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Friday, September 18, 2015 Live

Excel PivotTables for Accountants (E1509393)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:00 AM EDT

NJCPA Education Center

425 Eagle Rock Avenue,
Roseland , NJ 07068

8 CPE Credits in MT

OVERVIEW

If you are ready to learn how to take advantage of PivotTables or how to extend your existing knowledge of PivotTables, then you should make time to participate in this course. In this program, you will learn how to build PivotTables, how to group data inside PivotTables – including grouping options for fiscal periods – and how to create user-defined calculations in your PivotTables.

DESIGNED FOR

Accounting and financial professionals who want to use the power of Excel PivotTables to analyze and summarize data.

BENEFITS

  • Understand how to use PivotTables to analyze and report on very large data sets
  • Identify the six main elements of a PivotTable report and their use when creating PivotTables

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Create PivotTables and manipulate data in PivotTables using grouping techniques, modified Field Settings, user-defined calculations, and sorting and filtering options
  • Import and link data from external data sources into PivotTables; additionally, use Tables and Data Models as data sources for PivotTables
  • Create Consolidation PivotTables to consolidate data from multiple data sources in Excel
  • Construct PivotTables in enterprise-class organizations using Power Pivot and Slicers
  • Analyze data in PivotTables using tools and techniques, such as sorting, filtering, Excel’s GETPIVOTDATA function and Pivot Charts
  • Apply specific PivotTable techniques to solve problems in areas of PivotTable formatting, creating multiple PivotTables from a single data source, grouping PivotTable data into fiscal reporting periods and keeping PivotTable row order intact

COURSE LEVEL

Advanced

PREREQUISITES

Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or newer.

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • This is not a hands-on course.

Course materials are distributed electronically. To access the materials visit My Events. Download to your laptop or tablet prior to the seminar, handouts are added as received.

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  • The NJCPA Emerging Leaders Council is hosting a Food Drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Please bring your nonperishable items and canned goods to this event. Peanut butter and tuna fish are always needed.

INSTRUCTOR

Brian Tankersley

Brian F. Tankersley, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Brian F. Tankersley, CPA, CITP

Brian F. Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CGMA Director of Strategic Relationships, K2 Enterprises Farragut, Tennessee brian@k2e.com Brian Tankersley is a consultant who advises US firms and companies on accounting technology issues. Mr. Tankersley is a frequent speaker at continuing education courses for K2 Enterprises, and publishes a nationally recognized blog on accounting and technology (www.cpatechblog.com). He has also served as the technology editor for a major accounting industry publication. Mr. Tankersley has over 20 years of professional experience, including accounting, auditing, technology, and education, and has been with K2 Enterprises since 2005. Tankersley has been recognized seven times as one of the “Top 25 Thought Leaders in Public Accounting Technology” by Cygnus Business Media. Tankersley is also one of the authors of the Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey, which has been published annually for the last three years. Brian has made presentations in 46 of the 50 US states and has served as a guest speaker for many professional accounting organizations across Canada. He received the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award from the Tennessee Society of CPAs in 2009 and 2013, and was recognized for writing the Article of the Year for the Tennessee CPA Journal in 2011. Brian has presented sessions at many national conferences, including AICPA TECH+/Practitioners Conference, The Sleeter Group’s Solutions Conference, Sage Insights, CCH Connections, and Thomson Reuters Synergy User Conference. Brian is a certified public accountant (Tennessee), a certified information technology professional (CITP), and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He holds bachelor’s degrees in both Accounting and Finance, cum laude, from the University of Tennessee. Tankersley also maintains numerous vendor software certifications, and is a member of the Tennessee Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. Brian and his family make their home in Farragut, Tennessee.

PRICING

$399.00 - Nonmember

$299.00 - Member

Pre-Registration Closed

Online pre-registration for this event is now closed.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

Print a registration form

COURSE DEVELOPER

K2 Enterprises