Data Analytic Tools for Financial Management Course (Self-Paced)
IDFINC8900SP

Self-paced online training with expert support

Dive into data analytics tools and techniques to improve financial oversight in federal agencies. Establish the best way to detect anomalies, evaluate trends, and use tools like Excel and InfoZoom for financial data analysis.

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This course includes

  • 6 hours of project-based training from experts
  • Answers from real instructors
  • Proprietary workbook included
  • Retake for free within 1 year
  • Verified digital certificate of completion
  • Learn at an accredited institution

This course is self-paced. For live online or in-person instruction, take Data Analytic Tools for Financial Management.

This seminar is a condensed, quick paced overview on the principles, tools, techniques, and applications of data analytics within a contemporary financial management environment. Large amounts of electronic data present an enormous challenge and opportunity to identify trends, correlations, compliance, cost/expense activity, risks, possible fraud, errors, and otherwise hidden actions, and effects in financial and operational performance. This seminar will demonstrate the application of software and a case study to demonstrate the power of available tools to extract, sort and identify specific information from databases and the cloud. This seminar will also explore approaches to using data to identify risks and outliers, monitor activity, display, and chart results for reporting.

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This course has a prerequisite

Students should have prior experience working with financial data, using Excel for analysis, and applying basic auditing or oversight principles, as well as familiarity with identifying anomalies or data quality issues in transactional datasets.

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