Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF
Fimodo chats to Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF.
Streamline your Financial Model with Export Worksheets!
Export worksheets, like Import worksheets, can give your financial model another dimension as it can be seamlessly exported into corresponding financial models for a company or client. The Export worksheet should be mirrored and flowed directly into an external model.
Minimise your Export Worksheets!
Try to stick to one Export worksheet for your financial model. This shall guarantee audit ease and...Read entire article
Achieve better flexibility using Import Worksheets
Import worksheets will greatly enhance the credibility of your financial model. One of the greatest challenges users face when using, managing or enhanc...
How has your approach to financial modelling evolved over your career?
Fimodo speaks to four financial modelling experts to get a brief history of their professional development, and how that has changed over time.
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Assume nothing with your financial model – Assumptions worksheet
A financial model should incorporate an Assumptions worksheet that outlines the key features of the financial model, such as the relevant tax rate or fina...
Use Error Checks in your financial model
Incorporating error checks into a financial model helps to bulletproof, safeguard and enhances the integrity and value of a financial model to users. All...
‘Real growth’ or ‘Escalation’ – alternative financial modelling approaches
A common question, especially among resource project developers is whether or not to escalate a particular line item by rate. When asked if this is the way t...
Financial modelling professional: Andrew Caesar, Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific
Fimodo chats to Andrew Caesar, Commercial Analyst at Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific. If you would like to see a certain financial modelling professional profile...
Can Fimodo change the financial modelling world?
There are a number of financial modelling websites out there, and they all have their respective strengths and weaknesses. Over the last few years I have of...
3 approaches to avoid complex off-sheet references
A key differentiator of the many different Best Practice Methodologies that have been developed, both by in-house and professional financial modelling...
Group and Outline – Essential tool for large financial models
The world of professional financial modellers have most core values aligned – simplicity, transparency, flexibility etc – but are divided when it comes t...
The 7 deadly sins of financial modelling
All of us have bad habits when it comes to financial modelling. Some of us are self-taught and lack fundamental discipline and others have attended too many...
Input structure for depreciation rates and asset lives
Depreciation is a key component of a financial model to calculate the tax payable. Of course it is often critical to calculate the Profit and Loss but in proj...
Line Summaries – get the big picture!
Within the first few minutes of starting to build a financial model for project finance, corporate finance or any other sector it becomes clear that a finan...
Why your last financial model audit was so expensive?
Building a financial model that is cost efficient to audit is a lesson that many Analysts learn the hard way when they receive a quote exceeding their annual...
How to successfully build portfolio (multi-asset) models
It is common practice in project, corporate and structured finance transactions for a financial model to need to accommodate more than just one project, c...
Tracking actual data into a model
As soon as a project reaches financial close there are costs being incurred and balances to be tracked and so this means that costs and receipts need to be mon...