How to Build a Financial Model for Your Marketing Agency
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KEY TOPICS OFFERED
- Importance of Accrual Basis and Outsourced Accounting
- Personal Financial Management Experience
- Strategic Finance and Decision Making
- Team Evolution and Financial Department
- Bottom up Financial Modeling
- Forecasting Strategy and Dual Forecast Models
The lesson explores financial modeling and its significance for business growth. Garrett mentions how he managed initial bookkeeping and embraced accrual accounting with outsourced support. He highlights the strategic use of tools like Fathom to gain insights into data, optimize performance, and model scenarios. The evolution of his finance team is discussed, emphasizing the importance of bottom-up modeling. Garrett introduces a dual forecast approach—baseline for historical accuracy and growth for ambitious targets—focusing on accountability and resource allocation. A structured cadence for updates and sharing financial data is advocated to inform decision-making and align actions with performance.
Elevate your financial skills and drive business growth in this hands-on lesson. Gain practical insights into strategic financial modeling using tools like Fathom. Make informed decisions, optimize performance, and set ambitious goals. Our dual forecasting method empowers accountability and fuels expansion. Revolutionize your financial strategies and lead your organization confidently.
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Today we’re talking financial modeling. I love finance, but I am not a finance professional, is the simplest way to say it. I ran all our books for first couple of years, I don’t remember how many years, but for a while I did. We had an outsourced accounting firm who got us on accrual basis from day one, which was great. If you’re an agency, you should be filing your taxes on accrual basis, in my opinion. Usually you have less liability that way, less taxes to pay. Yeah, but ran us on accrual basis from day one. Did the bookkeeping myself. So reconciled everything. And I used the tool in QuickBooks. Well, at the time it was integrated with Xero, was the accounting software I started on, called Fathom. Fathom, I highly recommend to anyone who is trying to learn more about finance. It was wildly impactful for me in teaching me how to better understand my data, how I was performing, and then model out scenarios like, ” Hey, if I want to increase my gross margin to 58%, how much would I have to raise my price by?”