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K2's Excel PivotTables For Accountants

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8.00 Credits

Member Price $299.00

Non-Member Price $399.00

Overview

Many business professionals consider PivotTables the most powerful feature in Excel, yet most accounting and financial professionals do not use them in their day-to-day activities. If you are ready to learn how to take advantage of PivotTables or extend your existing knowledge of PivotTables, then plan to participate in this course. You will learn how to build PivotTables, group data inside PivotTables - including grouping options for fiscal periods - and create user-defined calculations in your PivotTables. You will also learn advanced PivotTable techniques, including building PivotTables that consolidate data from multiple data ranges and PivotTables that connect dynamically to external databases and financial accounting systems. Additionally, you will learn to take advantage of other Excel features associated with PivotTables, including Slicers, Power Query, and Power Pivot. You will be a master of Excel PivotTables at the end of the day! This course is for you if you have been leery of working with PivotTables or have struggled to realize their many benefits. With some information, guidance, and coaching from your K2 instructor, you will be ready to use PivotTables to analyze and report on extensive data sets in a fraction of the time you spend completing such tasks.

Highlights

  • PivotTable fundamentals, including Recommended PivotTables and the six elements of PivotTables
  • Formatting PivotTables
  • Advanced PivotTable techniques and options, including consolidation PivotTables, user-defined calculations, and working with Power Pivot
  • Analytical techniques available in PivotTables

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel 2019 or newer

Designed For

Accounting and financial professionals who want to use the power of Excel in common business situations to summarize and analyze data

Objectives

  • Identify the six main elements of a PivotTable report and their use when creating PivotTables
  • Create PivotTables and manipulate data in PivotTables using grouping techniques, modified Field Settings, user-defined calculations, and sorting and filtering options Import and link data from external data sources into PivotTables; additionally, use Tables and Data Models as data sources for PivotTables
  • Create Consolidation PivotTables to consolidate data from multiple data sources in Excel
  • Construct PivotTables in enterprise-class organizations using Power Pivot and Slicers
  • Analyze data in PivotTables using tools and techniques, such as sorting, filtering, Excel's GETPIVOTDATA function, and PivotCharts
  • Apply specific PivotTable methods to solve problems in areas of PivotTable formatting, creating multiple PivotTables from a single data source, grouping PivotTable data into fiscal reporting periods, and keeping PivotTable row order intact

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor. Login instructions will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Login instructions will be emailed directly to you by California Education Foundation (CalCPA).

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Thomas Stephens Jr, K2 Enterprises LLC

Tommy Stephens received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree (Major in Accounting) from Auburn University in 1985. In 1992, he earned a Master of Science degree (Major in Finance) from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Presently, Tommy is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Information Technology Professional, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

During his professional career, Tommy has gained valuable experience in a variety of positions, including:

• Working as an auditor and technology consultant for an Atlanta-based public accounting firm; • Leading an Internal Audit staff and managing a Cost Accounting team for a Fortune 500 company; • Serving as a Chief Financial Officer for an international engineering organization; and • Founding and managing his public accounting firm that provides accounting, tax, and consulting services to individuals and a variety of small and emerging businesses In 1995, Tommy began authoring and presenting continuing professional education courses to accounting and finance professionals. In 2003, he affiliated with K2 Enterprises, and in 2007, he joined the firm as a partner. To date, he has lectured internationally on subjects such as internal controls for small businesses, technology strategies, computer hardware and software applications, tax strategies and compliance, and financial accounting standards and applications. Over the past twenty-five years, Tommy has presented over 2,900 educational sessions to over 73,000 participants throughout the United States and Canada.

Presently, Tommy resides in Woodstock, Georgia, where he enjoys an active personal life with his wife. His hobbies include snow skiing, fishing, running, and other outdoor activities. Tommy maintains professional memberships with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Additionally, he is a past member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

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Non-Member Price $399.00

Member Price $299.00

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