Learn how to build business budgets in a logical and structured manner.
A sound business budget can help you effectively manage resources. Budgeting provides a systematic way of reviewing estimated results with actual results and setting realistic goals. An Excel spreadsheet is a valuable tool for managing these results. When building your budget, the first decision you need to make is whether you want to use an Excel template or build from scratch. Either method has pros and cons. Using a custom template gives you a structure from which to work. However, some of Excel's templates are now outdated. In this topic, you will learn how to build a budget from scratch using today's best practices as we explore templates and how they work. Learn how to build business budgets in a logical and structured manner, apply today's visual techniques and interactive spreadsheets, use conditional formatting to highlight variances to your budget, and create sparklines to show trends over multiple periods. This material will also provide a demonstration of what-if scenarios.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to recognize the process of budgeting.
- You will be able to recognize how to apply visual techniques and use interactive spreadsheets.
- You will be able to recognize how to use Pivot Tables to analyze data.
- You will be able to recognize how to find premade budget templates in Excel.
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Agenda
The Process of Budgeting
- Tool to Plan and Control
- Operating Budget
- Financial Budget
Excel Templates
- Researching Online
- Customizing Built-in Templates
Building Your Budget
- Setting up Sections
- Profit and Loss
- Income
- Expenses
- Creating the Worksheets
- Data Entry Table
- Summary Page
- WhatIf Scenarios
Importing Data
- PowerPivot and BI Desktop
- Data Shaping and Cleaning
Interactive Workbook
- Automate Totals to Profit and Loss
- Highlight With Conditional Formatting
- Visualize With Charts
- Forecast Tool
- New Tools
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Lauritta Sowa
WiseOwlOps, Inc.
- Assists owners and senior management in increasing their effectiveness
- Over 30 years of experience in finance, analysis, and administration
- Brings diversified insights that reflect the trends and awareness required in today’s business world
- Supports her clients in facilitating change while increasing profitability, cash flow, and return on investment
- Her skills have been utilized by a variety of Fortune 500 firms and an array of businesses
- Specializing in Microsoft® Excel®, finance, and decision-making, she emphasizes the pragmatic skills necessary in today’s business environment
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