Which functions in Excel do people in corporate finance use most often?
How can someone best prepare themselves in Excel for a corporate finance role?
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I mean you should know how to use Excel but I'm sure each company has its differences. You probably shouldn't worry about anything specific until you start your training.
I'm at a F50 in a CF role and we are heavy excel users. I can't imagine that any CF role would have limited exposure to Excel. Most of the people in my group are ex-bankers and consultants with pretty advanced excel skills. The average banking model is a joke compared to some of our projection models.
Just open up excel and get after it if you really want to get ahead.
In addition to what kingtut said I would try to become familiar with Essbase.
DSUM, VLookup, SumIF and know the Name Manager. Most reporting software out there will export or run to excel.
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