By Anurag K
Why your analyst fears Financial Modelling?
An enthusiastic new modeller with strong Excel skills begins work on their first few financial modelling projects.
Initially confident, they soon start to feel overwhelmed. But why?
Based on personal experience:
- Financial models can either be a well-structured masterpiece or a chaotic nightmare.
- They evolve rapidly, often becoming unrecognizable from the initial concept.
- They can turn into horror stories if assumptions or objectives aren't clearly understood from the start.
- We've met brilliant logic builders who lacked confidence in their own models due to poor structure or traceability.
Common modelling nightmares encountered:
- External links that Excel's search fails to find
- Circular references that mysteriously appear
- Balance Sheet mismatches with no clear origin
- Errors like #DIV/0!, #REF!, #VALUE! popping up when inputs are changed
- Incorrect or suspicious outputs with untraceable sources
- Named ranges that misbehave or don't pull the right data
- Losing track of versions or not remembering why certain logics or inputs were used
- Frequent scope changes from the client, making previous logic questionable
- Multiple modellers working independently, resulting in inconsistent structure and formatting across sheets
- Excel files becoming painfully slow despite having moderate data
- File corruption leading to loss of critical work
Nightmares for the client:
- The sole modeller falls sick or is unavailable during urgent changes; no one else understands the model
- Last-minute client changes require hours of work, not minutes, exposing inflexibility of the model
- Even small input changes require the modeller, due to a non-user-friendly input sheet
- The model lacks transparency, and clients cannot trace outputs back to calculations with confidence
The EMF Approach
We're building a futuristic, modular, and error-resistant approach to financial modelling, not just to fix errors, but to reinvent the way models are built.
Our modular logic blocks are:
- Pre-tested across diverse scenarios
- Flexible and reusable
- Designed to let users build a reliable model using a simple objective form
We also offer expert-led customizations tailored to specific client needs.
📩 Contact us at hello@emodelfactory.com
Initially confident, they soon start to feel overwhelmed. But why?
Based on personal experience:
- Financial models can either be a well-structured masterpiece or a chaotic nightmare.
- They evolve rapidly, often becoming unrecognizable from the initial concept.
- They can turn into horror stories if assumptions or objectives aren't clearly understood from the start.
- We've met brilliant logic builders who lacked confidence in their own models due to poor structure or traceability.
Common modelling nightmares encountered:
- External links that Excel's search fails to find
- Circular references that mysteriously appear
- Balance Sheet mismatches with no clear origin
- Errors like #DIV/0!, #REF!, #VALUE! popping up when inputs are changed
- Incorrect or suspicious outputs with untraceable sources
- Named ranges that misbehave or don't pull the right data
- Losing track of versions or not remembering why certain logics or inputs were used
- Frequent scope changes from the client, making previous logic questionable
- Multiple modellers working independently, resulting in inconsistent structure and formatting across sheets
- Excel files becoming painfully slow despite having moderate data
- File corruption leading to loss of critical work
Nightmares for the client:
- The sole modeller falls sick or is unavailable during urgent changes; no one else understands the model
- Last-minute client changes require hours of work, not minutes, exposing inflexibility of the model
- Even small input changes require the modeller, due to a non-user-friendly input sheet
- The model lacks transparency, and clients cannot trace outputs back to calculations with confidence
The EMF Approach
We're building a futuristic, modular, and error-resistant approach to financial modelling, not just to fix errors, but to reinvent the way models are built.
Our modular logic blocks are:
- Pre-tested across diverse scenarios
- Flexible and reusable
- Designed to let users build a reliable model using a simple objective form
We also offer expert-led customizations tailored to specific client needs.
📩 Contact us at hello@emodelfactory.com
