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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

Access provided by University of Western Australia

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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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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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: Financial Analysis
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Case Studies
Category: Gross Profit
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Income Statement
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Financial Data
Category: Annual Reports
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Business Metrics

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

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 Cleansing
Category: Data Validation
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Data Quality
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Case Studies
Category: Financial Data
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Integration
Category: Automation
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Dashboard
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: Financial Analysis
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Budget Management
Category: Financial Data
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Dashboard
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Business Communication
Category: Budgeting

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

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

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

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: Financial Analysis
Category: Cost Management
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Risk Management
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Budgeting
Category: Budget Management
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Case Studies
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: Auditing
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Version Control
Category: Financial Auditing
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Business Modeling
Category: Governance Risk Management and Compliance
Category: Analysis
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Case Studies
Category: Change Control
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Technical Documentation

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

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: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Modeling
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: Usability Testing
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Communication
Category: User Feedback
Category: Case Studies
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Presentation

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