Fast Track Your FP&A Excel Skills

New

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Master the technical and analytical skills today’s finance teams demand - taught by two of the industry’s most trusted voices.

Fast Track Your FP&A Excel Skills

New

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Master the technical and analytical skills today’s finance teams demand - taught by two of the industry’s most trusted voices.

Hosted by

Giles Male and Paul Barnhurst

Microsoft MVPs | FMI Certified | CIMA | Award-winning | FP&A Certified

Giles Male and Paul Barnhurst

Microsoft MVPs | FMI Certified | CIMA | Award-winning | FP&A Certified

Course overview

Rapidly develop your Excel and analytical capabilities, with two trusted experts

A Fast, Structured Learning Journey

This isn’t theoretical training. You’ll build practical skills session by session, and every lesson builds on the last.

Clear, Practical Teaching

No fluff, no jargon. Just concise explanations, repeatable methods, and plenty of guided practice.

Community & Accountability

You’ll learn alongside motivated peers, with dedicated support from Giles and Paul to keep you moving.

Immediate ROI

You’ll walk away with faster Excel habits, sharper analysis skills, and the confidence to use them.

Who is this course for

Finance professionals looking for a quick and effective Excel skills boost.

FP&A analysts searching for better ways to carry out their daily work.

Those who want to learn how to use Modern Excel and AI to be more efficient and effective in their work.

Finance professionals looking for a quick and effective Excel skills boost.

FP&A analysts searching for better ways to carry out their daily work.

Those who want to learn how to use Modern Excel and AI to be more efficient and effective in their work.

What you’ll get out of this course

Excel Tables & Power Query

Learn how to use two of Excel's most powerful features. Tables and Power Query help you automate your processes and manage data quickly and effectively.

Dynamic Arrays

Dynamic Arrays are part of Modern Excel's incredible new array-based calculation engine. We'll introduce you to the basics, sowing the seed for more advanced use cases.

Fundamental Data Analytics with Excel

We'll walk through case studies to bring your analytics skills to life.

Responsible AI Use

It's impossible to ignore it! We'll share our thoughts on the use of LLMs and 3rd party AI tools at a time when there is so much noise and hype surrounding this topic.

What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Giles Male & Paul Barnhurst in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

4 live sessions • 11 lessons • 3 projects

Week 1

Jan 19—Jan 25

Setting up your budget and actuals data with Tables & Power Query

Jan
21
Session 1: Setting up your budget & actuals data with Tables & Power Query
Wed 1/215:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

4 more items

How to work with Dynamic Arrays

Jan
22
Session 2: How to work with Dynamic Arrays
Thu 1/225:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

3 more items

Week 2

Jan 26—Feb 1

Session 3: Build a dynamic revenue dashboard

Jan
28
Session 3: Build a dynamic revenue dashboard
Wed 1/285:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

3 more items

Responsible AI use and final tips & tricks

Jan
29
Session 4: Responsible AI use and final tips & tricks
Thu 1/295:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

4 more items

Week 3

Feb 2—Feb 5

Project 3 Submission

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What people are saying

Giles is one of the best trainers out there. Highly recommend and come ready to soak in as much knowledge as you can!

Riley Jonhson

Finance Analyst

If you're looking to get started with Microsoft Excel, sharpen your Excel skills, and probably brush up and refine your skills, look no further.

Sheriffdeen

Finance Professional

I’m a huge fan of The FP&A Guy! You’ve helped me become a far better FP&A professional and your insight is always helpful.

Sean Landkamer

FP&A Professional

Great course, at foundational level, it still provide deep insight for someone willing to the journey to excel mastery.

Eric Hagenimana

Paul’s approach is fantastic and his ability to educate you on key principles and new formulas to help structure your data in the most efficient way is incredible. I would highly recommend any FP&A team to invest time and training on such an important skill set that all FP&A professionals should have.

Deepak Bhandari

CFO

Truly an incredible session that helped us sharpen our skills to be more effective at our jobs. Your hands on and example heavy approach really helped the team absorb the material quickly and implement in their day to day work faster.

Tolga Hocanin

CFO

Meet your instructors

Giles Male

Giles is a seasoned financial modeller and trainer, having helped Excel users and modellers of all levels of experience across a 15 year career.

He's CIMA qualified, a Microsoft MVP, and is one of just eight individuals in the world to hold all three of the Financial Modeling Institute's certifications (AFM, CFM, MFM).

Paul Barnhurst

Paul is a seasoned Finance and FP&A Professional with 15+ years experience.

He has an MBA and a Master of Science in Information Management from Arizona State University. He has earned his FPAC, FPAP, and AFM and is a Microsoft MVP.

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