4 Financial Modeling Fundamentals for Quality Outputs in Age of AI


Your AI tools can produce a draft financial model in seconds. But to turn that model into something you can actually use, you need to know what a great model looks like: one that holds up as assumptions change, doesn’t carry hidden errors, and lets you iterate fast.

Join Christian Wattig, FP&A Program Director at the Wharton School, as he walks through the fundamentals of a great financial model you should pay attention to the most in the age of AI, including:

  • How to pick the right modeling approach: ROI, NPV, or IRR
  • How to handle risk through discount and hurdle rates
  • How to quantify the downside by combining sensitivity and breakeven analysis
  • How to use AI with ARIMA to build a statistical baseline for your projections

About the speakers

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Christian Wattig
Director, FP&A Program, The Wharton School
Christian Wattig is an accomplished FP&A expert with over a decade of leadership experience in multinational corporations and fast-growing tech start-ups. He spent eleven years at Procter & Gamble and Unilever, where he led FP&A and accounting teams. After earning his MBA from NYU Stern, Christian transitioned to the tech sector and played a pivotal role in taking Squarespace public as an FP&A leader. Now, Christian shares his expertise as the Director of the Wharton School's FP&A certificate program, through his own courses, and via LinkedIn where he has more than 100,000 followers.

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