Excel for Business Analysts: Data Analysis and Reporting

Business decisions rely on clean, well-analyzed data, and Excel remains the most widely used tool to turn raw numbers into actionable insights. This text-based course guides you from Excel beginner to a confident business analyst, teaching you how to structure data, perform financial calculations, and prepare professional reports. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational Excel terminology, interface navigation, and basic data structuring principles. - Apply core business formulas such as SUM, AVERAGE, and nested logical functions to analyze performance. - Master modern lookup and reference functions, including XLOOKUP and dynamic array formulas like FILTER and SORT. - Clean and transform messy business data efficiently using Power Query fundamentals. - Build clear, structured summaries using PivotTables to highlight key business metrics. - Practice constructing basic financial and operational reports through step-by-step written scenarios. You will start with fundamental spreadsheet concepts and terminology before progressing to advanced formulas, data cleaning workflows, and reporting techniques. This course is designed for aspiring business analysts, career switchers, and professionals looking to build a strong, modern foundation in Excel without any prior technical experience. Start reading today to build the practical Excel skills needed for modern business analysis.