1 00:00:01,420 --> 00:00:09,010 Welcome to the Course Excel for financial analysis, where you will learn both the financial analytics 2 00:00:09,010 --> 00:00:13,270 concept as well as the implementation and exit. 3 00:00:14,590 --> 00:00:20,920 My name is Michelle and along with my co instructor Puckridge, I'll be leading you through this course 4 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:22,840 as instructors. 5 00:00:23,350 --> 00:00:30,760 Our courses have been enrolled by over seven hundred thousand students worldwide, the bolthole, engineering 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:39,340 and MBA degrees and have experience of data analytics and consulting industry and today's data driven 7 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:39,750 world. 8 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:45,830 More and more companies are looking for people skilled in finance and analytics. 9 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:52,200 On the other hand, students are facing difficulty in figuring out where to start this topic. 10 00:00:53,410 --> 00:01:01,330 The available study material on this topic is either too generic or focuses completely on the chording 11 00:01:01,330 --> 00:01:01,690 part. 12 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,380 A perfectly balanced course is really hard to find. 13 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:13,690 We have designed this course for the people who are beginning their career in financial analysis and 14 00:01:13,690 --> 00:01:14,160 modeling. 15 00:01:15,010 --> 00:01:21,900 I need a sound understanding of financial analytics concepts without going too deep in the coding part. 16 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:31,570 If you put one out day in discourse within 15 days, you will be able to master financial analysis. 17 00:01:31,570 --> 00:01:39,220 Using exit will start the scores by learning how to use formulas and functions in Excel. 18 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:45,250 Then we will look at the important financial functions that Excel provides us. 19 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:54,490 Will also see how to do horizontal and vertical analysis of a firm's profit and loss statement, after 20 00:01:54,490 --> 00:01:58,480 which we will cover financial ratio analysis and dissection. 21 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:06,220 Then we will look at different types of charts and dashboards which we can use to visualize our data. 22 00:02:07,970 --> 00:02:14,550 Then we will see the application of pivot tables for slicing and dicing the data to create some reports. 23 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:21,820 After this, we will learn the concept of predictive modeling using linear regression. 24 00:02:23,450 --> 00:02:29,550 At the end, we will also create a completely new regression model in Excel from Scratch. 25 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:37,180 The ideal student for this course is a finance professional who wants to expand on the current skills 26 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,520 of a student who wants to have a career in the field of financial analysis and modeling. 27 00:02:44,980 --> 00:02:47,170 There are no prerequisites for this course. 28 00:02:48,370 --> 00:02:52,770 We only ask that you do the practical exercises side by side. 29 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:59,890 If you have any doubt or query throughout the course, you can post them in the discussion forum. 30 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:07,090 I will be personally solving all your doubts, so feel free to have a look at the course description 31 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,610 and we look forward to seeing you inside.