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Financial Data Analysis with Excel Specialization

Coursera

Financial Data Analysis with Excel Specialization

Excel Financial Analysis And Reporting Skills.

Build advanced Excel skills for financial modeling, analysis, and dynamic reporting.

LearningMate

Instructor: LearningMate

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Intermediate level

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build and validate dynamic financial models using advanced Excel techniques and automated data processes

  • Perform comprehensive financial analysis including variance analysis, forecasting, and capital structure evaluation

  • Create compelling visual reports and interactive dashboards that communicate financial insights effectively

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February 2026

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Specialization - 12 course series

What you'll learn

  • Analyze a company's financial health by differentiating the 3 core financial statements and calculating key profitability and liquidity ratios.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Benchmarking
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Gross Profit
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Income Statement
Category: Annual Reports
Category: Case Studies
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Financial Data
Category: Financial Statements

What you'll learn

  • Build and validate dynamic, three-statement financial models from raw data, ensuring accuracy through automated reconciliation and verification.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Reconciliation
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Automation
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Data Validation
Category: Financial Data
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Income Statement
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Financial Reporting

What you'll learn

  • Use advanced Excel techniques to cleanse, analyze, and validate financial data, ensuring high-quality, reliable reporting.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Validation
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Automation
Category: Financial Data
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Dashboard
Category: Case Studies
Category: Data Manipulation

What you'll learn

  • Analyze financial data, calculate variances, and use conditional formatting to highlight key budget deviations for faster, data-driven decisions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Dashboard
Category: Business Communication
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Budget Management
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Budgeting
Category: Financial Data
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Data Presentation

What you'll learn

  • Analyze historical sales data and create financial forecasts for different growth scenarios using key Excel functions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Forecasting
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Sales Management
Category: Business Planning
Category: Trend Analysis
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Revenue Forecasting

What you'll learn

  • Create a zero-based budget by classifying fixed and variable expenses and justifying each allocation to align with strategic goals.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Budget Management
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Financial Controls
Category: Financial Planning
Category: Cost Control
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Accountability
Category: Financial Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Learners will validate data integrity and create summary reports in Excel using data validation techniques and PivotTables for financial analysis.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Integrity
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Financial Data
Category: Statistical Reporting
Category: Trend Analysis
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Data Validation
Category: Data Synthesis
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Data Quality
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making

What you'll learn

  • Conduct budget variance analysis and evaluate capital scenarios to make strategic financing recommendations compliant with covenants.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Budgeting
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Case Studies
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Risk Management
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Budget Management
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Cost Management
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Capital Budgeting
Audit & Evaluate Excel Models

Audit & Evaluate Excel Models

Course 9 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Systematically audit Excel models, diagnose errors, and evaluate version changes to ensure financial accuracy and model reliability.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Version Control
Category: Auditing
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Analysis
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: Change Control
Category: Case Studies
Category: Peer Review
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Financial Auditing
Category: Governance Risk Management and Compliance
Category: Business Modeling

What you'll learn

  • Analyze financial models to diagnose forecast errors and synthesize best practices from past successes to create actionable improvement checklists.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Analysis
Category: Forecasting
Category: Process Improvement and Optimization
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Validation
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: Procedure Development
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Project Documentation
Category: Knowledge Transfer

What you'll learn

  • Learners will construct interactive Excel dashboards and optimize their design for clarity and impact using data visualization best practices.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Presentation
Category: Design Reviews
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Visualization

What you'll learn

  • Translate raw financial data into clear, high-impact visual reports and validate their effectiveness using rapid-interpretation tests.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Visualization
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Communication
Category: Case Studies
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Usability Testing
Category: User Feedback
Category: Data Visualization Software

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