Financial models drive major decisions.
Prove yours can stand up to scrutiny.
Distinguish your skills with the most respected accreditations in financial modeling.
Financial modeling accreditations that are developed by and for the world's best modelers.
Judgment matters now more than ever
Financial modeling requires professionals who can challenge assumptions, validate logic, and explain what the numbers mean.
Early in your finance or accounting career?
The AFM is how analysts and associates at top firms prove their modeling judgment before it is assumed. Build the credential that gets you from building models to leading the deals.
See how the AFM changes your career →Mid-career and ready to step into leadership?
Leadership depends on influence, and influence depends on credibility. Whether advising clients, leading teams, or presenting to a board, people form judgments about competence quickly and often with limited information.
See what the AFM accredits →The AFM: your entry point to validated modeling.
An accreditation validating the ability to build a three-statement financial model. Candidates prepare with structured learning resources and sit a four-hour proctored exam under real-world conditions.
Advanced Financial Modeler
Build an integrated three-statement model from scratch in Excel, from assumptions and schedules through to outputs built to drive real decisions.
- Four-hour proctored exam, graded by experts
- Built from a real-world case scenario, no templates
- One year of access to structured learning resources
- No formal prerequisites to sit
Proof, in their words.
Rigor you can point to.
Proctored exams
- Build and problem-solve directly in Excel
- Replicate real-world time and resource constraints
- Monitored and graded by experts
Extensive learning resources
- Case studies based on real public companies
- Learning resources and practice exams
- Live, interactive Q&A sessions
Engaged, global community
- Connect with Candidates
- Meet accredited modelers
- Learn from industry experts
Give your team a shared benchmark for modeling excellence.
The AFM accreditation program is designed for professionals to develop practical modeling skills that directly support team and client work, while strengthening critical thinking, communication, and leadership.
Group pricing available for teams of five or more.
A global study on AI and financial modeling.
Financial Modeling Institute's Global Leaders Council brought together 63 experts across 26 countries to examine how AI is changing financial modeling in practice: where it helps, where it falls short, and what it means for the modelers who use it.
Financial Modeling Institute has partnered with Microsoft to support their development of Copilot in Excel for financial modeling.
"FMI's library of real-world financial modeling cases have become a foundational part of how we evaluate Copilot in Excel for finance work." — Microsoft
Registration closes September 25, 2026.
If modeling judgment is part of what you are paid for, this is the credential that proves it formally.
Register to become an AFMPromoting awareness, excellence and discipline in financial modeling globally through FMI's world-class accreditation programs
