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Advanced
Excel: Spreadsheet
Techniques And
Financial Applications
Improve Your Computing Efficiency
And Financial Application Abilities And Get
More Done In Less Time!
14 – 18 June 2009
JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, UAE

Course I: Course II:

Advanced Excel Spreadsheet Techniques Innovative Excel Model Building
14 – 15 June 2009 16 – 18 June 2009

Attend to: Attend to:

• Gain skills to perform the most complex calculations and
functions
• Work efficiently with related worksheets and workbooks
• Increase your ability to forecast outcomes accurately
• Analyse data accurately using pivot tables
• Learn how to use spreadsheet skills effectively for
advanced financial applications
• Understand how to design an effective spreadsheet
• Adopt logical methods to solve complex problems
• Benefit from new reporting and presentation techniques
• Save time and reduce frustration when working on Excel
spreadsheets
• Take your current Excel skills to the next level

Top 10 Reasons To Attend This Highly Beneficial Course!

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for finance professionals who are required to work with spreadsheets and want insights on how to use them
more effectively. Those responsible for accountancy, financial and credit controlling, as well as business and financial analysis will
certainly benefit. This course will also benefit those working in areas of budgeting, treasury and risk management.

Organised By Official Regional Recruitment Partner

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Meet Your Expert Course Leader

Richard France is a Chartered

Accountant (FCA) with an MBA from
Henley Management College and
has been in training and consultancy
for 18 years. He works in his own
company, Logic Consultants Ltd. and
also for PMMS Consulting Group
Ltd. which specialises in supply chain and negotiation
skills consultancy. He supplies training in finance and risk
management and works for companies such as Rolls-
Royce, Pirelli, AstraZeneca, Sanofi Aventis and Government
Departments, both internationally and in the UK. He is also
retained by a British University to deliver their accredited
management development programmes.

Richard has been a Financial Director of a manufacturing

company with 300 staff and also worked for a management
consultancy raising finance for companies and providing
company ‘doctoring’ consultancy. In addition to his training
services, he also handles strategic and business planning
projects for smaller and medium sized companies and
is often involved in their implementation. Spreadsheet
modelling for decision support information is his particular
strength.

Hear What Delegates Had To Say About

The Previous Course:
The course has immensely benefited me in developing my
Excel skills and will greatly influence the quality of my work.
Mahesh Kumar Narayan
Principal Finance
Real Capita BSC, Bahrain

The course covered both insights of Excel and finance and

business models. It has really enhanced my knowledge.
Shafi Ahmed
Information Analyst
National Titanium Dioxide Co., KSA

A perfect, useful and informative event.

Syed Zubair Shah
Senior Accountant
Eli Lilly SA, KSA

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Dear Finance Professional,

Imagine being able to create a report in 15 minutes instead of two

hours, or fitting that monthly management presentation into 20
minutes rather than a whole day! Turning your data into valuable
business information using Excel is the most powerful skill you
could ever learn. It will save you time and make easy work of
calculations.

IIR’s two-part Advanced Excel: Spreadsheet Techniques And

Financial Applications, taking place from 14 – 18 June 2009 in
Dubai, is your opportunity to dramatically improve your computing
efficiency and financial application ability. You will not only learn
practical, advanced skills to increase productivity, you will also be
able to enhance your value as a finance professional.

These highly beneficial training courses will allow you to develop

a full set of tools to implement directly in your organisation on
your return. During five practical and beneficial days you will get a
high-level education which will teach you the skills to dramatically
improve your calculations, business modelling and manipulation of
financial data.

Please see the following pages for full programme details. Register
now by completing the form on the back of the brochure. You can
also register by e-mailing register@iirme.com or by visiting the
website at www.iirme.com/excel

Take your Excel skills to a higher level and get more done in less
time. I look forward to welcoming you to this essential course in
June 2009!

Kind regards,

Keith Parker
Conference Manager

P.S. Register NOW and benefit from early bird discounts!

Due to the pragmatic nature of this programme, you will have

access to a computer and therefore be able to practice and
discuss the examples. Delegates who wish to bring their own
laptop computers can do so.

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 Course I : 14 – 15 June 2009
Advanced Excel Spreadsheet Techniques
Course Timings
Registration and refreshments will be at 08.00 on the first day. Each day will commence at 08.30 and conclude at 14.30 with lunch. There will be
two refreshments breaks at appropriate times.

