Excel Pro: Advanced Business Analysis
Master advanced Excel techniques for financial analysis, data manipulation, and dashboard creation in this Illinois Tech course.
Master advanced Excel techniques for financial analysis, data manipulation, and dashboard creation in this Illinois Tech course.
This comprehensive Excel masterclass from Illinois Tech is designed to elevate your Excel skills to an advanced level, focusing on practical applications in business and financial analysis. The course covers three main areas: financial analysis using Excel's advanced functions, data manipulation and analysis with pivot tables and new Office 365 features, and creating interactive dashboards for business intelligence. Students will learn to apply complex financial functions for loan analysis and capital budgeting, use advanced pivot table techniques for data analysis, and design dynamic dashboards using Excel's form controls. The course emphasizes hands-on learning with numerous exercises and real-world examples, preparing students to leverage Excel's full potential in business decision-making and data visualization.
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What you'll learn
Master Excel's financial functions for complex financial modeling and analysis
Apply advanced capital budgeting techniques for investment decision-making
Create and manipulate advanced pivot tables for data analysis in Excel and Google Sheets
Utilize new Office 365 functions like XLOOKUP, FILTER, and dynamic arrays for efficient data handling
Design interactive and visually appealing dashboards using Excel's form controls
Implement advanced data visualization techniques for effective business reporting
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12.9 Hours PreRecorded video
24 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive Excel masterclass is structured into three main modules, each focusing on a crucial aspect of advanced Excel usage in business. The first module delves deep into financial analysis, covering the Time Value of Money concept, Excel's financial functions, loan analysis, and capital budgeting techniques. Students learn to create complex financial models and make informed investment decisions using functions like NPV, IRR, and PMT. The second module focuses on data manipulation and analysis, with an emphasis on advanced pivot table techniques in both Excel and Google Sheets. It also covers the latest features in Office 365, including dynamic arrays and new functions like XLOOKUP and FILTER. The final module is dedicated to dashboard creation, teaching students how to design interactive, visually appealing dashboards using Excel's form controls and advanced charting techniques. Throughout the course, students engage in practical exercises and real-world case studies, ensuring they can apply these advanced Excel skills to actual business scenarios.
Financial Analysis in Excel
Module 1 · 28 Hours to complete
Transforming Raw Data into Meaningful Insights
Module 2 · 20 Hours to complete
Driving Business Intelligence with Excel Dashboards
Module 3 · 22 Hours to complete
Summative Course Assessment
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Leader in Operations Management and Corporate Performance
Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen serves as an Associate Professor of Operations Management and holds the M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professorship at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business. In addition to her teaching role, she is the Assistant Director of the M.S. in Marketing Analytics program and the Executive Director of the Center for Advancing Corporate Performance. Dr. Durango-Cohen earned her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, where her research focused on production planning and inventory control within the realm of supply chain management.
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