--- title: "On-Demand Webinar: How to Build a Financial Model for an Accounting Firm" description: Basic forecasting is a poor substitute for proper planning, and you can really only make a good plan (and budget) with a driver-based financial model. image: https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/Jirav%20Team%20Award.png --- ![](https://www.jirav.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/header-logo.png?width=98&name=header-logo.png) - [ Resources ](https://www.jirav.com/resources) - Menu / Resources - [Resource Center ](https://www.jirav.com/resources) Blogs and resources on all things finance, FP&A, and Jirav [Webinars ](https://www.jirav.com/webinars) Learn more about Jirav and FP&A from industry experts [Events ](https://www.jirav.com/events) See our upcoming calendar of events [Help Center ](https://help.jirav.com/) Guide on how to use Jirav - [ Company ](https://www.jirav.com/company) - Menu / Company - [About ](https://www.jirav.com/company) Learn about Jirav’s story and meet our leadership team [News Coverage ](https://www.jirav.com/news) See the latest news and highlights [Press ](https://www.jirav.com/press-releases) Recent company announcements and updates [Careers ](https://www.jirav.com/careers) View current job openings and learn how to join the Jirav Tower ![business_env](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/business_env.svg) [ For Businesses ](https://www.jirav.com/reporting-planning-purpose-built-for-businesses) ![accounting_calc](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/accounting_calc.svg) [ For Accounting & CFO Firms ](https://www.jirav.com/reporting-planning-purpose-built-for-accounting-cfo-advisory-firms) [ Get a Demo ](https://www.jirav.com/request-demo) [ Sign in ](https://app.jirav.com/) ![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/April2021/images/banner-shap.png) BLOG # On-Demand Webinar: How to Build a Financial Model for an Accounting Firm [![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/April2021/images/fb-icon.png) ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.jirav.com/blog/webinar-financial-model-accounting-firm/) [![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/April2021/images/tw-icon.png) ](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://www.jirav.com/blog/webinar-financial-model-accounting-firm/) [![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/April2021/images/in-icon.png) ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.jirav.com/blog/webinar-financial-model-accounting-firm/&summary=&source=CeBIT) 1 minute read ![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/Jirav%20Team%20Award.png) “Planning and budgeting.” Quick, when you hear that phrase, what springs to mind? Perhaps you envision firing up trusty old Microsoft Excel? Then you open up last year’s budget workbook, change the column headers to next year, increase revenue and expenses by some historical growth percentage, and — poof! — you’re done. The thing is, this sort of basic forecasting is a poor substitute for proper planning, and you can really only make a good plan (and budget) with a driver-based financial model. “Drivers” are the specific actions you intend to take as a business owner that will increase revenue and/or expenses, such as selling new services and hiring more employees, not arbitrary month-over-month percentage changes. Last week I presented a [webinar](https://www.cpaacademy.org/archived_show/a0D2S00000fi4i3UAA) with Jirav CEO Martin Zynch about exactly that. Did you miss it? I have some good news — you can now [watch the recording on-demand](https://gojirav.wistia.com/medias/v2tlh1hwed) and follow along as I build out a basic driver-based financial model for an accounting firm that plans to significantly grow their practice with new service offerings and subscription billing options Whether you’re new to financial modeling or you’re doing it now in Excel, I hope you’ll watch to learn the best practices to do better planning for your own firm and your clients. Ready to get started planning with Jirav? [![Request Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2567042/261e377a-063f-4dad-9dd5-b1b65c372fd0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2567042/261e377a-063f-4dad-9dd5-b1b65c372fd0) ![Blake Oliver, CPA](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/61911ff6e9873ee6bb72cdcabb8bc2d2) ##### Blake Oliver, CPA Blake is a CPA, former Jirav marketer, founder and CEO of Earmark, and co-host of the Cloud Accounting Podcast. Published January 23, 2020 ###### Related topics - [Finance and fp&a](https://www.jirav.com/blog/topic/finance-and-fpa) - [Webinar](https://www.jirav.com/blog/topic/webinar) ## Related blog posts ![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/blog-main-header-6.21.png) Finance and fp&a #### What’s New in Jirav: May 2021 [ Read more ](https://www.jirav.com/blog/product-update-2021-may) ![Pensive engineer looking at window, rocket model on tabletop at home](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/model-rocket-engineer-1200x628.jpg) Finance and fp&a #### 5 Steps to Better Financial Modeling [ Read more ](https://www.jirav.com/blog/5-steps-better-financial-modeling) ![](https://www.jirav.com/hubfs/samuele-errico-piccarini-MyjVReZ5GLQ-unsplash.jpg) Finance and fp&a #### What is driver-based planning and why does it matter? 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