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Advanced FP&A: Financial Modeling with Dynamic Excel

Hosted by Carl Seidman

Wed, Sep 17, 2025

5:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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FP&A Mastery Signature Program - Track B
Carl Seidman CPA | Microsoft MVP
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What you'll learn

Build Extremely Flexible Self-Updating Models

Create adaptable models that update instantly as assumptions shift and as new data is added. Stop wasting time w/updates

Automate with Dynamic Arrays

Replace manual formulas with powerful functions that scale by themselves. Learn the power of SEQUENCE, DROP, and TAKE

Strengthen FP&A Insights for Your Business Partners

Translate complex data into trend analysis, visualize the output and provide clear, actionable analysis for leaders.

Why this topic matters

Static spreadsheets get in the way of analysis and limit insights because they're slow and inefficient. Dynamic modeling is the future of FP&A for businesses of all sizes and is no longer optional. By learning advanced dynamic modeling in Excel, you’ll unlock greater efficiency, stronger accuracy, and more flexibility than you ever realized was possible.

You'll learn from

Carl Seidman

Microsoft MVP, Adjunct Professor in Data Analytics, FP&A Advisor to Fortune 500s

Carl is masterful at making the complex amazingly simple, engaging his audiences, building confidence, and facilitating a welcoming and transformative group experience. His content is rich and relatable, used in financial leadership development programs (FLDPs) at Fortune 500 companies.


Carl serves as a Fractional CFO, FP&A advisor, and management consultant to entrepreneurial businesses throughout North America and Europe and assists them with strategic financial planning, value enhancement, and revitalization. 

 

He is a Microsoft MVP and one of the preeminent trainers and facilitators in strategic finance and FP&A, with more than 13,000 participants attending his live financial training programs, seminars, workshops, and masterminds. More than 160,000 learners have enrolled in his LinkedIn Learning courses.


Notable clients include:


ABM IndustriesAccordionAlixPartnersAllscriptsBroadridgeCHEPChoice HotelsCIBCCignaCox EnterprisesCrawford & CompanyDeloitteDexcomDiscoverDominiumExpress ScriptsEYFS InvestmentsEVRAZGenentechHealthpeakHeartland FinancialHewlett Packard EnterpriseHostessIGTKPMGMarsh & McLennanMichelinNerdWalletRadissonRapid7Sol PetroleumSpotifyTriple-STelusSantanderUnited Technologies (RTX)UBTVerizonWalmart, and Workday


Carl serves as an Adjunct Professor in data analytics at the Jones School of Business at Rice University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) has earned other professional credentials including the CIRA, CFF, CFE, CGMA, AM (Accredited Member in Business Valuation), CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), Certified Anaplan Model Builder, and was a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) 40 Under Forty honoree. He holds a BA in finance and economics and an MS in managerial accounting.


Contact: info@seidmanfinancial.com

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