Excel is one of the most popular end-user tools in the accountant’s portfolio. Spreadsheets enable us to quickly and flexibly perform analysis that otherwise would be difficult or time-consuming; however, there is a tendency to place undue trust in them. The Excel Community is a 'one-stop shop' for accountants who want to use Excel better and understand and minimise spreadsheet risk.
Simon Hurst breaks down how data analysis expressions work and what they can achieve.
Data – how you get it and what you do with it – has been an important part of the accountant’s role since the beginning; but it is only now, with data exploding in volume, variety and velocity, that accountants can start to add serious value to their business and that of their clients. As the guide says, ‘data analytics can broadly be defined as the use of data to support business decisions’.
Simon Hurst explains how to take your Excel expertise to a whole new level with the gradual introduction of dynamic array functions.
Financial models are vital tools in modern business, but are highly susceptible to being ruined by their creators' bad habits. ICAEW decided to turn this situation around by developing a new code of practice.
Modern Excel – Text clean up Text formulas in Excel are difficult, Ever tried extracting the last name from a “full name” column, where some have double-barrelled names?
The Excel Tip of the Week shows you how to write in large swathes of formulas automatically using VBA.
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Providing a step-by-step guide demonstrating how to methodically transform any automatically generated report extract into usable data.
Archive of webinar recordings. Includes financial modelling, PivotTables, Power Query, Excel Tip of the Week Live and many more.
The introduction of the Power Query tools to Excel in Excel 2010 made it possible to fully automate a range of spreadsheet processes.
Join David Benaim to discover some of the newer features of Excel and how they can help you to utilise the program.
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A practical guide to financial modelling, demonstrating how to plan, design and build financial models.
A beginner's guide to financial modeling using Microsoft Excel.
Fully updated and compliant with Excel 2013, this clearly explains the basic calculations for mathematical finance, backed up with simple templates for further use and development, and a workbook with exercises and solutions at the end of each chapter
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