Projection Models

Copyright 2013 by Jack Avon

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This book is dedicated to my beautiful wife Jenny
and children Luke, Thandiwe, and Nathaniel
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parents Roger and Esnat who have always
supported me and continue to encourage me to
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About the Author

Jack Avon is the director and principal consultant at Isys Systems (Ringwood) Ltd., a financial modeling and analysis company in the United Kingdom. He has broad industry experience with integrating in-house systems with Microsoft Excel and Access and developing custom models and management information systems. Mr. Avon has consulted in financial modeling since 1997 and has worked with clients in banking, media, telecommunications, transportation, construction, oil, gas, and the public sector. He is the founder of the Association of Financial Modelers, has a background in finance and IT, and is an avid photographer. Mr. Avon lives in Surrey with his wife and three children.

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many people who saw me through this bookto all those who provided support, talked things over, read, wrote, offered comments, allowed me to quote their remarks and assisted in the editing, proofreading, and design.

I would like to thank Ralph Moore for the sterling work of reviewing and challenging me on the writing throughout the review. I would also like to thank Rita Fernando for the coordination of all matters concerned with the book and for keeping me to my schedules and providing assistance throughout the book writing. Above all I want to thank my wife Jenny who gave me the encouragement and conviction to follow my path and who has put so much of her life on hold to give me support and reassurance. Nothing I do would be possible without her.

Thanks also to the rest of my family who continually supported and encouraged me to discover my port of call in life. It was a difficult journey for them, but they persevered with me and in particular my father Roger, who has made so many sacrifices to give me the best in life unconditionally.

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