Excel

Financial Modelling in Excel

Trainer Intuition Publishing
Further Enquiries Louise Ryan
e: louise.ryan@ibec.ie
t: 01 605 1546
Entry Requirements Prerequisite Knowledge or CoursesA sound knowledge of Excel formulae and functions and their practical applications is assumed, as well as familiarity with the common problems encountered when building financial models.
Course Content Course OverviewThis two-day course is designed to teach you modelling ‘best practice’ and how to build well structured financial models. It also critically assesses the merits of the different tools available in Excel, and looks at the practical applications of a number of Excel techniques and less commonly used functions.

Target AudienceThis course will be of benefit to those who are already familiar with Excel and its functions, who are looking to enhance their ability to build financial models and to analyse other people’s or standard models.

Learning Objectives•Understand the Golden Rules of Model Design
• Know how to Build a financial forecast
• Know how to forecasting the income statement
• Know how to Forecasting the balance sheet
• Know how to link up the cashflow statement
• Understand how to build effective scenario’s
• Know to use VBA to make models easier to use
• Understand how to auditing your model.

Learning Approach
This is a practical course and attendees will spend the majority of the time working in Excel. Please bring your own laptop, or contact Intuition to hire a PC.

Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Spring 2013
Subjects Taught Course Content
• Welcome and Programme objectives

Golden Rules of Model Design
• Input, calculation and output areas
• Key rules to follow
• Design rules, model structure and setup

Building a financial forecast
• Objectives, structure and building the core of the model
• Sources of information
• Historic information, cleaning the numbers

Forecasting the income statement
• Dealing with segment forecasts –divisional analysis
• Forecasting with EBITDA
• Dealing with taxation – determining the correct tax rate, marginal taxation, tax losses and deferred tax
• Forecasting dividends – payout as a driver, yearly off set

Forecasting the balance sheet
• PPE – Capex, depreciation and disposals, links to the cash flow statement
• Working capital – Drivers for receivables, payables and inventory, days based drivers
• Provisions – Distinguishing between cash and non cash provisions, income statement and balance sheet issues
• Shareholders equity – retentions, share issues and buy backs

Linking up the cash flow statement
• Key interactions between financial statements
• Constructing the debt schedule – creating a debt waterfall
• Debt modeling without circularity
• Problems of circular models

Working with scenario’s
• Different methods to select the scenarios – numbers, data validation, simple visual basics (VBA) tools, using the key form functions

Key auditing tools
• Using ratio analysis – growth and CAGR, primary and secondary ratio’s – Completing the audit process – creating a check sheet, auditing tools, finding links.

Summary and final thoughts

Duration 2 days
Course Fee €893 for Non Network Members
€625 for Network Members
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel - Advanced

Location of Course Raheen Limerick
Trainer Training Point
Course Content This Microsoft Excel Advanced training course is a 1 Day public programme, designed for candidates who would like to enhance their understanding and knowledge of Excel to an advanced level. It takes participants through the items listed in the course contents to a point where participants can use Microsoft Excel to advanced levels to increase efficiency in their everyday work.

Templates
• Using templates.
• Creating Excel templates.
• Displaying hidden template folders on a Windows 7 computer.
• Editing Excel templates on a Windows 7 computer.
• Displaying hidden template folders on a Windows Vista computer.
• Editing Excel templates on a Windows Vista computer.
• Displaying hidden template folders on a Windows XP computer.
• Editing Excel templates on a Windows XP computer.

Paste Special Options
• Using Paste Special to add, subtract, multiply & divide.
• Using Paste Special ‘values’.
• Using Paste Special transpose option.

Pivot Tables.
• Using a Pivot Table.
• Filtering and Sorting Data
• Grouping Data
• Creating and using a pivot table.
• Filtering and sorting data within a pivot table.
• Automatically grouping data in a pivot table and renaming groups.
• Manually grouping data in a pivot table and renaming groups.

Input Tables
• One-input data tables.
• Two-input data tables.

Charts
• Combined line and column charts.
• Adding a secondary axis to a chart.
• Adding a data series to a chart.
• Removing a data series from a chart.
• Re-positioning chart title.
• Re-positioning the chart legend.
• Moving and formatting chart data labels.
• Modifying chart axis scales.
• Formatting an axis to display using commas.
• Inserting images into chart columns.
• Inserting images to chart bars.
• Formatting the chart plot area using a picture.
• Formatting the chart area using a picture.

