Course Detail(IT078 : Enhancing your Business Analytics Capability with Power BI)

UTAP Funding

IT078 : Enhancing your Business Analytics Capability with Power BI

7.00 CPE Hours (Category 5)
Classroom

To reduce the environmental impact and contribute to sustainability efforts, ISCA will contribute our part by eliminating the printing of course materials for selected courses with effect from 2023.

Tips: To make your paperless learning experience more enjoyable, you may bring along a digital device such as a Windows based laptops or tablets to read your online materials during the class. QR code will be provided in the class for you to download the materials in PDF.

Join us and be a Difference Maker!

 


Software Installation and Laptop

As this class places strong emphasis on the hands-on experience, you will be working with data for the majority of the time in the class. To optimize the learning experience, it is mandatory for all participants to be equipped with a Window laptop, pre-installed with Power BI and Microsoft Excel 2010, 2013, 2016 (full licence) or any latest version. Please https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ for more details.

 

(If you are using your work laptop, please contact your IT Support to arrange for installation if it is not pre-installed with Power BI.)

Programme Objective


Power BI can take advantage of the hard work done in Excel spreadsheets by extracting data to create visually appealing reports for easy analysis and interpretation
 
This course shows you how to improve your productivity in reporting and analytical work by combining the various tools and features of Microsoft Power BI with your Excel knowledge to fulfill your monthly financial reporting, financial analysis and budgeting tasks.

This course is intended to equip the participants with skillset to deliver high quality and timely reports and dashboards to support organizational reporting for more effective organizational decision making.

Programme Outline


This programme will show participants how to combine the various tools and features of Power BI to publish and share monthly financial reports.
 

  • Getting Data, Shaping and Transforming Data
  • Modeling and visualizations
  • Publishing and Sharing

 
This one-day course is designed to incorporate the functionalities of the free Power BI Desktop tool to create interactive data visualizations to enhance your reporting capabilities.

This course includes an in-class project assignment.

Training Methodology

Lecture style, with computer hands-on Exercises.

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before programme or until full enrolment.

Intended For

This programme is especially suitable for CFOs, Financial Controllers, Analysts, Accountants, Finance Managers, Bankers, Businessmen who find generating reports too time-consuming and rigid for analysis purposes. This programme will also be suitable for Business Leaders who want to achieve a higher level of expertise for management reporting.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 7.00 Hours

Schedule & Fees

Date & Time

16 May 2024 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 394.58
For Non-Members: $ 470.88

Programme Facilitator(s)

Jasmine Ng

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Date & Time

17 Jul 2024 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 394.58
For Non-Members: $ 470.88

Programme Facilitator(s)

Wong Suet Yin

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Date & Time

25 Sep 2024 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 473.06
For Non-Members: $ 564.62

Programme Facilitator(s)

Dr Lim Thou Tin

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Date & Time

14 Nov 2024 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 473.06
For Non-Members: $ 564.62

Programme Facilitator(s)

Jasmine Ng

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Testimonial


Effective course on learning the basics of Power BI

Past Participant


The course is tremendous helpful in improving report preparation using excel and visualisation using power BI

Past Participant


very useful tool for showing users an overview which is interactive and easily sliced and diced to show different
views

Past Participant

Funding

1] NTUC Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)
UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme) is an individual skills upgrading account for NTUC members.
 
To find out more on the UTAP funding and support validity period please click here.
 
Should you have queries on the funding scheme, you can email to UTAP@e2i.com.sg or call NTUC Membership Hotline at 6213-8008

Programme Facilitator(s)


Dr Lim Thou Tin, DACE
 
Dr Lim Thou Tin is a business graduate with the National University of Singapore. He holds double masters in information systems and knowledge management with further postgraduate qualifications in systems analysis, intelligent systems, marketing, management consulting and training. He has a doctor of business administration from Southern Cross University with current research interests in information systems and business modelling.

His work experience includes working in large Singapore companies to MNCs in senior corporate, IT and project management positions. As a management consultant and practitioner, he has facilitated organizational initiatives/projects over a span of more than 15 years in the region, including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, China, India, Indonesia, and Thailand.


Wong Suet Yin
CA (Singapore) 

 
Suet Yin graduated from the National University of Singapore with an accounting degree and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). 
 
She has more than 20 years of working experience in the area of accounting, tax, project management and training. She held several management positions with large MNCs. Suet Yin is very passionate in training and is always ready to share her knowledge with others. She adopts a pragmatic real world approach during training and believes in 'fun - have a good time'.

