In this module, you will be exploring four key areas of the corporate accounting process. While some of these terms may be familiar to you, it is important to review these concepts and understand how they all fit together.
These include the key principles of financial accounting process; financial close process, trial balance, and account reconciliation; preparing financial statements; and key financial ratio.
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This self-paced module is a part of The Ohio Society of CPAs Workforce Development: Upskilling & Reskilling the Accounting Profession Technical Skills bundle. We encourage you to explore each of these courses as a part of your professional development plan. If interested in purchasing the entire bundle, refer to the related products below the product description.
In this module, we will explore some technology tools that are currently used in the field of accounting, including some exciting and emerging technologies. You may be familiar with some of these terms while others may be quite new. During this module, you will also have an opportunity to learn some practical applications of accounting software.
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Additional Course Information:
This self-paced module is a part of The Ohio Society of CPAs Workforce Development: Upskilling & Reskilling the Accounting Profession Technical Skills bundle. We encourage you to explore each of these courses as a part of your professional development plan. If interested in purchasing the entire bundle, refer to the related products below the product description.
Gain a broad overview of the capabilities of Excel in the world of accounting. You may be familiar with Excel to enter data and create spreadsheets. But do you know what else Excel can do? It’s a powerful tool that provides a range of options to support your work. First, we will take a look at some tips and tricks accountants can use to improve their Excel experience. Then, we will delve a little deeper to understand how to use Excel to create financial reports, analyze the data we enter into Excel and create powerful visual presentations from Excel. Lastly, we will explore how to turn columns of numbers into understandable visuals that can be shared with the executive leadership team of our company.
Please note that this module focuses on a broad survey of some of Excel’s capabilities. It isn’t meant to be a how-to tutorial. Rather, we want you to gain an appreciation and understanding of the many possibilities of Excel when used by capable accountants who understand what to use, when, and why. The overarching objective is for you to be able to name and explain some of the various functions and how they can be used. But remember, if the information entered isn’t correct or accurate, then no shortcut or chart will fix that.
Why Attend:
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Additional Course Information:
This self-paced module is a part of The Ohio Society of CPAs Workforce Development: Upskilling & Reskilling the Accounting Profession Technical Skills bundle. We encourage you to explore each of these courses as a part of your professional development plan. If interested in purchasing the entire bundle, refer to the related products below the product description.
In this module, you will learn how to use advanced techniques in Excel to analyze data at a deeper level. Using tools such as advanced pivot tables, you will learn how to ask the right questions to analyze your data in-depth and then find ways to answer those questions through several of Excel’s more advanced data analysis techniques.
You will then move on to explore Power BI, a powerful tool for visualizing data. You will have the opportunity to explore some of its capabilities and think about how you might use data visualization to share complex information with a variety of audiences.
Please note that this module focuses on a broad survey of some of Excel’s advanced data analysis tools as well as an introduction to Power BI. It isn’t meant to be a how-to tutorial. Rather, we want you to think about the various ways you can drill down into the data to investigate it from multiple perspectives and how to share that complex information through visualization. The overarching objective is for you to be aware of the various advanced tools and visualization techniques that enable you to add value to your job by enhancing your analytic skills.
Why Attend:
Who Should Attend:
Additional Course Information:
This self-paced module is a part of The Ohio Society of CPAs Workforce Development: Upskilling & Reskilling the Accounting Profession Technical Skills bundle. We encourage you to explore each of these courses as a part of your professional development plan. If interested in purchasing the entire bundle, refer to the related products below the product description.