Business Intelligence & Analytics for Finance Professionals

This Business Intelligence and Analytics for Finance Professionals training course will be presented in a highly participative workshop format using activities, case studies and practical examples. Delegates will have the opportunity to develop practical skills for using predictive analytics for preparing business forecasts and using Excel to design graphics for data visualisation and infographics presentations.

This Business Intelligence and Analytics for Finance Professionals training course will explain and practically demonstrate how finance professionals can make effective use of Business Intelligence and Business Analytics techniques to optimise the information and insights presented to managers and senior executives in the context of data driven decision management.

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Frame financial insights in the context of business process improvement
• Exploit the tools of Business Intelligence and Analytics systems
• Develop financial and non-financial key performance measures
• Apply the tools and techniques of predictive analytics
• Design powerful graphics for data visualisation and infographics

This Business Intelligence and Analytics for Finance Professionals training course will significantly raise the skills and effectiveness of any finance professional engaged in financial planning, performance management reporting or decision making support in any organisation using modern Enterprise Resource Planning systems supported by Business Intelligence and Business Analytics tools.  

This Gulf Rowad training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Finance Professionals across the organisation
• Head Office Planning Managers
• Budgeting and Forecasting Teams
• Commercial Managers
• Finance Strategic Business Partners

Organisational Impact

The organisation will gain through the development and application of capabilities and skills in key areas of communicating key financial insights to decision-makers, specifically benefits will include:

• Improved awareness of key business performance measures
• Greater financial insights from fully exploiting BI and BA systems
• Better integration of financial and non-financial performance measures
• Upgraded data visualisation and infographics
• Raised awareness of modern Agile approach to systems development
• Enhanced results from data driven decision management

Personal Impact

Delegates will benefit from the expansion of their knowledge and application of up to date Business Intelligence and Business Analytics tools and techniques, benefits will specifically include: 

• Ability to frame financial insights in the context of business process and performance
• Up to date knowledge of leading edge BI and BA tools and systems
• Practical skills in statistical analysis and predictive analytics
• Greater levels of involvement in management decision-making
• Raised awareness of modern Agile and Scrum approach to system development
• Effective methods for systems implementation and change management