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How to improve your Excel skills


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In this special FP&A Today episode, Paul is  joined by three Excel experts whom Microsoft has recognized as Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). Learn why it is important to up your Excel game and how you can do it. Below check out offers (saving $$$) from our MVPs exclusively for listeners of FP&A Today.

Get all your questions about Excel answered by the expert panel:

George Mount, Founder Stringfest Analytics

Celia Alves, CEO, Solve and Excel Consulting
Mark Proctor, Excel Off The Grid

In this special episode:

  • Our MVPs on when Excel first emerged as a difference-maker in their lives
  • George Mount on the failure of finance to adapt to technology
  • The challenge of finance teams descending to the lowest common Excel skill set
  • The untapped power of PowerQuery and where to start
  • The power of prepping your data properly
  • Python vs Excel
  • Automating Excel reports using Python
  • How to deal with tricky Excel issues
  • Will Excel go extinct with the rise of AI
  • The thing that you absolutely could not live without in Excel
  • Connect with George Mount

    Connect with Celia Alves

    Connect with Mark Proctor

    Special Offers Exclusively for FP&A Today listeners

    1) George Mount

    Subscribe to George’s newsletter to get access to his data analytics resource library and many other goodies https://stringfestanalytics.com/subscribe/

    2) Mark Proctor

    https://exceloffthegrid.com/fpa is an exclusive offer for our training academy to the listeners of FP&A Today - 30-day full access trial for $1, followed by a $100 annual discount. This is valid until 31 May.

    Excel Off the Grid 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExcelOffTheGrid

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markstephenproctor/

    3) Celia Alves

    Celia offers an online course about automation of Excel Reporting procedures. Check out the special FP&A Today discount here https://snapreportschamp.com/course

    DISCOUNT CODE for 20% OFF: FPA20

    (valid up to June 4, 2023).

    Subscribe to Celia’s newsletter https://snapreportschamp.com/subscribenewsletter

    Celia Alves - Solve & Excel - on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/CeliaAlvesSolveExcel

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