Accountants are required to become more skilled at building financial models to solve real world problems for their clients and stakeholders. Those who don’t are putting a large risk on their career relevance - A theme we have been covering at The Outperfomer.

Financial modelling is now one of the most sought-after skills in the accounting job market but there’s a lot more to being a good financial modeller than just having good Excel skills.  Join us for this interactive session to hear from expert modeller, Danielle Stein Fairhurst who has recently written Financial Modeling in Excel For Dummies to help empower business professionals and accountants to edit, update and build their own informative, enlightening financial models with confidence.

We will cover:

1. Identifying the problem that your financial model needs to solve
2. Skills needed before you can put financial modelling on your CV
3. Best practice techniques for building accurate, robust and reliable financial models

Danielle Stein Fairhurst, MBA is the Principal Consultant at Plum Solutions and the author of "Financial Modeling in Excel for Dummies", May 2017 and  "Using Excel for Business Analysis: a Guide to Financial Modelling Fundamentals", Revised Edition, John Wiley & Sons, April 2015 Danielle is the founder of the Financial Modelling in Excel LinkedIn forum, which has more than 40,000 members worldwide. She also founded Modellers’ Meetup groups with over 5,000 members in seven countries and has been a guest on Excel TV.