Exclusive Talk: Dave Hallwood, Giles Male, and Rafaël Le Saux Explore Being a Better Financial Modeler and Financial Modeling Certifications

Financial Modeler's Corner

Welcome to Financial Modeler's Corner (FMC) where we discuss the art and science of financial modeling with your host Paul Barnhurst. Financial Modeler's Corner is sponsored by Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) the most respected accreditations in Financial Modeling globally.

In this LinkedIn Live, Paul Barnhurst is joined by three amazing Modelers, Dave Hallwood, Giles Male and Rafa ë l Le Saux.

Dave is the Group Finance Director at Aldrich Group Ltd . He is a Chartered Certified Accountant, Commercially minded with a background in Accounting and Business in SMEs

Dave took the AFM last year and the CFM this year.

Giles Male is a co-founder of Full Stack Modeler - an award-winning training program and community for Modelers at every level, with an opportunity to gain Full Stack Modeler accreditation. He will also be taking on a limited number of coaching clients in 2024. Giles took his AFM 2 years ago and is awaiting the result of CFM.

Rafaël Le Saux is a Director and Valuation & Modeling Advisory Lead at PwC Luxembourg / LVPA Board Member. He is passionate about Valuation and Modeling disciplines and has piloted his professional path toward amassing sufficient knowledge to support clients in solving complex valuation problems across different asset classes, industries, and geographies.

Listen to this episode as the guests talk about:

• Their experiences in Modeling.
• The value of Financial Modeling Accreditation.
• How to improve your Financial Modeling skills
• Their position on controversial modeling issues, including circular references, dynamic arrays, modeling standards, AI in modeling, and more.

Quotes:

“this job is about people, it's about talking to people, it's about giving them information instead of data”

“One of the really good things about FMI is if you have got both AFM and CFM on your CV, that’s the level of credibility that reflects what you are doing.”

"Simple is hard, complex is easy"

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Visit www.fminstitute.com/podcast and use code Podcast to save 15% when you register.

Go to https://earmarkcpe.com , download the app, take the quiz and you can receive CPE credit.

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In today’s episode:

(00:22) Intro;

(00:46) Background of the guests - Dave, Giles, Rapha ë l;

(02:36) How did they become interested in building Financial Models?;

(06:40) Rapid Fire;

(14:55) What led these guys to take the FMI?;

(21:45) Why are they a fan of Financial Modeling World Cup?;

(23:36) How FMI helped them professionally?;

(24:45 - 25:30) Validate your Financial Modeling Skills with FMI’s Accreditation Program (ad);

(27:18) What makes FMI unique?;

(37:36) When must someone take AFM and CFM?;

(41:03) FMI as a part of regular Graduation;

(46:08) Advice on being a better Financial Modeler;

(49:26) Connect with Dave, Giles and Rapha ë l ;

(50:40) Outro