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Understanding the SaaS Financial Model: Key Concepts and Methods

Software Equity Group

At its most basic, a financial forecast model is a summary of your company’s financial position that helps forecast its future performance. This makes financial modeling an invaluable tool for any company, but it’s important to understand that it is built on numerous assumptions and inputs.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. Part of the issue is that many different strategies fall within the “event-driven” category: merger arbitrage , activist investing , distressed investing, special situations, and more. By contrast, an event-driven fund would never bet on such a situation.

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How to Land a Private Equity Internship: Tips and Strategies

OfficeHours

Develop a strong foundation of financial knowledge Private equity firms typically look for candidates with a strong understanding of finance and accounting principles. At the junior level, running the model and valuation analyses will be one of your primary workstreams as a private equity professional.

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The Path to Success: How to Become an Investment Banker

OfficeHours

Building a Strong Understanding of Financial Concepts In order to pass the interview process, it is important to develop a solid understanding of financial concepts, including financial analysis, valuation techniques, financial modeling, and corporate finance.

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The Growth Equity Case Study: Real-Life Example and Tutorial

Mergers and Inquisitions

They over-complicated the financial model (e.g., So, you could receive a financial modeling case study – as in this example – but you could also potentially receive a “qualitative” case study: Do some market research on Company X and explain why you would or would not invest, the risk factors, etc. multiple and 30% IRR?

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Accounting Information System (AIS)

Wall Street Mojo

Article Link to be Hyperlinked For eg: Source: Accounting Information System (AIS) (wallstreetmojo.com) In simple words, it is a system to collect and store all information related to financial transactions and events so that they can be retrieved for decision making by the internal management, accounts, CFOs, auditors, etc.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Better transition roles for moving into IB/PE/related fields are corporate banking , Big 4 TS/TAS/valuation , credit analysis , or even commercial real estate or management consulting. For example, some groups are dedicated to pricing, internal audits, or evaluating and hedging risks (interest rates, FX rates, and even macro events).