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Excel Formula’s Accountants & Financial Professionals Need to Know

Course - Excel Formula's Accountants & Financial Professionals Need to Know

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Learning Objectives

  1. Discover how to do easy statistical analysis using excels, statistical tool pack and related functions.
  2. Leverage Excel’s table functionality to make writing formulas more efficient & Effective.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to locate data anywhere using Lookup formulas such as VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH
  4. Make balance sheet calculations for depreciation & amortization using SLN, DB, DDB & VDB
  5. Determine Interest and payment amounts using PMT, IPMT, NPV, IRR. Additionally how to visualize this data with Excel’s chart functionality

Course Description

Excel is ubiquitous in the accounting and financial professionals’ workplace, but some of the best functions and features for accounting and financial professionals are unknown or underutilized. Leverage Tables, shortcuts, and best practices to increase efficiency. Master the functions such as VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, Dynamic Array Formulas. As well as Formulas and uses such as Depreciation, Amortization, Interest, Payment, and more. In this course, we will even take you deeper into statistical analysis with formulas for everything from median, most, and standard deviation and regression analysis.

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Intended Audience

Financial professionals that would like to have better knowledge of Excel

Advanced Preparation

None

Field of Study

Specialized Knowledge

Credits

3 Credits

Published Date

March 22, 2024

Course Authors

Stephen Yoss

Big Bear Lake, CA
Speaker & Author, CPE Today

Stephen M. Yoss, Jr., CPA, MS, is a certified public accountant, partner and CEO of Devmatics, LLC, a continuing education instructor for financial professionals, a and a licensed pyrotechnician. While his interests and skills are varied, they all share a common thread—his love for and skill in finding technology-based solutions. In 2017, Stephen and Alex White formed Devmatics, LLC, a company focused on helping organizations develop technology strategies to streamline their business operations. He specializes in taking on high-difficulty, mission-critical organizational issues that require technological expertise and an ability to find solutions to problems that no one else can answer. With all of his clients, he emphasizes the need to embrace technology at every opportunity and utilize the latest technological trends and breakthroughs in order to gain a competitive advantage while increasing efficiency and productivity.

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Overview

Excel is ubiquitous in the accounting and financial professionals’ workplace, but some of the best functions and features for accounting and financial professionals are unknown or underutilized. Leverage Tables, shortcuts, and best practices to increase efficiency. Master the functions such as VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, Dynamic Array Formulas. As well as Formulas and uses such as Depreciation, Amortization, Interest, Payment, and more. In this course, we will even take you deeper into statistical analysis with formulas for everything from median, most, and standard deviation and regression analysis.

Course Details

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  1. Discover how to do easy statistical analysis using excels, statistical tool pack and related functions.
  2. Leverage Excel’s table functionality to make writing formulas more efficient & Effective.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to locate data anywhere using Lookup formulas such as VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH
  4. Make balance sheet calculations for depreciation & amortization using SLN, DB, DDB & VDB
  5. Determine Interest and payment amounts using PMT, IPMT, NPV, IRR. Additionally how to visualize this data with Excel’s chart functionality

Intended Audience — Financial professionals that would like to have better knowledge of Excel

Advanced Preparation — None

Field of Study — Specialized Knowledge

Credits — 3 Credits

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Published Date – March 22, 2024

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Course Authors

Stephen Yoss

Big Bear Lake, CA
Speaker & Author, CPE Today

Stephen M. Yoss, Jr., CPA, MS, is a certified public accountant, partner and CEO of Devmatics, LLC, a continuing education instructor for financial professionals, a and a licensed pyrotechnician. While his interests and skills are varied, they all share a common thread—his love for and skill in finding technology-based solutions. In 2017, Stephen and Alex White formed Devmatics, LLC, a company focused on helping organizations develop technology strategies to streamline their business operations. He specializes in taking on high-difficulty, mission-critical organizational issues that require technological expertise and an ability to find solutions to problems that no one else can answer. With all of his clients, he emphasizes the need to embrace technology at every opportunity and utilize the latest technological trends and breakthroughs in order to gain a competitive advantage while increasing efficiency and productivity.

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