Linking & Embedding
• Linking data within a worksheet.
• Linking cells between worksheets
• Linking data between workbooks.
• Linking data from Excel to Word.
• Linking an Excel chart to Word.
• Updating, locking and breaking links.

Tracking and Reviewing Changes
• Enabling or disabling the ‘track changes’ feature.
• Sharing, comparing and merging worksheets.

Scenarios
• Scenario Manager.
• Scenario summary reports.

Validating
• Data validation – Whole number.
• Data validation – Decimal number.
• Data validation – List.
• Data validation – Date.
• Data validation – Time.
• Data validation – Text Length.
• Customising a validation input message and error alert.
• Removing data validation.

Auditing
• Tracing precedent cells.
• Tracing dependent cells.
• Identifying cells with missing dependents.
• Showing all formulas in a worksheet, rather than the resulting values.
• Inserting and viewing comments.
• Editing and deleting comments.
• Showing and hiding comments.

Macros
• Using Macros
• Assigning a Macro to a Button on the Quick Access Toolbar.
• Deleting Macros
• Using Macros
•• Deleting Macros
• Macro to change the page set-up.
• Macro to apply a custom number format.
• Macro to format a cell range.
• Macro to insert fields into the header or footer.
• Assigning a macro to a button on the Quick Access toolbar.
• Deleting macros.

Customising Excel
• Modifying Excel Options
• Minimising the Ribbon
• Autocorrect Options

Passwords & Security Issues
• Adding password protection to a workbook.
• Removing password protection
• Password protecting cells and worksheets.
• Hiding and un-hiding formulas.

Mathematical Functions
• ROUND.
• ROUNDDOWN.
• ROUNDUP.

Logical Functions
• IF.
• AND.
• OR.

Mathematical Functions
• SUMIF.

Statistical Functions
• COUNT.
• COUNTA.
• COUNTIF.
• COUNTBLANK.
• RANK.

Text Functions
• LEFT.
• RIGHT.
• MID.
• TRIM.
• CONCATENATE.

Financial Functions
• FV.
• PV.
• NPV.
• RATE.
• PMT.

Lookup Functions
• VLOOKUP.
• HLOOKUP.

Database Functions
• DSUM.
• DMIN.
• DMAX.
• DCOUNT.
• DAVERAGE

Enrolment and Start Dates Comment 15th May 2013
Duration 1 Day
Number of Places 12
Course Fee €90.00 per participant….. funding applied
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel - Introduction

Network: 
ISME Skillnet
Location of Course Dublin
Trainer Olas
Further Enquiries Liz Carroll. liz@isme.ie. 01 6622755
Entry Requirements Some IT Literacy
Course Content • Introduction and Overview
• Programme Overview
• Accessing Excel
• Using Help
• Navigating the Spreadsheet
• Parts of the Screen
• What’s new in Excel 2010
• Using the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
• Task Panes
• Smart Tags and Option Buttons
• Zoom
• Creating an Excel Spreadsheet
• Best Practices
• Entering Information - Labels, Numbers,
• Formulae
• Saving, Opening, Closing and Deleting
• Workbooks
• Document Properties and Management
• Editing
• Selection Techniques
• Drag and Drop
• Editing on Spreadsheets or with Formula Bar
• Delete / Clear Options
• Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
• Paste Options
• Clipboard
• Moving and Copying Text between
• Workbooks
• Inserting and Deleting Columns, Rows and
• Cells
• AutoFill
• Excel Formulae
• Entering and Referencing Formulae
• Calculations with Formulae
• Editing Formulae
• Order of Operations
• AutoFill with Formulae
• Excel Functions
• Basic Functions – Sum, Average, Min, Max,
• Count
• Trace Error Options
• Relative and Absolute Cell Addressing
• Naming Cells
• Formatting the Spreadsheet
• Number and Font Formatting
• Alignment
• Patterns / Borders / Shading
• Format Painter
• Comments
• Inserting Comments
• Editing and Deleting Comments
• Printing Options
• View Options
• Page Setup
• Orientation
• Scaling
• Margins
• Header / Footer
• Gridlines
• Printing
• Print Preview
• Printing Options
• Header and Footer
• Using Multiple Sheets in a Workbook
• Naming Sheets
• Moving and Copying Sheets
• Inserting and Deleting Sheets
• Formulas across Sheets
• Excel Charts
• Introduction to Excel Chart Facilities
• Constructing Charts from Spreadsheet Data
• Changing the Chart Type
• Chart Options
• Formatting Charts
• Introduction to Excel Databases
• Setting up an Excel Database
• Using the Sort Facility
• Using AutoFilter Feature
• Custom Filters
• Course Summary and Review
• Recap of Topics Covered
• Question Time
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Dublin. 8 May 2013
Booking Essential
Contact liz@isme.ie
Duration 1 day, 9.30am - 5.00pm.
Number of Places 10
Course Fee €215 ISME Members.
€295 non members.
No charge to job seekers
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel - Intermediate

