AI for Finance and Business

Claude in Excel for Finance

Develop practical capabilities in AI-assisted financial analysis and modelling inside Excel.

3-level pathwayBuilt with Claude in Excel
Overview

What the programme covers

Build the full finance workflow inside Excel, from data preparation and formulas to statement analysis, dashboards, budgets, forecasts and financial models. You finish with a model built from raw assumptions and an automated reporting workflow.

Built inside Excel with Claude in Excel

Claude generates and explains every formula, lookup and check as you build.

Curriculum

Course flow

01

Foundations

  • Claude in Excel fundamentals: setup, prompting, Skills and Connectors
  • Financial data preparation with Claude
02

Formulas and analysis

  • Applying Excel formulas to finance problems: lookups, aggregation, decision rules, dates
  • Financial analysis: revenue, cost, profitability, margin, trend and ratio analysis
03

Statements and dashboards

  • Financial statement analysis: income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
  • Financial data visualisation and dashboard design
04

Planning and reporting

  • Budgeting and forecasting with scenario and sensitivity models
  • FP&A and management reporting packs
05

Modelling and automation

  • Financial modelling: revenue, cost, working capital and three-statement models
  • Automating recurring finance workflows and reporting
Who it is for

Built for these roles

  • Finance professionals
  • Analysts
  • FP&A and reporting teams
  • Finance managers working primarily in Excel
What you leave with

Clean, analysis-ready financial data. A working formula toolkit for common finance problems. Completed financial statement and performance analysis. A management dashboard. A budget, forecast and scenario model. A financial model built from raw assumptions. An automated reporting workflow, all built inside Excel with Claude's support.

Programme details

The practical details

Duration3-level pathway, instructor-led with live demonstrations
LevelPractical, end-to-end Claude in Excel programme for finance professionals
InvestmentFee on request
PrerequisitesPaid Claude plan with Claude in Excel, laptop, working knowledge of Excel and finance
ToolkitClaude in Excel
FacilitatorTafirei Mashamba, PhD
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