Course Outline

Introduction to Financial Operations Analysis in Power BI

  • Overview of cash flow and payroll analytics
  • Structuring datasets for operational reporting
  • Key financial ratios and indicators for HR and finance

Data Preparation and Transformation

  • Loading and cleaning cash flow and payroll data
  • Combining multiple financial data sources (Excel, CSV, databases)
  • Setting up relationships between cost centers, employees, and transactions

Cash Flow Reporting

  • Designing inflow and outflow tracking dashboards
  • Creating DAX measures for net cash flow and liquidity metrics
  • Visualizing trends and cumulative balances over time

Payroll Analysis and Visualization

  • Building payroll performance dashboards
  • Analyzing salary, overtime, and deductions data
  • Departmental and position-based payroll cost analysis

Forecasting and Variance Analysis

  • Applying predictive measures for cash and payroll projections
  • Comparing actual vs. planned budgets
  • Trend lines and KPI variance visuals for decision support

Interactive Dashboards and Reporting

  • Designing intuitive visuals for executives and HR stakeholders
  • Setting up drill-downs, slicers, and filters for deeper insights
  • Publishing and sharing interactive dashboards securely

Hands-on Project: End-to-End Financial Operations Dashboard

  • Combining cash flow and payroll datasets into a single Power BI report
  • Building dynamic visuals and KPI cards
  • Presenting findings with storytelling techniques

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • An understanding of Power BI data visualization and reporting
  • Experience working with financial or HR data
  • Familiarity with Excel or similar spreadsheet tools

Audience

  • Finance and payroll analysts
  • Accountants and HR professionals
  • Managers responsible for budget and cash flow reporting
 7 Hours

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