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From Rocks to Riches: The Power of Financial Models in the Mining Industry with Emilie Williams
From Rocks to Riches: The Power of Financial Models in the Mining Industry with Emilie Williams
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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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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 Emilie Williams. Emilie holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Mining, a Masters degree in (M.A.Sc.), Civil Engineering, a nd has earned her Level I and II FMI modeling certifications. She has been bridging the gap between mine engineers, operations, finance, and management for more than 15 years. She has real-world, industry experience working on mine project strategies, diagnosing, and solving for factors that lead to project delays and inefficiencies, and creating best-practice tools and models to help her clients manage their operations, costs and realize their objectives. Listen to this episode as Emilie shares: Her journey from mine engineer to full-time financial modelHer learnings from the worst models she has come acrossThe unique challenges of modeling in the mining industryHer experience with competing in ESPN’s most recent Excel BattleThe importance of practicing to be a better modelerHer position on controversial modeling issues, including circular references, dynamic arrays, modeling standards, AI in modeling, and more Quotes: “ The dependencies on physical constraints are not always easy to model. ” "[Attending an FMI Course was] the first time I realized that there was actually a way to do it and actually the structure of modeling was a real thing, as opposed to, let's just stick things in our Excel spreadsheet …” Sign up for the Advanced Financial Modeler Accreditation or FMI Fundamentals Today and receive 15% off by using the special show code ‘Podcast’. Visit www.fminstitute.com/podcast and use code Podcast to save 15% when you register. Join Paul in Vegas for the FMI World Cup Championship from December 7, 2023 - December 9, 2023 . Sign up for the event today and receive 10% off by using the special code ‘FP&AGUY10’.Click on the link to register: Financial Modeling World Cup Go to https://earmarkcpe.com , download the app, take the quiz and you can receive CPE credit. Follow Emilie Williams: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-williams-06582761/ Website - https://cvmconsultants.ca/ Follow Paul: Website - https://www.thefpandaguy.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefpandaguy/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thefpandaguy/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thefpandaguy Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheFPandAGuy YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thefpaguy8376 Follow Financial Modeler's Corner LinkedIn Page- https://www.linkedin.com/company/financial-modeler-s-corner/?viewAsMember=true Newsletter - Subscribe on LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7079020077076905984
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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Financial Modeling education, Excel competitions, exciting academic research and more with Professor David C. Brown: 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... by Financial Modeler's Corner