Network: 
ISME Skillnet
Location of Course Dublin
Trainer Olas
Further Enquiries Liz Carroll. liz@isme.ie. 01 6622755
Entry Requirements Working knowledge of Excel (see introduction to excel for details.)
Course Content Target Audience: Aimed at experienced Excel users who need to create and manipulate more complex models using some of the advanced features of Excel.

Course Objectives: To create complex models involving multiple linked sheets and files; to analyse data using what-ifs and scenarios; validate and audit data; generate reports using Pivot Tables.

Introduction and Review
Good Spreadsheet Design
Using Help
What’s New in Excel 2010
Excel Screen
Task Panes, Smart Tags & Option Buttons
Document manipulation – Create, Open,
Save, Delete Workbooks
Data Entry – Text and Values
Review Comments
Review Formulae
Formatting – Numbers, Alignment, Font,
Borders and Patterns
Editing - Cut, Copy & Paste
Research Task Pane
Paste Special Options
Values
Transposing
Visible Cells
Paste Link
Advanced AutoFill
AutoFill Options with the Smart Tag
AutoFill with Numbers and Dates
Functions
Relative & Absolute Addressing
Review – Sum, Average, Max, Min, Count
Logical - IF, CountIf, SumIf, And, Or, Not
Nested IF
Text Functions
Error Handling Functions
Conditional Formatting
Text / Formulae Conditional Formatting
Working with Cell / Range Names
Multiple Ranges
Creating and Deleting Names
Applying Names
Multiple Sheets / Multiple Files
Review Using Multiple Sheets
Formula between Workbooks
Copy & Paste Link
Saving a Workspace
Group / Ungroup Worksheets
Database Management with Excel
Using the Data Form
Review Sorting and Filtering a Database
Advanced Filters
Using the Sub-Total Feature
Database Functions
Simple Data Validation
Text to Columns Feature
Lookup Functions
Pivot Tables
Creating a Pivot Table
Updating the Table
Changing the Table Structure
Formatting the Pivot Table
AutoFormats
Creating Charts from the Data
Calculated Items
Protection
Protection – Cells / Sheets / Files
Using IRM
Viewing & Printing
Page Break Preview
Print Preview
Page Setup Options
Print Area
Print Non-contiguous Areas
Advanced Charts
Review Creating a Chart
Chart Types and Formatting
Adding / Removing Data
Picture Charts
Custom Charts
3D View
Web Integration
Saving Excel Workbooks as Web Pages
Inserting Hyperlinks
Emailing Excel Workbooks
Course Summary and Review
Recap of Topics Covered
Question Time
Individual Project Work

Enrolment and Start Dates Comment 22 May 2013
Booking Essential
Contact liz@isme.ie
Duration 1 day, 9.30am - 5.00pm.
Number of Places 10
Course Fee €215 ISME Members.
€295 non members.
No charge to job seekers
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel - Advanced

Network: 
ISME Skillnet
Location of Course Dublin
Trainer Olas
Further Enquiries Liz Carroll. liz@isme.ie. 01 6622755
Entry Requirements A good level of Excel Skills. See Intermediate description
Course Content Target Audience: Aimed at experienced Excel users who need to create and manipulate more complex models using the advanced features of Excel.

Course Objectives:
To create complex models involving multiple linked spreadsheets and files, analysing data using what ifs and scenarios, validating and auditing data and automating commonly used features with macros.

