Financial and Business Modeling - Tips and Tricks for Developing and Maintaining a Model that Both Business Users and Finance Can Use

1. Financial and Business Modeling - Tips and
Tricks for Developing and Maintaining a
Model that Both Business Users and
Finance Can Use
November 14, 2016
Core Catalysts • 10500 Barkley, Suite 225, Overland Park, KS 66212 • 913.762.9400 • www.CoreCatalysts.com
FEI Professional Development
Fall Feast
10:30 – 11:20 AM Session
Property of Core Catalysts, LLC

2. Objectives
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• Financial Model Anatomy
• Model Strategy
• Inputs
• Drivers
• Business Stakeholders
• Finance Stakeholders
• External Stakeholders
• Refresh Model
• Tips & Tricks
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3. Financial Model Anatomy
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Model
Inputs
Drivers
Calculations
Reports

4. Model Strategy
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• Where are you going
• Why is the model necessary
• How will the results be used
• Who are the stakeholders
• Who needs to provide Information
• When are the results needed
• What is the simplest format

5. Inputs
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• Key assumptions
• Decompose formulas
• Centralized/Consistent placement
• Consistent format

6. Inputs - Example
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Year 1
Widet 1 Production 100,000
Widget 1 Gross Revenue 100.00$
Widget 1 COGS 50.00$
Widget Net Revenue 50.00$
Salaries 2,500,000$
Overhead 1,000,000$
Tax Rate 20.0%
ACME Widget Co.
Pro Forma Inputs - Project Peanut Butter

7. Drivers
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• Key assumption strategic impact
• Compounding
• Seasonality
• Levers & sensitivity

8. Drivers - Example
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Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Widget 1 Production Growth 50.0% 10.0% 5.0% 5.0%
Widget 1 Gross Revenue Growth 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0%
Widget 1 COGS Growth 4.5% 4.5% 4.0% 4.0%
Annual Salary Increase 40.0% 7.0% 4.0% 3.0%
Annual Overhead Growth 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0%
ACME Widget Co.
Pro Forma Drivers - Project Peanut Butter

9. Calculations - Example
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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Gross Revenue 10,000,000$ 15,750,000$ 18,191,250$ 20,055,853$ 22,111,578$
Cost of Goods Sold 5,000,000$ 7,837,500$ 9,009,206$ 9,838,053$ 10,743,154$
Net Revenue 5,000,000$ 7,912,500$ 9,182,044$ 10,217,800$ 11,368,424$
Salaries 2,500,000$ 3,500,000$ 3,745,000$ 3,894,800$ 4,011,644$
Overhead 1,000,000$ 1,050,000$ 1,102,500$ 1,157,625$ 1,215,506$
Operating Expense 3,500,000$ 4,550,000$ 4,847,500$ 5,052,425$ 5,227,150$
EBITDA 1,500,000$ 3,362,500$ 4,334,544$ 5,165,375$ 6,141,274$
Taxes 300,000$ 672,500$ 866,909$ 1,033,075$ 1,228,255$
Net Income 1,200,000$ 2,690,000$ 3,467,635$ 4,132,300$ 4,913,019$
Widget Production 100,000 150,000 165,000 173,250 181,913
Revenue Per Widget 100.00$ 105.00$ 110.25$ 115.76$ 121.55$
COGS Per Widget 50.00$ 52.25$ 54.60$ 56.79$ 59.06$
Net Revenue Per Widget 50.00$ 52.75$ 55.65$ 58.98$ 62.49$
ACME Widget Co.
Project Peanut Butter Pro Forma Income Statement

10. Executive Summary - Example
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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Total Widgets 100,000 150,000 165,000 173,250 181,913
Widget Growth Rate 50% 10% 5% 5%
Net Revenue Margin 50.0% 50.2% 50.5% 50.9% 51.4%
Net Margin 12.0% 17.1% 19.1% 20.6% 22.2%
ACME Widget Co.
Project Peanut Butter Executive Summary

11. Business Stakeholders
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• Who should be involved
• Model goal transparency
• Communicate their value
• Facilitated meetings
• Edit vs. Create
• Focused agenda

12. Finance Stakeholders
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• Understand all stakeholder needs
• Own the model
• Integrate appropriate protections
• Facilitate when possible
• Understand financial relationships
• Minimize errors
• Preview and prep output
• Integrate brand if appropriate

13. External Stakeholders
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• Are there any
• What is their role
• When should they interact
• What are their expectations
• What do they need
• What are their levers
• What can assist their decision

14. Refresh Model
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• Understand the data cadence
• Update weekly, monthly, as
needed, etc.
• Correlate milestones
• Meet stakeholder expectations
• Use time stamps

15. Tips & Tricks
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• Executive summary page
• Dynamic formulas
• Consistent formatting
• Form impacts substance
• Validations & checks
• Focus on material concepts
• Output summary near inputs/drivers
• Version control
• Headers & footers matter

16. Questions
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17. About the Presenter
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Greg Wallman is an experienced financial executive, and is focused on leading the operations
team of Core Catalysts, LLC. Core Catalysts, LLC is a mid-west based management consulting
company, focused on strategic projects within multiple industries relating to many different client
needs. Greg’s background is accounting, with experience at Deloitte, McCaffree Financial
Corporation, and National Bank of Kansas City. He added an MBA and refocused on professional
services with Experis (formerly Jefferson Wells) and has been the operations leader at Core
Catalysts from day 1, 5 years ago. Greg deals will all aspects of business, including business plan
development and financial modeling, operational improvement and efficiency, Enterprise Risk
Management, SOX, and project and team leadership. Greg has diverse industry experience
focused on financial services, but also has great experience in health care, manufacturing,
telecommunications, and aerospace.
The Core Catalysts team is composed of seasoned team members typically with “Big 4” or large
consulting firm backgrounds, combined with practical industry experiences.
www.CoreCatalysts.com
Greg.Wallman@CoreCatalysts.com
816-520-1029
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