The Comprehensive Excel Masterclass is an advanced course designed to empower students with the skills and knowledge needed to maximize the potential of Microsoft Excel in a business environment. This course goes beyond the basics and explores advanced functions, and features that will enable students to perform complex calculations, retrieve and manipulate data from multiple sources, and gain valuable insights from data. The course combines theoretical concepts with practical exercises and examples to reinforce learning.
A crucial aspect of business decision-making involves understanding the time value of money. In this course, students will be exposed to time value of money principles and learn how to utilize Excel's financial functions to analyze loans, create amortization schedules, and evaluate project valuations. By leveraging functions such as PV, FV, NPV, PMT, IRR and more, students will be able to make informed financial decisions.
A significant portion of the course is dedicated to creating Excel dashboards, which are effective tools for visually presenting performance data (such as KPIs). Participants will learn how to leverage Pivot Tables to create dynamic and interactive dashboards utilizing slicers, timelines, and calculated fields to enhance data exploration and create compelling dashboards.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Utilize complex Excel functions and techniques to extract and manipulate data.
- Evaluate the financial viability of loans using Excel's financial functions.
- Apply the principles of Capital Budgeting for project selection and investment decisions.
- Create advanced Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts for data analysis and visualization.
- Develop interactive dashboards with Form Controls to enhance user experience.
- Design custom charts for effective data visualization.
- Apply Excel's latest features and updates in Office 365/Google Sheets for increased productivity.
- Showcase key performance indicators (KPIs) to support data-driven decision-making in business intelligence.
