Financial Modelling and Analysis

Financial Modelling and Analysis using Microsoft Excel for non-finance personnel By Palani Murugappan

Yes, most of the above and much more can be achieved in Microsoft Excel if you understand some basic concepts of financial modelling and analysis. This book was written to help any users wanting to have a clear understanding of how Excel can help to perform some aspects of financial modelling and analysis using some of its built-in financial and logical functions. It goes further by elaborating detail exercises on the above. The book introduces the basic concepts of balance sheet, income statement and cash flow and builds the relevant models. Many books have been written on Excel. However, this book explains some advanced techniques for sensitivity analysis and features in a rather simplified manner with plenty of screen captures wherever possible. New users and existing users on Excel will find this book handy.

Palani Murugappan, having written over 40 books on software applications to-date, is a consultant involved in the areas of IT and e-business management. He is also involved in content development and technical writing. Besides this, he is also a public speaker and trainer at seminars. Palani has been involved in writing for more than 10 years. He did his undergraduate studies in Australia in Mathematics and Computer Science, followed by a MBA (E-Commerce). He also holds the Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma from the United Kingdom. His passion to continuously write on new software applications is never-ending.