Enrolment and Start Dates Comment 29 May 2013
Booking Essential
Contact liz@isme.ie
Subjects Taught • Introduction and Review
• What’s New in Excel 2010
• Efficient Spreadsheet Design
• Review Basic Spreadsheet Development –
• Formulas, Cell Referencing, Formatting,
• Tools Options
• Task Panes
• Smart Tags and Options button
• Functions
• Review Basic Functions
• Statistical Functions
• Time / Date Functions
• Text Functions
• Nesting Functions
• Conditional Formatting with Functions
• Multiple Sheets / Files
• Review Multiple Sheets
• Grouping Sheets
• Linking Sheets
• Workbook Features
• Consolidation
• Building a Consolidation
• Creating Consolidation Links
• Data Validation and Auditing
• Limiting Entries into a Cell
• Creating a Drop Down List
• Data Validation and Functions
• Circling Invalid Data
• Tracing Precedent and Dependent Cells
• Analysing Data
• Creating Data Tables for What-If Analysis
• Building a Scenario
• Multiple Scenarios
• Summary Scenarios
• Using Goal Seek and Solver
• Spreadsheet Database Features
• Advanced Filtering
• Database Functions
• Lookup Functions
• Pivot Tables Review – Creating and
• Updating the Table, Changing the Table
• Structure, Creating Charts from the Data
• Grouping Options
• Pivot Table Options
• On / Off Subtotals
• Calculated Items
• Showing / Hiding Fields
• Slicers
• Advanced Charts
• Review of Creating a Chart
• Advanced Chart Options
• Advanced Formatting
• Adding Trend lines
• User Defined Charts
• Customising the Work Area
• Creating a Template
• Using a Template
• Styles
• Custom Toolbars
• Sharing Workbooks
• Tracking Changes Options
• Accepting and Rejecting Changes
• Merging Workbooks
• Excel Macros
• Macro Fundamentals
• Creating a Macro
• Running a Macro
• Assigning a Macro to a Button / Menu
• Course Summary and Review
• Recap of Topics Covered
• Question Time
Duration 1 day, 9.30am - 5.00pm.
Number of Places 10
Course Fee €215 ISME Members.
€295 Non Members.
No charge to job seekers.
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel 2010 - Advanced

Network: 
ITAG Skillnet
Location of Course PFH,Galway Technology Park, Galway City
Trainer Abaltacht
Further Enquiries Dee Timoney
Email: dtimoney@itag.ie
Entry Requirements Must have good working knowledge of Excel prior to attending the Advanced course.
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment 16th May, 2013 - Courses are run on a regular basis please contact us to get further dates.
Subjects Taught Concepts and Functionality

Working with Excel Workbooks
• The Excel Screen
• View Options
• Splitting Worksheets
• Hiding Worksheets, Columns and Rows
• Save Options

Functions in Excel
• Sumif, Countif, Conditional IF statement, worksheet subtotal, vlookup / hlookup

Printing
• Print Options
• Page Setup

Advanced Formatting
• Paste special
• Conditional formatting

Sorting and filtering data
Subtotals
Pivot Tables
Data Validation
Advanced Chart Editing
Auditing and error management
Working with multiple sheets and workbooks
Scenario Manager
Macros

Duration 1 day, from 9.30am - 4.30pm.
Comment Eligible jobseekers can attend free of charge.
Number of Places 10
Course Fee €45
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Mobile IT Computer Training, Excel, Word, Visio - all levels

Location of Course In house IT Microsoft Package Training Nationwide.
Trainer Productive Solutions
Further Enquiries Michelle Reinecke-Quain
Life Sciences Skillnet Administrator
Email: michelle.reinecke-quain@ibec.ie
Phone: 061 431802
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Courses catered for Nationwide
Contact Network Manager Pauline O'Flanagan, pauline@lifesciencesskillnet.ie
Subjects Taught Mobile IT Training- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project. Tailored to your needs.
Duration 1 Day
Number of Places 11
Course Fee €597.00 per course
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Excel 2007 / 2010 - Intermediate

