New joiner to consulting. How can I improve my financial modeling skills?

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Also leverage any internal resources in your firm. Chances are the firm has a preferred/recommended way of setting up, formatting models etc

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Check out WallStreetPrep

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Start with your personal finances (seriously) - learn the basics of a cashflow, balance sheet and income statement. Apply it to your real life. It makes it a lot more meaningful and easy to follow.

The INSEAD Online course that Accenture offers is great as well. It includes a "Balance Sheet Detective" module. I imagine similar things exist elsewhere; it was a really fun way to glean insights from publicly available documents.

Learn about P/E ratios and market cap basics too.

But seriously, you should have a religious understanding of your personal finances first. It builds the discipline to recognise the IS, BS and CF dimensions which most folk just "don't get".

Wallstreep prep has many tutorials. From basic to advanced

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