The main professions that use financial modeling are investment banking, equity research, private equity, corporate development, financial planning & analysis (FP&A). The most common uses of financial modeling are to create a forecast, to value a company, to complete mergers and acquisitions, and to raise capital, as well as for budgeting and planning purposes. It is usually the junior people who build models and the more senior people who use models.
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