Accounting and Finance Analytics: Mindset, Skills, and Application - Introduction
The Accounting and Finance Analytics: Mindset, Skills, and Application - Introduction course prepares learners to implement a data-driven approach to business decision-making and problem-solving. This program includes three key components: (1) mindset development and fundamental tools; (2) structured problem-solving; and (3) capstone application.
Learners who complete this program will:
- Develop an analytics mindset to guide, facilitate, and engage in data-driven decision-making and problem-solving
- Collect, curate, and prepare data for analysis
- Visualize data and communicate the “story” within the data
- Use common tools to automate analytics processes and engage in descriptive and prescriptive analytics
- Apply analytics to a complex, ambiguous business scenario
Skills / Knowledge
- Analytics Mindset
- Data Curation/Cleaning/Preparation
- Data Visualization and Story-telling
- Diagnostic Analytics
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics