What does the Excel Analytics program cover?

Gain mastery over key Microsoft Excel tools and functions that will enable you to automate daily tasks, enhance efficiency and accelerate performance. Discover the industry techniques and best practices in analyzing and presenting financial data.

The Excel Analytics Program by Kaplan Middle East & North Africa is approved by KHDA in the UAE.

Learning Objectives

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Grasp keyboard shortcuts to improve speed and efficiency

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Become well-versed with the excel quick access tool bar and cell styling tools

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Master various intermediate and advanced Excel functions

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Produce high quality & dynamic charts for data presentations

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Learn and apply pivot table to analyze large volumes of data

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Perform various statistical analysis in excel

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Who is it for?

The course is suitable for anyone in the financial services industry who wants to improve their excel skills.  Professionals who are working or aspiring to work in the field of of equity research, investment banking, financial accounting and analysis, budgeting and data analytics can pursue this course.

Program Agenda

Formatting and Efficiency Skills

  • Excel keyboard shortcuts for speed and efficiency

  • Data Validation and creating drop-down lists

  • Basic and advanced conditional formatting

  • What-If analysis: Data table (sensitivity analysis), Goal seek and Scenario Manager

  • Working with large datasets through pivot tables (filtering, slicers)

Working with Functions

  • Basic Math Functions: SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, SUMIF, COUNTIF, LARGE, SMALL, AVERAGEIF

  • Logical Functions: IF and Nested IFs, AND, OR

  • Date functions: EOMONTH, EDATE, YEARFRAC, DATE, TODAY, etc.

  • Lookup functions: VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, OFFSET

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