Content explaining how Excel is used in real-world finance roles, why it is essential for finance professionals, and how Excel skills impact employability, productivity, and career growth in finance.
Nowadays, finance professionals have so many options for tools. Python, Power BI, SQL, AI models, the list goes on. Job descriptions mention a lot of skills, and so do the candidates in their CVs. In addition, social media claims that people require expertise in the most advanced technology to get hired. However, when you … Read more
For most finance graduates, Excel feels difficult when they start working in the office, even though they have learnt Excel. They claim they know Excel, as they have watched tutorials, completed courses, and memorised a lot of unnecessary formulas. Yet inside the real office, they still hesitate before opening Excel, Panic during the month … Read more
Every student claims that they know Excel. They add this skill to the CVs and mention this in the interviews. However, when they are given the job to do, they panic when numbers do not match, hesitate to touch messy data, and struggle to reconcile. Silent frustration begins because even after learning advanced Excel, … Read more
Whenever a new tool or software enters the finance market, people often declare that Excel is dead. Initially, when ERPs came, later at the time of Python and Power BI, and recently, with AI, many believed Excel had no place. The truth of the matter is, not a single one of these advanced tools … Read more
Most people always talk about advanced tools such as Python, Power BI, and Power Query, but they forget to mention Excel. The primary reason for this is that they think Excel is a basic tool. In reality, Excel is a primary tool. In fact, every advanced software consumes output prepared from Excel. No matter … Read more
For many middle-class individuals, competitive exams are viewed as the safest career path to settle into, as they offer a predictable salary, pension, benefits, and other advantages. However, salary and financial freedom are not the same. Financial independence gives you freedom from thinking about how to make money and eliminates the stress of going … Read more
Nowadays, people often learn Excel to secure employment. They watch tutorials, sign up for a course, Learn the basics, memorise a few formulas and techniques and call themselves advanced Excel users. This happens to impress the recruiter. As a result, the candidate gets hired. But once they get hired, they realise that they have … Read more
Most people learn Excel just to get a job. Excel becomes another skill that sits on the resume. But Excel is more than that. In reality, Excel is a powerful problem-solving tool used across accounting, finance, operations, sales, and one way or the other in the entire business. It not only helps you work … Read more
One of the things that new finance graduates do is they keep learning Excel. The real question is not how to learn it, but when to stop learning and start using it. Most people begin with motivation; they start with learning a few formulas and watching a few videos, and then they get stuck, … Read more
For years, finance students were told that finance degrees and certifications are the clear path to a high-paying and stable career. We were told to pursue ACCA, CFA, an MBA, or a Master’s in Finance, and success would naturally follow. But today reality looks quite different. Every year, thousands of highly qualified finance graduates … Read more