Josh (Your CFO Guy)
Josh (Your CFO Guy)

@YourCFOGuy

14 Tweets 10 reads Sep 06, 2023
Iโ€™ve been fortunate to build over ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ in my careerโ€ฆ
and each time, I learn something new.
But the general process is fairly consistent across each oneโ€ฆ
and can be summarized in just 7 steps
Let me take you through each step...
1. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ
Connecting your data is the starting point in your financial model
The foundation here is importing your existing P&L and Balance sheet from your Accounting Software
2. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
Now that your financials are imported, itโ€™s time to link them
The concept is pretty simpleโ€ฆ
P&L connects to the Balance sheet via Net Income & Retained Earnings
3. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ
Here comes the biggest part in you forecastโ€ฆyour revenue
Here, you would start by analyzing the activity from your existing customers, and customers who are warm in your pipeline
4. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜
Now comes your biggest opex account
You would start by reviewing the existing headcount that you imported in step 1
Then add in projected hires
Things to consider:
* Hire date
* Salary
* Department
* Employee vs Consultant
4. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜
Now comes your biggest opex account
You would start by reviewing the existing headcount that you imported in step 1
Then add in projected hires
Things to consider:
* Hire date
* Salary
* Department
* Employee vs Consultant
5. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜…
Now that we have our headcount projections out of the way, itโ€™s time to forecast out the rest of our Opex
Since weโ€™re building all of this in excel, we have full control over how we want our forecast to look.
6. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜
Now we get to the last section of our forecastโ€ฆthe Balance Sheet
Here, we need to analyze the balance of key accounts, and plan how those balances will change in the future.
7. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป
Now we get to my favorite partโ€ฆpresentation๐Ÿคฉ
Itโ€™s here that we take all of our hard work, and present it in a manner that will woo the crowdโ€ฆ
whether that be the CEO, management, investors, the board of directorsโ€ฆanyone
Thatโ€™s my proven system for building a Financial Modelโ€ฆ
๐—ฃ๐—ฆ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜…:
yourcfoguy.com
5. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜…
Now that we have our headcount projections out of the way, itโ€™s time to forecast out the rest of our Opex
Since weโ€™re building all of this in excel, we have full control over how we want our forecast to look.
6. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜
Now we get to the last section of our forecastโ€ฆthe Balance Sheet
Here, we need to analyze the balance of key accounts, and plan how those balances will change in the future.
7. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป
Now we get to my favorite partโ€ฆpresentation๐Ÿคฉ
Itโ€™s here that we take all of our hard work, and present it in a manner that will woo the crowdโ€ฆ
whether that be the CEO, management, investors, the board ofโ€ฆ
Thatโ€™s my proven system for building a Financial Modelโ€ฆ
๐—ฃ๐—ฆ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜…: yourcfoguy.com

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