Jasmine Ng
CA (Singapore), FCCA, ACTA, DACE


Jasmine Ng is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). She has over 18 years of extensive experience in the area of audit, accounting, financial analysis, business controlling, enterprise system implementation and training. She travelled extensively during the course of her work and gain exposure to different culture and work style.

She utilizes her creativity and real-world examples in conducting her training. Jasmine is passionately fond of training and always willing to share with others all that she knows. Her outgoing, pleasant personality and confident disposition have made her training all the more lively, fun and insightful.
 

To reduce the environmental impact and contribute to sustainability efforts, ISCA will contribute our part by eliminating the printing of course materials for selected courses with effect from 2023.

Tips: To make your paperless learning experience more enjoyable, you may bring along a digital device such as a Windows based laptops or tablets to read your online materials during the class. QR code will be provided in the class for you to download the materials in PDF.

Join us and be a Difference Maker!

 


Software Installation and Laptop

As this class places strong emphasis on the hands-on experience, you will be working with data for the majority of the time in the class. To optimize the learning experience, it is mandatory for all participants to be equipped with a Window laptop, pre-installed with Power BI and Microsoft Excel 2010, 2013, 2016 (full licence) or any latest version. Please https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ for more details.

 

(If you are using your work laptop, please contact your IT Support to arrange for installation if it is not pre-installed with Power BI.)

Programme Objective


Power BI can take advantage of the hard work done in Excel spreadsheets by extracting data to create visually appealing reports for easy analysis and interpretation
 
This course shows you how to improve your productivity in reporting and analytical work by combining the various tools and features of Microsoft Power BI with your Excel knowledge to fulfill your monthly financial reporting, financial analysis and budgeting tasks.

This course is intended to equip the participants with skillset to deliver high quality and timely reports and dashboards to support organizational reporting for more effective organizational decision making.

Programme Outline


This programme will show participants how to combine the various tools and features of Power BI to publish and share monthly financial reports.
 

  • Getting Data, Shaping and Transforming Data
  • Modeling and visualizations
  • Publishing and Sharing

 
This one-day course is designed to incorporate the functionalities of the free Power BI Desktop tool to create interactive data visualizations to enhance your reporting capabilities.

This course includes an in-class project assignment.

Training Methodology

Lecture style, with computer hands-on Exercises.

Closing Date for Registration

1 week before programme or until full enrolment.

Intended For

This programme is especially suitable for CFOs, Financial Controllers, Analysts, Accountants, Finance Managers, Bankers, Businessmen who find generating reports too time-consuming and rigid for analysis purposes. This programme will also be suitable for Business Leaders who want to achieve a higher level of expertise for management reporting.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 7.00 Hours

Programme Facilitator(s)

Dr Lim Thou Tin, DACE
 
Dr Lim Thou Tin is a business graduate with the National University of Singapore. He holds double masters in information systems and knowledge management with further postgraduate qualifications in systems analysis, intelligent systems, marketing, management consulting and training. He has a doctor of business administration from Southern Cross University with current research interests in information systems and business modelling.

His work experience includes working in large Singapore companies to MNCs in senior corporate, IT and project management positions. As a management consultant and practitioner, he has facilitated organizational initiatives/projects over a span of more than 15 years in the region, including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, China, India, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Wong Suet Yin
CA (Singapore) 

 
Suet Yin graduated from the National University of Singapore with an accounting degree and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). 
 
She has more than 20 years of working experience in the area of accounting, tax, project management and training. She held several management positions with large MNCs. Suet Yin is very passionate in training and is always ready to share her knowledge with others. She adopts a pragmatic real world approach during training and believes in 'fun - have a good time'.

Jasmine Ng
CA (Singapore), FCCA, ACTA, DACE


Jasmine Ng is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). She has over 18 years of extensive experience in the area of audit, accounting, financial analysis, business controlling, enterprise system implementation and training. She travelled extensively during the course of her work and gain exposure to different culture and work style.

She utilizes her creativity and real-world examples in conducting her training. Jasmine is passionately fond of training and always willing to share with others all that she knows. Her outgoing, pleasant personality and confident disposition have made her training all the more lively, fun and insightful.
 


Upcoming Schedule

Date & Time

16 May 2024 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 394.58
For Non-Members: $ 470.88

Programme Facilitator(s)

Jasmine Ng

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709