Financial Modelling with Dynamic Arrays
What to expect?
Best practice financial modelling in Excel has always encouraged the consistency of formulas with calculations performed in blocks. Excel’s dynamic array functions mean it’s impossible to have inconsistent formulas and are perfect for building financial models. They represent a significant departure from the conventional approach of building formulas with absolute and relative cell references and need a little more thought and planning when building a fully dynamic financial model.
What you'll learn?
- Dynamic Arrays as a Modelling Tool
- The most useful array functions for modelling
- Selecting the right function (arrays vs. traditional formulas)
- Nesting functions with arrays
- Financial Modelling Best Practice and Design
- Principles of financial modelling best practice with dynamic arrays
- Designing a layout to incorporate spill ranges
- Dangers of working with array functions
- Financial Statements Modelling
- Building a simple financial model with array functions
- Dynamic debt and depreciation schedules
- Dealing with inconsistent formulas with LAMBDAs
- Advanced Modelling Tools and Techniques
- Switching between dynamic scenarios
- Applying sensitivities with data tables
- Avoiding circularity in interest calculations
This Masterclass will take place on 25 September 2024 as an online-only course. The recording and all supporting files will be sent out to all participants at the end of the class.
Who is it for?
This Masterclass is designed for users who use Excel on a regular basis and are comfortable using its tools and functions. It is assumed that attendees will have some financial background. Typical job titles who could particularly benefit include:
- Financial modellers and analysts looking to eliminate the need for model maintenance and significantly reduce spreadsheet risk
- Business professionals who are eager to improve their Excel and financial modelling skills
- Finance & Accounting students
- Excel users interested in the future of spreadsheet modelling
Full Masterclass Details
What's included?
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✔︎ What is “extract, transform, load,”?
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✔︎ First steps for profiling and cleaning the data.
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✔︎ We’ll look at Power Pivot and DAX for data analysis in Excel
✔︎ What are dynamic array functions?
✔︎ Learn how to build quick, responsive formulas for easy analysis.
✔︎ Where is data analytics headed, and can Excel keep up?
✔︎ Learn how to use predictive analytics and artificial intelligence inside and outside of Excel to make the most of your data
✔︎ What is Python and why has it become the glue that binds today’s data analytics stack.
✔︎ Learn how to automate boring processes with Python
✔︎ Learn how to build compelling analyses with this programming language
Exclusive Masterclass sessions from leading figures stretch beyond the regular ones and dive deeper into Excel’s advanced functionality, covering a range of industry-relevant topics.
Master Excel Power Query essentials
Create your first Power BI report the right way
Building a business case finance model
Transforming your boring Power BI reports to AWESOME
data stories
Data analytics in modern Excel
Impactful data visualisation in Excel for powerful\
communication
✔︎ What is Power Query?
✔︎ Basic data loading
✔︎ Power Query editor overview
✔︎ Type of values
✔︎ Exploring queries and steps
✔︎ Basic data cleaning and transformation (removing columns & rows, filtering data, sorting, etc.)
✔︎ Practical example
✔︎ Removing duplicates and handling nulls
✔︎ Text transformation
✔︎ Date and time values
✔︎ Query load
✔︎ Practical example
✔︎ Data aggregation
✔︎ Merging and appending queries basics
✔︎ Different options for adding columns
✔︎ Pivoting and unpivoting data
✔︎ Practical example
✔︎ Key takeaways
✔︎ Addressing frequently asked questions
✔︎ Interactive Q&A session
Exclusive Masterclass sessions from leading figures stretch beyond the regular ones and dive deeper into Excel’s advanced functionality, covering a range of industry-relevant topics.
Master Excel Power Query essentials
Create your first Power BI report the right way
Building a business case finance model
Transforming your boring Power BI reports to AWESOME
data stories
Data analytics in modern Excel
Impactful data visualisation in Excel for powerful\
communication
Training requirements
To make the most out of this Masterclass, attendees will need to have some familiarity with Excel formulas such SUMIFS, VLOOKUP etc.
Users will required a windows PC running Excel 2021, or Excel 365.
About the trainer
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Danielle Stein Fairhurst
Danielle Stein Fairhurst is the Principal of Plum Solutions, a Sydney-based consultancy specialising in financial modelling and analysis. She is a Microsoft MVP, Master Financial Modeler (FMI), LinkedIn Learning instructor and the author of “Using Excel for Business and Financial Modelling”, Third Edition published by Wiley Finance 2019 and “Financial Modeling in Excel for Dummies” second edition published by Wiley in 2022. She founded the Financial Modellers’ Meetup groups, and in 2022 she was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the Financial Modelling Summit.
What people think of
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A great course that is highly recommended!
Danielle is a great instructor with many years of experience. My biggest takeaway from the course is her best practice approach. A great course that is highly recommended. Thank you.
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I would like to have another course (with her) in the future!
Danielle was very friendly, helpful, patient, knowledgeable and liked to share knowledge & experience. Beside she was keen that everyone grasped the concepts that she explained. Surely, I would like to have another course (with her) in the future!
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