Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies - 2nd Edition by Danielle Stein Fairhurst (Paperback)

About the Book

Comprehensive guide to learning how to create informative, enlightening financial models today. Not a math whiz or an Excel power-user? No problem! All you need is a basic understanding of Excel to start building simple models with practical hands-on exercises and before you know it, you'll be modeling your way to optimized profits for your business in no time

Book Synopsis

Turn your financial data into insightful decisions with this straightforward guide to financial modeling with Excel

Interested in learning how to build practical financial models and forecasts but concerned that you don't have the math skills or technical know-how? We've got you covered! Financial decision-making has never been easier than with Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies. Whether you work at a mom-and-pop retail store or a multinational corporation, you can learn how to build budgets, project your profits into the future, model capital depreciation, value your assets, and more.

You'll learn by doing as this book walks you through practical, hands-on exercises to help you build powerful models using just a regular version of Excel, which you've probably already got on your PC. You'll also:

• Master the tools and strategies that help you draw insights from numbers and data you've already got
• Build a successful financial model from scratch, or work with and modify an existing one to your liking
• Create new and unexpected business strategies with the ideas and conclusions you generate with scenario analysis

Don't go buying specialized software or hiring that expensive consultant when you don't need either one. If you've got this book and a working version of Microsoft Excel, you've got all the tools you need to build sophisticated and useful financial models in no time!

From the Back Cover

Turn heads with stunning financial models

It's not the kind of modeling where you get to strike a pose, but it can still be fun, we promise. Financial Modeling in Excel^(R) For Dummies is your no-hassle guide to using the Microsoft^(R) Excel^(R) application to build beautiful financial models of all shapes and sizes. Project finance, pricing, valuation, reporting--it's all in here, as we show you how to generate answers using Excel's powerful functions and features. Together, we'll make sure those numbers add up. We'll even help you present the output so that your boss will understand it.

Inside...

• Find Excel's best functions
• Plan and design your model
• Use templates or build your financial models from scratch
• Follow along with case studies for common modeling tasks
• Avoid errors and pitfalls
• Chart and graph your results

About the Author

Danielle Stein Fairhurstis a Sydney-based financial modeling consultant who helps her clients create meaningful financial models for business analysis. She is regularly engaged around Australia and globally as a speaker and course facilitator. She received the Microsoft MVP Award in 2021 in recognition of her technical expertise and contributions to the community.