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What are the key points in financial modeling?

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Question added by TARIQ MEHMOOD , Staff Manager Finance , Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited
Date Posted: 2013/09/19
Abed Aftabi
by Abed Aftabi , Seed Funding Programme Manager , BDO Global

·         1st of all I think the model should be as parametric as possible & enables you to change all results & output by changing each of Macro/Micro parameters such as growth, Interest, inflation etc  rates.

·         The model shouldn't have any error while running & it should have an understood able structure with a sheet including definitions & changeable parameters. Separating Opex, Capex, Balance sheet, Revenue etc in different sheets may help this

·         Simplicity is a must, using less formula, less Macros & showing step by step calculation may help this item.

·         The model should have self tester which would let you know where you have wrong inputs or wrong calculations (such as True tests in balance sheets)

·         Many other small & big considerations !

Tanveer Qureshi
by Tanveer Qureshi , Director , Qureshi Associates

Financial Modelling primarly cover simple sheets and datawhich is added up to sophiscated models in which the financial analyst have the flexibility to change the input and see desire results.

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