Anyone gone through the CFI’s FMVA certification program? Is it worth it for FDD?

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I think it’s worth it if you want to learn financial modeling and valuation concepts which you will not learn in FDD. If you aspire to eventually exit into IB/ER or valuation/Corp Dev/StratFin, it will give you a better chance at doing so as modeling is the the bread and butter of these finance roles. However, if FDD is what you want to do then nah, you can prob learn the basics elsewhere. FMVA goes in depth.

I personally started it and slapped it on my resume as “in-progress” under my certifications. Today I’m no longer in FDD. But depends what you want.

Happy new yr!

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