Practical Financial Modelling

Jonathan Swan's work has encompassed a range of consultancy and development assignments with investment banks and others in the City and throughout Europe. He is currently Director of Training at Operis Group plc, the UK's leading independent financial modelling consultancy.

• 1. Model Structure2. Quality Control3. Mainly Formulas4. Mainly Functions5. Model Use6. Sensitivity Analysis and Scenarios7. Model Audit and Review8. Automation

"The 3rd edition of Practical Financial Modelling by Jonathan Swan is a must-read for any organization engaged in corporate modelling in the Excel environment. This well-forged edition offers practitioners important insights and methods to develop models that are useful to the key decision-makers, free of errors, and maintainable for the future by implementing industry standards in model development. Few books in financial modelling even touch on the importance of technique. This book offers a compelling guide to ensure model competence." --John C. Banko, University of Florida"Jonathan Swan has provided an excellent financial modelling resource, written in a practical way that will appeal to practitioners and academics alike. The book very effectively addresses the essential topic of quality assurance and is bursting with invaluable advice on avoiding errors and improving controls." --Rob Powell, Edith Cowan University"Practical Financial Modelling provides a great coverage of topics for a book on process modelling. It successfully guides the reader in an innovative practical approach through model use, validation and sensitive analysis. This is a very valuable material to any practitioner, student, or researcher in the modelling process framework." --Leandro Maciel, University of Campinas