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Automating Financial Reporting in Excel - Part 1

In this course we will explore ways of automating monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting processes to achieve the ultimate goal of “one-click reporting”.

Created byLenny Wu
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IntermediateUpdated Jan 20, 2025
Automating Financial Reporting in Excel - Part 1

What You'll Learn

check_circleDefine best practice in linking a financial statement to a system-generated report
check_circleDistinguish between exact match and approximate match in lookup formulas
check_circleIdentify the best practice in building a Pivot Table
check_circleName a dynamic formula used in referencing cell values in a Pivot Table

About This Course

In this course, we will explore ways of automating monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting processes to achieve the ultimate goal of “one-click reporting”. We will start with a brief overview of the dilemmas facing accountants and analysts. From this we will discuss how we can set up financial reports in Excel based on accounting system export (direct report or financial data).

This leads to an introduction of EXCEL formulas, Pivot Table, and simple VBA macro. Then we will work with each formula to transcribe system-generated report or data into standard financial reports. This course will serve as review for accounting and finance professionals who need to sharpen their EXCEL skills in automating monthly/quarterly/yearly financial reporting. Field of Study: Computer Software & Applications

Your Instructor

Lenny Wu
Lenny Wu

Financial Reporting Expert

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Lenny is Senior Financial Analyst at Ausenco. Lenny has over 15 years combined experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), financial reporting and modeling, and compliance auditing. Lenny supervises Adaptive Insights system budgeting, and is a CPA, CGA, and a Certified Adaptive Insights Professional and Certified Xero Partner. Lenny is a proponent for "One-click Reporting" for analysts and "Self-service Reporting" for executives. He has strong belief that reporting and closing should be hours rather than days or even weeks. Lenny also acted as local CPA chapter board officer and volunteered for Canada Revenue Agency as a Community Volunteer Income Tax Program consultant. Education MBA, Finance : George Washington University - SBPM (School of Business and Public Management) - [1998 to 2000]

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