Show Notes

In this special FP&A Today episode, Paul is joined by three Excel experts whom Microsoft has recognized as Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). Learn why it is important to up your Excel game and how you can do it. Below check out offers (saving $$$) from our MVPs exclusively for listeners of FP&A Today.

Get all your questions about Excel answered by the expert panel:

• George Mount, Founder Stringfest Analytics

• Celia Alves, Founder, Solve and Excel Consulting

• Mark Proctor, Founder, Excel Off The Grid

In this special episode:

• Our MVPs on when Excel first emerged as a difference-maker in their lives

• George Mount on the failure of finance to adapt to technology

• The challenge of finance teams descending to the lowest common Excel skill set

• The untapped power of PowerQuery and where to start

• The power of prepping your data properly

• Python vs Excel

• Automating Excel reports using Python

• How to deal with tricky Excel issues

• Will Excel go extinct with the rise of AI

• The thing that you absolutely could not live without in Excel

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Special Offers Exclusively for FP&A Today listeners

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3) Celia Alves

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