Corporate Finance Specialist
Spent twelve years building acquisition models for manufacturing companies. Now helps others avoid the spreadsheet mistakes that cost actual money. His teaching style? Straightforward, occasionally blunt, always useful.
Valuation Analyst
Previously worked in private equity doing company valuations. Started teaching after realizing most graduates couldn't build a DCF that actually worked. Focuses on the logic behind the formulas rather than just copying templates.
After running online modelling courses since 2023, we've figured out what actually helps people learn this stuff from home. Here's what matters.
You need a second monitor. Financial models are impossible to build on a single laptop screen. Doesn't have to be fancy, just big enough to see your assumptions and outputs at the same time.
Block out specific times each week. Tuesday and Thursday evenings work for most people. Weekend marathons sound good but rarely happen. Two focused hours beats eight distracted ones every time. And turn off notifications – you can't build a model while checking messages.
Download actual annual reports from ASX-listed companies. Building models with fake numbers teaches you nothing. Real financials have all the messy complications you'll face in actual work.
Don't spend three hours stuck on one formula. Our instructors respond within a few hours. Most problems have simple fixes once someone shows you what you're missing.
Sounds boring, but it works. Take one company and build its three-statement model from scratch three separate times. First one takes forever. Second one you spot your mistakes. Third one actually makes sense. That's when the structure clicks.
Every Wednesday at 7pm AEST. Other students ask the questions you were too embarrassed to ask. Plus seeing someone else's approach often clarifies your own thinking.
Complicated doesn't mean better. The best analysts build models that other people can actually follow. If you need thirty tabs and circular references, you've probably overcomplicated it.
Your eyes will hate you after two hours of spreadsheet work. Get up, walk around, look at something that isn't Excel. Come back fresh rather than pushing through fatigue.
Astrid spent eight years as a commercial lawyer before deciding she wanted to work with numbers instead of contracts. Started our certificate program in February 2024 while still working full-time. By October, she'd moved into an analyst role at a mid-sized advisory firm. Says the remote format worked because she could study after her kids went to bed.
Lachlan graduated with an accounting degree from a regional university in 2023. Problem was, his course covered auditing and tax but barely touched financial modelling. Joined our program in March 2024 from his home in Tamworth. Now works remotely for a Brisbane-based corporate finance team. The practical modelling skills made the difference in interviews.
Twelve-week certificate program covering three-statement modelling, DCF valuation, and LBO basics. Live sessions plus recorded content you can review anytime. Enrolment opens in July.