FAQ
Questions, answered.
For those new to the terminology — and for those evaluating whether this fits.
What is a t-account?
A t-account is the visual shorthand accountants use for any general-ledger account — a "T" shape with debits on the left and credits on the right. It's how you sketch a transaction in seconds when you're checking the logic of a journal entry. Fluency here is the difference between guessing the right side and seeing it. T-Account Reps builds that fluency from single entries up through multi-step lifecycle chains.
What are debits and credits?
Debits and credits are the two sides of every accounting entry — every transaction touches both, in equal amounts. Asset and expense accounts increase on the debit side; liability, equity, and revenue accounts increase on the credit side. Simple in theory but slow to recall without practice. T-Account Reps is built to make that recall fast and accurate.
What is the three-statement model?
The three-statement model is the linked structure of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, where every transaction flows correctly through all three. It's the foundation of every financial model used in banking, equity research, and corporate finance. Most people learn the statements separately and struggle to wire them together. Three-Statement Reps builds directional and numeric fluency across all three until the linkage is automatic.
What is a finance bridge?
A finance bridge is a structured walk from one value to another — market capitalisation to enterprise value, EBITDA to free cash flow, net income to cash from operations. Each step adds or subtracts a specific line item with a clear rationale. Bridges are how analysts reconcile what a company reports with what the market actually cares about. Bridge Reps builds both the calc and the intuition behind every step.
What are Model Build Reps?
Model Build Reps help you build model lines from drivers, assumptions, and business logic. They focus on how individual model lines are constructed, checked, and connected.
What are Analyst Math Reps?
Analyst Math Reps help you practice quick finance calculations such as growth, margins, multiples, returns, leverage, and coverage, then choose the right interpretation.
What is quality of earnings?
Quality of earnings — often shortened to QoE — is the assessment of how sustainable, repeatable, and defensible a company's reported earnings really are. It strips out one-time items, aggressive accounting, and anything that flatters the headline number. It's the core question in M&A diligence and equity research, and building the judgment to call adjustments under pressure is its own skill. The Quality of Earnings track works through the patterns and the defences.
Who is Finance Reps for?
Finance Reps is built for the people who use technical accounting and finance every day — investment banking analysts and associates, equity research, corporate development, FP&A and finance teams in industry, accountants in transaction services and audit, and finance students preparing for any of the above. If you've ever had to defend a model or a number under pressure, this is for you.
Is Finance Reps for CPAs or for industry finance?
Both can use it, but the focus is industry finance and applied analysis — not CPA exam prep. The content is built around wiring statements, building bridges, defending earnings adjustments, and modeling under time pressure, rather than the regulatory and compliance material a CPA exam tests. Think finance-hard, not CPA-hard. Banking, transaction services, and industry finance get the most out of it.
Is Finance Reps free?
Foundations is free, along with Free Content across the app — including limited access to T-Account Reps and Model Wiring Reps — so you can build the basics and try the practice engines properly. All Access unlocks every track, every quiz, and full reps access with a single one-time purchase — no subscription. Pricing may vary by region through the Apple App Store or Google Play.
How is Finance Reps different from Wall Street Prep, Breaking Into Wall Street, or Corporate Finance Institute?
Those are excellent curriculum providers — long video courses, Excel templates, structured certifications. Finance Reps isn't a replacement; it's the gym you go to afterward. They teach you what to do. Finance Reps makes you fast and accurate at doing it, with new scenarios each session rather than a fixed problem set you eventually memorise.