Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel: A Guide for Business Professionals

Proctor, K. Scott

ISBN 10: 0471661031 / ISBN 13: 9780471661030

Published by Wiley, 2004

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Title: Building Financial Models with Microsoft ...

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

A comprehensive guide to building financial models
Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel + CD–ROM provides beginning or intermediate level computer users with step–by–step instructions on building financial models using Microsoft Excel–the most popular spreadsheet program available. The accompanying CD–ROM contains Excel worksheets that track the course of the book and allow readers to build their own financial models. This comprehensive resource also covers important topics such as the concept of valuation, the concept of sensitivity analysis, the concepts of contribution margin and financial ratios and the basics of building and using a Capitalization Table.
K. Scott Proctor, CFA, is the Director of Investor Analytics at SNL Financial, a financial information provider.

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Praise for Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel

"Scott Proctor offers a comprehensive and easy–to–understand guide to constructing and using financial models; I recommend this book as a tutorial and a reference for business professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and angel investors."
Jack M. Gill, PhD, Vanguard Ventures

"This book is about making good decisions. . . . The modeling tools described in this book establish an analytical framework which adds much needed clarity to effective decision–making. This in–depth guide should well serve experienced professionals as a reference and business students and entrepreneurs as a tutorial."
Eugene V. Fife, Retired Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

"Excel has become a critical element for decision–making in the modern business environment. Mr. Proctor’s book is a solid introduction to utilizing this complex tool."
William Polk Carey, Chairman and Founder, W.P. Carey & Co. LLC

"Readable, comprehensive, and engaging buy this book; study it; and thereby build your capacity to harness the computer in the solution of real–world business problems."
Robert F. Bruner, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Executive Director of the Batten Institute, Darden Graduate Business School, University of Viginia

"Proctor provides a thoughtful and coherent link between financial/accounting theory and common Wall Street practice by addressing key questions in financial modeling like what to build, how to build, and how to analyze."
Reid Nagle, Chairman and Founder, SNL Financial LC

"This book offers an excellent guide to building financial models. Proctor guides readers through the many interrelated steps involved in constructing and using financial models, a vital skill in today’s business world."
Jeffrey Nuechterlein, Managing Partner, Isis Capital

"Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel takes a complex but critical subject and presents it in a concise, easy–to–follow fashion. This book is an indispensable reference guide for anyone who needs to build or analyze financial models using Microsoft Excel."
Michael R. Lincoln, Partner, Cooley Godward LLP

"A get–serious, get–gritty modeling enabler that is thoughtfully written and executed."
Robert Albertson, Principal and Chief Strategist, Sandler O’Neill & Partners, LP