Currently an Extern @AttronicaI am building hands-on FP&A and private company valuation skills through an Attronica externship while completing my bachelor's degree.
Portfolio pieces show work completed during the Attronica externship, focused on financial planning, analysis, and private company valuation tasks.
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Attronica · Aug 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
A 40-year-old, $80M family-owned IT firm is preparing to sell — and they need real FP&A work to back it: clean financials, a defensible forecast, and a valuation. Organize the books, model the forecast, and deliver a valuation that lands on the CEO's desk and on a buyer's table.
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Yinan Zhao · Aug 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Gain insider experience in value investing by analyzing leading stocks alongside seasoned investor Yinan Zhao. Learn how professionals leverage financial modeling in Excel, interpret alternative data, evaluate market trends, and craft persuasive investment recommendations. Build real-world skills essential for careers in finance, equity research, and investment banking.
I am building hands-on FP&A and private company valuation skills through an Attronica externship while completing my bachelor's degree.
I am Dan Hutton, a second-year bachelor's student beginning my career. I have limited professional experience and I'm completing the Attronica Financial Planning & Analysis and Private Company Valuation externship to build practical finance skills.
Externships
Attronica Financial Planning & Analysis and Private Company Valuation Externship
Attronica
Education
Lancaster University
History And International relations · Class of 2028
Skills
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A 40-year-old, $80M family-owned IT firm is preparing to sell — and they need real FP&A work to back it: clean financials, a defensible forecast, and a valuation. Organize the books, model the forecast, and deliver a valuation that lands on the CEO's desk and on a buyer's table.
The externship tackled financial cleanup, forecasting, and valuation for a 40-year-old, mid-market IT firm. Work included reconciling historical financials, building a multi-year forecast model, and producing a valuation deliverable. The outputs were prepared as formal artifacts suitable for review by company leadership.
I reviewed five years of financial statements, calculated key ratios versus industry peers, and produced a three-bullet FP&A read highlighting strengths, risks, and recommended focus areas.
✅ Verified by Extern
Gain insider experience in value investing by analyzing leading stocks alongside seasoned investor Yinan Zhao. Learn how professionals leverage financial modeling in Excel, interpret alternative data, evaluate market trends, and craft persuasive investment recommendations. Build real-world skills essential for careers in finance, equity research, and investment banking.
The externship paired participants with investor-led sessions and practical analysis tasks to practice value investing techniques. Work combined financial modeling in Excel with qualitative research on market drivers and alternative data sources. Deliverables included equity analyses and investment write-ups produced during the programme.
I produced an interactive Stock Card for Hertz Global Holdings, supported by research from Claude and Perplexity, a summary of ownership signals, and a three-sentence growth thesis.
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An HP Tech Ventures externship on deal sourcing and startup analysis, focused on methods for discovering, researching, and evaluating early-stage technology startups.
The externship taught methods for sourcing and evaluating early-stage tech startups, covering market analysis, due diligence, and investment memo drafting. The work reviewed sourcing frameworks and applied a thesis-led approach to screening targets, and it produced analysis suited to deal-selection workflows.
I sourced three startups aligned to the VC thesis, documented company basics and fit criteria, and produced a spreadsheet that listed the candidates with key notes for deeper research.
