Learn to create and understand financial models that assess the value of your company the
projects it undertakes and its future earnings profit projections. Follow this step-by-step
guide organized in a quick-read format to build an accurate and effective financial model from
the ground up. In this short book The Basics of Financial Modeling -an abridgment of the
Handbook of Financial Modeling -author Jack Avon equips business professionals who are familiar
with financial statements and accounting reports to become truly proficient. Based on the
author's extensive experience building models in business and finance and teaching others to
do the same this book takes you 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. What You'll Learn Understand the accounting and finance concepts that underpin working
financial models Approach financial issues and solutions from a modeler's perspective Think
about end users when developing a financial model Plan design and build a financial model Who
This Book Is For Beginning to intermediate modelers who wish to expand and enhance their
knowledge of using Excel to build and analyze financial models
