Building Financial Models with Microsoft Excel: A Guide for Business Professionals (Wiley Finance)

By K. Scott Proctor

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471661031
• ISBN13: 9780471661030
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A good choice for Beginners

The book is very well structured. Following the steps proposed it's possible to understand the whole process of developing a good budget and the main financial statements. The book is more suitable for beginners, new entrepreuners and people who wants to get an overview on how to develop a budget and good financial statements using Excel.

goes somewhat beyond introductory Excel

The book has some merit to a reader new to Excel, and who wants something a bit more indepth than the Idiots or Dummy's books on Excel. Proctor gives examples that do more with the spreadsheets, and you get to appreciate what Excel can provide. But, as other reviewers have cogently pointed out, the book really is not for business professionals, despite what the title says. An accountant or businessperson should already have more background on financial modelling with spreadsheets that the level provided here.