Show Notes

Danielle Stein Fairhurst literally wrote the book on Excel and Financial Modeling. Well two books, actually. Using Excel for Business and Financial Modelling and Financial Modeling in Excel for Dummies.

Here, the Excel MVP from Australia provides her secrets to financial modeling.

• Her road to financial modeling after traveling for seven years, and leaving investment banking

• Why Excel is so crucial for businesses

• Budgeting and forecasting vs financial modeling

• How she was commissioned to write her famous books

• Difference between creating a LinkedIn course vs writing a book

• Encouraging and raising the profile of women in financial modeling

• Secrets to training and behind the scenes of the Financial Modeling World Cup

• How to Become an Excel MVP

• The biggest issue people face with financial modeling

• The Financial Modeling Institute work and how to ace the test

• Favorite Excel Function?

• Biggest advice for someone starting in FP&A today?

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Links

• Danielle Stein Fairhurst: Using Excel for Business and Financial Modeling

• Danielle Stein Fairhurst: Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies

• Danielle’s LinkedIn course (new), Excel: Financial Functions in Depth.

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