Streamlining Financial Statements with Excel

Clean Data, Clean Statements: Power Query Essentials

Import from CSV, ERP exports, or databases, then standardize types, trim text, unpivot, and merge tables. Each step is recorded, refreshable, and shareable, turning fragile manual cleanup into a dependable, auditable routine.

Clean Data, Clean Statements: Power Query Essentials

Create an account mapping table that links granular codes to statement lines. Maintain it centrally, and let Power Query apply mappings automatically each period, reducing manual judgment, inconsistent classifications, and late-night rework cycles.

From Raw to Ready: PivotTables and Power Pivot

Relate transactions, entities, and calendars inside the Data Model. Build one PivotTable that rolls up subsidiaries while preserving drill-down, enabling consistent consolidation logic that eliminates hundreds of fragile SUMIF formulas forever.

From Raw to Ready: PivotTables and Power Pivot

Create reusable measures for Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Year-over-Year variance, and rolling twelve months. Centralized definitions ensure every worksheet tells the same story and prevents silent inconsistencies between analysts’ personal files.

Automation That Sticks: Formulas, VBA, and Office Scripts

Formula Patterns That Scale

Favor INDEX/XMATCH, LET, and LAMBDA for readable, maintainable logic. These patterns reduce nested complexity, make reviews simpler, and keep financial statements dependable when volumes or structures inevitably grow.

Macros and Office Scripts for Month-End

Bundle refreshes, print areas, PDF exports, and distribution emails into one controlled action. Automating small but frequent tasks compounds time savings, turning frantic closings into predictable, repeatable routines your team actually trusts.

Guardrails and Audit Trails

Log refresh times, data source versions, and key checkpoints in a control sheet. When auditors or executives ask, you have evidence at your fingertips, building credibility and reducing stressful last-minute investigations.

Controls, Collaboration, and Confidence

Lock calculation sheets, expose only input fields, and protect connections. When everyone knows boundaries, accidental edits disappear, and accountability for approvals and sign-offs becomes far more straightforward across the team.

Four analysts reconciled data manually, reclassifications changed monthly, and formulas broke on every import. Confidence eroded as teams fought spreadsheets instead of discussing performance, delaying leadership decisions when time mattered most.

Streamlining Financial Statements with Excel

Clean Data, Clean Statements: Power Query Essentials

Clean Data, Clean Statements: Power Query Essentials

From Raw to Ready: PivotTables and Power Pivot

From Raw to Ready: PivotTables and Power Pivot

Automation That Sticks: Formulas, VBA, and Office Scripts

Formula Patterns That Scale

Macros and Office Scripts for Month-End

Guardrails and Audit Trails

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Controls, Collaboration, and Confidence