Welcome to Financial Modeler's Corner (FMC) where we discuss the art and science of financial modeling with your host Paul Barnhurst. Financial Modeler's Corner is sponsored by Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) the most respected accreditations in Financial Modeling globally.

In this episode, Paul Barnhurst is joined by Zainab Nwachuku , who is the Managing Director and the lead Financial Modeler of The Intellectual Plug which is a consulting firm in Nigeria that helps founders get ready for funding with investors.

Zainab is extremely passionate about financial modeling and hopes more women who are fond of numbers choose to join the profession.

Listen to this episode as Zainab shares:

Her journey from accounting to financial modeling
Her experience and learnings from the worst models she has come across
Her experience working with founders to help turn their ideas into a financial model that can help make their dreams a reality
The horror story of linking workbooks in Excel
Her unwavering passion for Modeling
Her position on controversial modeling issues, including circular references, dynamic arrays, modeling standards, and more

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Quotes:

“ I feel like you actually have to make those mistakes yourself to even get it to understand because otherwise, you know, how do you even know that o h, it's not a model ?”

“ Simply being able to actually build a financial model has really taught me a lot about communication. ”

“ If you're not listening to the founder, whether or not they can implement some strategies i f you don't understand that from the founder, the model isn't going to make sense .”