Location of Course Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Trainer Direct Training Ireland
Eligibility This course is specifically for those who already know how to input data into a spreadsheet and who are working on sheets created by others but want to know how to set up and manage their own worksheets.
Further Enquiries Sabrina Guida
Tel: 052 61 91103
Email: sabrina@clonmelchamber.com
Entry Requirements Basic Knowledge of Excel Required
Course Content The course will specifically cover the following areas:
 Understanding how formulas are created.
 Understanding the difference between “relative” and “absolute” cell references.
 Naming cells and ranges and using names in formulas
 Understanding and using dates in calculations.
 Inserting comments.
 Creating custom lists.
 Conditional Formatting.
 Sorting by more than one field.
 Advanced Excel Charts –
Trendlines, Combination Charts, Pareto Charts.
 Retrieving records using autofilter, custom and advanced filters.
 Using the following Excel functions ONLY:
o IF (Basic level)
o Sum / Min / Max
o Average / AverageA
o Count / CountA
o Countblank
o Concatenate
o Left / Right / Mid
o Today() / Now ()
o VLookUp (Basic Level)
Financial Support Free to unemployed individuals.
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Date of Course Wednesday 8th May 2013
Duration 1-Day, 9.30am - 4.30pm.
Number of Places 2
Course Fee €80.00
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

MS Excel - Intermediate - 2007 / 2010

Network: 
Biznetcork Skillnet
Location of Course Regus offices, Building 1000 (2nd Floor), City Gate, Mahon, Cork
Trainer E-Bridge
Learning Outcomes On completion of this course participants will be able to use much of the functionality with MS Excel including:
• Competent use of Shortcut Keys
• Use formatting tools such as the format painter
• Write and copy formulas – Relative / Absolute
• Work with multiple worksheets and write formulas across sheets / Link Sheets.
• Create professional looking charts and use drawing tools to enhance these.
• Use the database functionality of MS Excel – Sorting & Auto Filter.
Further Enquiries Aoife Dunne
Training Administrator
t: 021 453 0141
e: aoife@corkchamber.ie
Entry Requirements Anyone who has a good working knowledge of MS Excel 2007 or 2010 but may never have attended formal training.
Course Content This course is designed for those who may have been using MS Excel 2007 or 2010 for some time, but have never received formal training. We will work through basics including the use of shortcut keys & some less familiar formatting options. We will then move on to more intermediate topics such as writing & copying formulas, creating charts, using the database functionality – sorting & filtering lists.

Excel Basics (An Overview)
- Review of Excel Basics concentrating on quick methods of performing commonly used commands / features including an overview of Speed Keys

Formatting
- Advanced Formatting Options
- Using the Format Painter
- Deleting Formats
- Using AutoFormat
- Conditional Formatting

Viewing and Modifying Worksheets
- Zoom Setting
- Splitting a Worksheet
- Freezing Titles
- Print Titles
- Hiding and Unhiding Columns and Rows

Formulae and Functions
- Recap of Basic Formulae
- Recap of Basic Functions
- Copying Formulae
- Relative vs. Absolute cell addressing

Custom Lists
- Working with Text Lists in Excel
- Creating Custom Lists
- Incrementing Numbers & Dates

Working with Multiple Worksheets
- Switching between sheets
- Inserting a new sheet
- Deleting sheets
- Renaming a sheet
- Moving / Copying sheets
- Group Edit
- Linking sheets using Formulae

Charts and Drawing Tools
- Creating a chart
- The Chart Wizard
- The Charting Toolbar
- Moving / Resizing the chart
- Formatting charts
- Changing the Chart Type
- Working with Drawing Tools

Database Features
- Sorting Records
- Using AutoFilter

Working with Dates
- Formatting Dates
- Date Calculations
- The Today Function

Financial Support There are limited free places available on all of our courses for jobseekers.
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Start Date: 15th May, 2013
Duration One Day
Number of Places 8
Course Fee Chamber Member Rate: €100.00
Chamber Non-Member Rate: €145.00
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Microsoft Excel 2010 - Level 2

Location of Course Dublin City Centre
Trainer New Horizons
Further Enquiries info@itaa.ie
Tel: 01 417 9696
Course Content Microsoft Excel Level 2
Subjects Taught • Creating & Applying Templates
• Sorting & Filtering Data
• Managing Lists with Data Tables
• Create Complex Functions
• Presenting Data Using Charts
Duration 1 day
Number of Places 12
Course Fee TBA
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No
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