The Wall Street Skinny

Two-Day Financial Modeling Class

Enroll in our Talent Accelerator, a live virtual training led by Kristen and Jen—the trusted financial educators your team already knows.

No generic instructors, just hands-on guidance from experts they’ve watched, listened to, and learned from.

Don’t just learn—train with us live. Enroll now.

What's Inside the Course

Becoming an Excel Ninja

  • Optimizing Your Computer Setup: Configure Excel for maximum efficiency

  • Essential Excel Shortcuts: Master the shortcuts and techniques professionals swear by

  • Formatting Best Practices: Understand the unwritten rules bankers expect

Fundamentals of Financial Statement Modeling

  • Overview of the Three Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement)

  • How the statements interconnect

  • The Matching Principle

  • Understanding A = L + E (Assets = Liabilities + Equity)

  • EBIT and EBITDA: Key concepts and differences

Building the 3-Statement Model

  • Structuring and projecting key line items

  • Step-by-step model construction (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement)

  • Reinforcing Excel shortcuts through practical modeling

Working Capital Modeling

  • Understanding Net Working Capital

  • Calculating Activity Ratios

  • Analyzing how changes in Net Working Capital impact cash flow

  • Performing model sanity checks

PART I

Generalized Skills

Students will develop closer relationships with instructors Jen and Kristen, ensuring they feel confident in their career advancement journey. They will also understand course expectations and learn effective strategies for success.

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PART III

Generalized Skills

Students will develop closer relationships with instructors Jen and Kristen, ensuring they feel confident in their career advancement journey. They will also understand course expectations and learn effective strategies for success.

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Why Wall Street?

“I just wanted to say thank you for making the content you make. The podcast has been a huge resource for learning about finance and taught my a ton about recruiting. If it weren’t for the podcast, i don’t think I would have known the effort it takes to get an internship. I recently accepted an offer at Blackstone and this podcast has been a big part of my journey. Thank you!!”

John

Our Flagship Self-Paced Course Has Launched!

This course covers everything you need to know to nail the technical parts of the Investment Banking and Private Equity interview and to thrive on the desk once you land the job. We cover EVERYTHING you need to know. Get a leg up on the competition here!

What’s REALLY Going to Set you Apart?

Understanding not just the technicals, but also how all the pieces of Wall Street fit together:

Who are all the players on the buy side & sell side?
How do they work together? Compete? Make money?
What is the field of opportunity? Career paths and exits?
How do the public and private capital markets work?

We’re offering a FREE bonus course “The Industry: Understanding the World of Wall Street” to help you make sense of it all. These are the best kept secrets in the business that NO ONE ELSE will teach you.

Courses Coming Soon

Exciting updates are always in the works! Stay tuned for fresh content coming your way

THE SKINNY ON

Financial Modeling

Master the skills to build financial models for forecasting, valuation, and decision-making in various investment scenarios.

THE SKINNY ON

Fixed Income Sales, Trading, & Investing

Explore the strategies, instruments, and market dynamics involved in the buying, selling, and investing of bonds and other fixed-income securities.

THE SKINNY ON

M&A: Mergers & Acquisitions

Learn the key processes, valuation techniques, and strategic considerations behind corporate mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers.

WHO WE ARE

FRIENDSHIP. FINANCE. FUN.

Two lifelong friends, former investment bankers, and teachers who want to make finance education exciting.  We combine deep technical expertise with creativity and high energy.

Graduates of Princeton and Brown who worked at Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, and Barclays Capital

Veterans of the Financial Sponsors (IBD), Project Finance (DCM), Equity-Linked Securities (ECM), CDO Structuring (Fixed Income Sales & Trading), and Interest Rate Sales (Fixed Income Sales & Trading) groups at bulge bracket Investment Banks

10,000+ hours teaching incoming analysts and associates at the world’s most elite Investment Banks (Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, & more), Private Equity Firms (Blackstone, Silverlake, TA Associates, & more), Hedge Funds, and Business Schools (Harvard, Wharton, and more).

We have a top ten Apple careers podcast, a social media following of 300,000+, and now: self-paced courses for you to learn with us in our signature style.

What people are saying

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“I just wanted to say thank you for making the content you make. The Wall Street Skinny has been a huge resource for learning about finance and taught me a ton about recruiting. If it weren't for The Wall Street Skinny, I don't think I would have known the effort it takes to get an internship. I recently accepted an offer at Blackstone and this course has been a big part of my journey. Thank you!”

JOHN

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“Extraordinary course simplifying complicated concepts. I am in my 70s and have spent 50 years in the industry across law, investment banking, sales & trading, and high net worth investment management, but have yet to encounter anyone capable of making Wall Street as accessible and fun as these ladies.”

JR

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"As a University Career Coach specializing in Finance and Consulting, I recommend this podcast to all of my students. The detail and expertise is spot on and their energy is infectious!"

KS

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