Practice
317 Points
Joined February 2008
Microsoft Excel is the most common used Spread Sheet program. Any person who has an interaction with computer uses the Excel. Almost everyone who uses the computer in Home or Office knows the basic Excel function like Sum, Minus, Division etc.
However most of the people are still unaware of the wonders that Excel can do. Data analysis is the next big business and Excel is playing a bigger role in it. In fact most of the Data analysis is done using Excel by small firms. And recent dynamic changes in Business world have reduced the demand of Accountant and now the Businesses need Analytants. Analytants is not the standard word but I prefer to use it. In present time being an accountant is not enough and one has to be good analysis expert too.
It is not just the Accountant that need to have the analysis skill but also other professional whether they working in Sales, purchase, inventory or any other department.
I would like to mention a real situation which I faced. I was appointed as an Accounts Consultant in a company, and the first thing I was supposed to do was to find the discount Applicable to different buyers. It was a huge data and if it was to be done manually or using the simple Excel Functions, I would have taken more than a week. But with the help of Advance Excel formulas I could finish the work within a day. Continue...