Course Objectives Importing Data Into A Spreadsheet

Day Two – Monday, 15 June 2009
You will gain the practical skills to: • Querying a database from Excel
• Discover hidden short-cuts to dramatically • Using filter and sort in database query
reduce the time you spend on Session 1 – Validating Data, Pivot Tables
Session 2 – Macros, Functions, Look Up
spreadsheets Using Paste Special
Session 3 – Charting, IF, Data Tables
• Learn how to format quickly and accurately • Why use paste special?
• Develop practical solutions to your • Pasting different types of information Data Validation
business problems through superior • The operations area
spreadsheet design • Special options Summarising Data Using Pivot Tables
• Upgrade your spreadsheet skills with • What are pivot tables?
• Creating pivot tables
advanced data management techniques Linking Data In Spreadsheets
• Grouping data in pivot tables
• Use macros more efficiently • Linking to a cell on the same spreadsheet
• Refreshing pivot tables
• Consolidate worksheets from different • Linking to cells in other worksheets • Formatting a pivot table
sources into one workbook • Linking to cells in other workbooks • Selecting elements of a pivot table
• Develop efficient techniques for using • Cell references in formulae • Making use of multiple data fields
charts and maps • Linking to cells in Excel workbooks from • Using grand totals and subtotals
• Use spreadsheet skills for advanced Word • Changing a pivot table’s calculations
financial applications • Linking charts
Using Excel Macros
• Create, format and trouble shoot pivot • What are macros?
tables Naming Cells And Adding Comments • Recording macros
• Analyse data accurately using pivot tables • Cell names • Running macros
• Comments • Adding macros to a toolbar
Course Pre-Requisite • Using macro buttons
It is imperative for you to have good Excel Formatting Your Spreadsheets
Using Reference And Mathematical
knowledge prior to attending this course • Freezing row and column titles
Functions
to maximise your learning experience. The • Using AutoFormat • Reference functions
course material will include extensive use of • Custom number formats • Subtotalling
Excel and it is essential that you are at ease • Conditional formatting • 3D sum
with using spreadsheets. This is not a basic • SUMIF
Excel programme. During the course you will Auditing Your Spreadsheet • ROUND
• Nesting
work through a series of hands-on practical • Formulae and locations
exercises. Similarly, the financial applications • Tracing precedent cells
Customising Charts
require a sound knowledge of financial • Tracing dependent cells • Deleting a data series from a chart
techniques. • Modifying the chart type for a data series
Sharing And Protecting Your Spreadsheets • Formatting chart axis
This course provides a comprehensive guide • Hiding columns and rows • Widening the gaps between columns in a
to the latest tools and skills for all finance • Hiding worksheets chart
• Inserting a picture in a chart
professionals. • Protecting cells
• Changing the angle of slices in a pie chart
• Protecting worksheets • Exploring all the slices in a pie chart
Day One – Sunday, 14 June 2009 • Protecting workbooks • Repositioning chart elements

Session 1 – Intro To Programme – Auditing,
Hiding And Protecting,
Formatting And Conditional
Formatting
Session 2 – Account Interpretation, Trends
And Case Study
Session 3 – Importing, Sorting, Filtering,
Pasting, Linking, Absolute
References, Naming And
Comments
Sorting Data In A Spreadsheet Using Data Tables And Scenarios
• Data tables
• Sorting data in Excel
• 1-input data tables
• Custom sort orders
• 2-input data tables
• Defining a custom list
• Named scenarios
• Scenario summaries
Financial Analysis
• Financial statements Using Logical Functions
• Financial ratio analysis • IF
• Financial forecasting • AND
• OR
• ISERROR

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 Course II : 16 – 18 June 2009
Innovative Excel Model Building
Course Timings
Registration and refreshments will be at 08.00 on the first day. Each day will commence at 08.30 and conclude at 14.30 with lunch. There will be
two refreshments breaks at appropriate times.

Practical Exercises
Day One – Tuesday, 16 June 2009 Explore the following: Forthcoming Related Events:
• Future value and present value
Session 1 – Decision Tools – Goal Seek, • Annuities, both equal cash flows and BC2931
Scenarios, Solver And Spinners unequal cash flows Advanced Financial Statement Analysis
Session 2 – Operational Gearing, Marginal • Continuous compounding
29 March – 2 April 2009
Costing, Cash Flow • Cost-volume-profit analysis
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Session 3 – Building A Financial Model
Look Up Tables
Using Statistical And Database Functions BC2961
• Statistical functions Cost Of Capital Financial Modelling Using Excel
• Database functions • Cost of debt 26 – 30 April 2009
• Cost of equity
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Gearing And Capital Structure • Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
• Operating gearing
• Financial gearing Practical Exercises BC2999
• Combined gearing Explore the following: Aligning Budgeting With Strategy
• Capital structure • Cost of debt 31 May – 4 June 2009
• Opportunity cost of capital www.iirme.com/alignbudget
Practical Exercises • Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Explore the following:
• Degree of operating leverage Capital Budgeting Techniques
• Break-even point • Definitions
• Calculation of business risk • Payback method
• Degree of financial risk • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
• Decision tools – goal seek, solver, scenarios, • Net Present Value (NPV)
spinners • Cash flows and capital budgeting
• Marginal costing
• Cash flow Day Three – Thursday, 18 June 2009

Model Building Exercise Session 1 – Company Valuations

Session 2 – Company Valuations
Day Two – Wednesday, 17 June 2009 (Continued)
Session 3 – Free Cash Flow And Valuing
Session 1 – Continue Building Financial Bonds
Model
Session 2 – Payback And DCF Valuations
Session 3 – Weighted Average Cost Of • Asset based valuations
Capital (WACC) • Earnings based valuations
• Cash flow methods of valuation
Model Building Exercise (Continue) • Free cash flow
• Valuing bonds
Using Financial Functions
• Net Present Value (NPV) Risk Analysis
• Present Value (PV) • Techniques for measuring risk
• Future Value (FV) • Sensitivity analysis
• Scenario analysis
Mathematics For Finance
• The time value of money Practical Exercises
• Calculation of future value and present Examine the tools and techniques developed
value throughout the course
• Continuous compounding
• The discounted cash flow

Tel: 971-4-3352437 • Fax: 971-4-3352438 • Email: register@iirme.com • Web: www.iirme.com/excel

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14 – 18 June 2009 • JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, UAE

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