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Applied Corporate Financial Modeling
February 16, 2018

By Rob Trippe, MBA, Financial Modelling Veteran

Rob Trippe is a financial modelling veteran. With over fifteen years’ experience, Rob has developed corporate finance models for valuation, M&A, forecasting and performance monitoring. He is widely respected for his deep understanding of corporate finance theory, lectures at university and has worked with some of the world’s largest and most respected firms including the investment bank Houlihan Lokey, Hertz and GE Capital. He also was the managing director and operator of a coveted professional sports franchise at a young age. Rob was accredited in valuation in 2008 and holds an MBA, Finance from Boston College.

Publishing Accomplishments

  • Rob’s research while at the investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin was published in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
  • Rob’s cash flow model (his design) while at the Hertz Corp. was published in SEC and quarterly press release filings.
  • Rob has contributed to FP&A-Trends on numerous occasions.
  • Authored a state university finance exam.
  • Currently working on a commissioned case study for a major academic publishing house.
FP&A Tags:
Modelling and Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis

During the recent years, the level of detail and precision which financial modeling in the business world has pursued has been elevated. Learning Excel, a widely used and accepted computer application is one essential skill required of a strong financial modeler. But these days, the business world requires more. This article addresses those needs.

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The FP&A Evolution: A Reality Check
January 12, 2018

By Ernie Humphrey, CEO at Treasury Careers

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, Modelling and Forecasting, FP&A Technology, FP&A Analytics

Are FP&A teams empowered to deliver strategic value across the enterprise? I partnered with FP&A thought leaders Larysa Melnychuk, and James Myers to develop the FP&A Empowerment: The Evolution of Technology & Trends survey in part to find out if this perception is a reality. More than 300 global FP&A leaders took part at the survey.This article shares the key findings and conclusions.

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Seven Key Analytic Models
September 22, 2017

By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

FP&A Tags:
Modelling and Forecasting, FP&A Analytics

The role of planning is to help manage what can be controlled (i.e. the organisation’s business processes, the resources it applies to those processes, and the volume and quality of work done in those processes) to produce outcomes that will achieve organisational objectives, within an uncontrollable and unknowable external environment.

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Analytic Model vs Spreadsheets
September 21, 2017

By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, Modelling and Forecasting, FP&A Technology, FP&A Analytics

Spreadsheets are without doubt the ‘killer’ application that turned the PC into an indispensable business tool. Before then, computing was the preserve of geeks and specialists who spoke in a language few accountants could understand as they served expensive, inaccessible machines locked away in their own air-conditioned environment.

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'Business Analytic' Model Life Cycle
September 19, 2017

By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, FP&A Analytics, Modelling and Forecasting

Analytic models are rarely static. Their aim is to model the organisation in such a way as to allow managers to investigate what is actually going on and to assess changes to the way it operates.

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FP&A Professionals: Why Do We Need International Business Communication Standards (IBCS®)?
September 19, 2017

By Michael Fritz, Managing Director GRID Dynamics Inc.

FP&A Tags:
Modelling and Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis

Q: What do motorists, composers, musicians, architects, engineers, and builders have, that FP&A professionals don't?

A: Read on...

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