Introduction
FP&A in Excel?
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What you should know
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What you're going to build
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1. Cleaning Up Your Source Data
Call with the CFO
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Initial groundwork and freeze frames
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Identifying hardcoded data
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Applying the currency format
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The value of a placeholder row
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Initial error checking
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Expanding on error checking
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Formatting guide
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Indenting and cleanup
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2. Building the Cash Flow Statement
Build the cash from operations
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Build the cash from investing
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Build the cash from financing
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Build the change in cash and ending cash
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3. Building EBITDA
An overview of EBITDA
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Building the EBITDA schedule
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4. Forecasting the Income Statement
Foundation of a good forecast
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Build the annual income statement
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Build the annual balance sheet
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Calculating year-over-year growth
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Forecasting the revenue
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Forecasting the cost of goods sold
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Forecasting the variable expenses
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Forecasting the fixed expenses
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Forecasting the headcount
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Headcount in outer years
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Forecast the income tax expense
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5. Forecasting the Balance Sheet: Current Assets and Liabilities
An overview of the balance sheet
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How to lay the net working capital
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Forecasting the accounts receivable
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Forecasting the inventory
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Forecasting the accounts payable
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Modeling prepaid expenses and accruals
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Building the bonus accrual
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Building the tax accrual
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6. Forecasting Balance Sheet Assets: Long-Term Assets and Liabilities
An overview of CapEx and depreciation
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How to lay the fixed assets schedule
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Building the CapEx forecast
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Building the depreciation waterfall
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Modeling existing depreciation
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Connecting the fixed assets to the model
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Quick cleanup
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How to lay the debt schedule
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Groundwork of the cash flow sweep
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Finishing the cash flow sweep
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Modeling the revolver
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Getting started with term debt
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Setting up term debt amortization
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Modeling the term debt amortization
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Connecting the debt schedule to the model
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7. Building the Covenants
Model the leverage ratio
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Model the fixed charge coverage ratio
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8. Building the Summary
Pre-summary cleanup
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Link up the one-pager: Part 1
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Link up the one-pager: Part 2
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Stress testing the model
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Conclusion
Email to the CFO
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Epilogue: Real-life application of the model
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Ex_Files_Excel_for_Finance.zip
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Glossary_ExcelFinance_ThreeStatementModel.zip
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