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Corporate Finance Institute

Workflow Best Practice for Analysts

via Corporate Finance Institute

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Workflow Best Practice for Analysts Course

Efficient workflow management is critical for saving time, ensuring accuracy, and improving team collaboration. Learn invaluable lessons from experienced analysts who have honed their skills over many years of work experience. This course distills essential best practices for naming conventions, versioning, formatting, and automation, helping you to avoid common pitfalls and shortcut your way to exceptional working practices. Master these techniques to boost your productivity and build a strong reputation as a top-tier analyst. Additionally, you’ll find plenty of inspiration and suggestions for how to further develop your skills, speed, and efficiency. 

Workflow Best Practice for Analyst’s Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Use best practice file date conventions to improve organization and collaboration.
  • Produce best-in-class documentation and audit trails for your models and data links.
  • Understand why Excel is superior to Google Sheets for financial modeling.
  • Explore best-in-class model formatting with a financial modeling expert.
  • Implement basic automation to effectively manage data and chart connections between Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Identify tools to enhance efficiency and double your productivity.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is ideal for analysts at any stage of their career who want to enhance their workflow efficiency and productivity. It is particularly beneficial for analysts who work with many stakeholders or deal with lots of files, data, and presentations. 

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Naming Conventions
  • Versioning & Audit Trails
  • Software & File Storage
  • Formatting
  • Outputs & Presentations
  • Efficiency & Productivity
  • Summary
  • Qualified Assessment

Taught by

Sebastian Taylor

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