First, there will always be more than one way to solve a problem using Excel.While the following list of Excel tips is brief, I think there are three important themes readers should take away: If you have even the slightest attachment to the world of finance, it behooves you to boost or simply reboot your Microsoft Excel skills from time to time.Īfter 15 years in the world of accounting and finance, during which I’ve had jobs in audit, valuation, equity research and transaction advisory, I’ve found a number of shortcuts to creating and maintaining great financial models with Excel.