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This is a collection of various podcasts, audio clips and discussions on key aspects of Financial Modelling and how it can be used to help you succeed in your career or business.

Financial Modelling Postcast

Aug 2018: Lance had the privilege of being the first guest on the newly launched podcast on Financial Modelling run by Matthew Bernath.

Listen in to hear more about what it means for those entering the sector and wanting to gain a better understanding of some of the challenges in Financial Modelling.

Excel is DEAD !

May 2018: Following many heated debates online, fake news, software company bashing and a challenge to debate the topic, Chris Argent and Lance Rubin took to a few rounds to spar it out.

Enjoy the discussion or listen in on your phone.


Strength In The Numbers

HELP PEOPLE LEVERAGE FINANCIAL MODELLING

April 2018: Andrew Codd interviews Lance to help people understand the benefits of learning financial modelling and the practical steps people can take to embrace it in their careers.

Strength In The Numbers

GETTING OUT OF COMFORT ZONE

Aug 2018: Andrew Codd interviews 5 guest mentors on getting out of their comfort zone to challenge themselves and the status quo.


SequelCFO hosted a discussion on AI

Oct 2018: Open discussion with Public Sector CFOS and Accountants on AI, Hype and Business Outcomes. The discussion also included an expert in AI from Monash University.

Hawk FX - avoiding hidden or unmanaged currency risk

Nov 2021: Greg Smith discusses modelling and risk management with Lance and how its possible to manage currency risk in financial models.


Financial Modelling for Business Insight and Decision Making (Part 1)

Sep 2019: In Part 1 of this two-part series, we discuss financial modelling for business insight and decision making with our guests Mark Vigors and Lance Rubin from BGC Consultants. We look at how financial modelling is used best in mergers and acquisitions and consider the opportunities for accounting professionals in the M&A space with an analytics perspective.

Financial Modelling for Business Insight and Decision Making (Part 2)

Oct 2019: The concept of financial modelling and its impact on business decisions is often neglected in business enterprises. In the final part of this two-part series, we continue our discussions with Lance Rubin and Mark Vigors of BGC Consultants and further investigate financial modelling and its application across different aspects of a business.


Financial Modelling Podcast Season 2 Finale

Oct 2019: In the finale of Financial Modelling Podcast Season 2, Lance Rubin, Colin Human, Oz du Soleil and Brian Donnelly to discuss the best and worst of Microsoft Excel, financial modelling and what the future holds.

Financial Modelling Podcast Stopping Excel Errors with Excel Analyzer

April 2020: Excel Analyzer gives users the power to clean, optimise and analyze Excel files and financial models. It is well known that virtually every Excel model contains errors, however, tools such as Excel Analyzer allows us to interrogate our models to remove them.


Strength in the Numbers

Jun 2020: Debate on getting Corporate Finance & FP&A back to basics

Strength in the Numbers

April 2020: The Washup: key takeaways from Virtual Summit 2020


Financial modelling podcast season 5 back to the future of financial modelling

April 2022: Matthew interviews Lance, as the Season 5 sponsor, to discuss why now is the time to revisit this discussion as financial modelling transcends both industries and technologies.

Financial modelling podast season 4 finale - the state and future of excel

Oct 2021: In this season Bill “ MR Excel” Jelen, Lance and Alan Samuels joins the discussion on the greatest changes to Excel over the past year.


Paul Barnhurst on FP&A today

Aug 2022: Interview with Paul Barnhurst (aka The FP&A Guy), about becoming the world’s next top financial modeller and what it takes to be great at financial modelling.

Financial modelling podcast is Excel dead yet? (re-visited)

Jun 2022: Matthew resumes the debate between Lance and Chris on whether the 35-year-old tool is the pocket knife for all tasks or past its prime.


Financial Modelling podcast Season 5: real-time decision-useful Financial modelling

Jan 2023: Matthew interviews Dhanusha Muthukumarana, Model Citizn’s CTO, on bringing data engineering disciplines to the financial modelling context and making models and decision-making more scalable and faster.

Financial modelling podcast Season 5 FINALE: exploring the potential of generative ai in financial modelling

March 2023: Matthew hosts the season finale where the guests including Danielle Stein Fairhurst, Hedieh Kianyfard, Adrian Miric and Lance Rubin discuss the current rise of generative AI in finance and its application and impact in Financial Modelling.