Macabacus Fundamentals Course Overview
Macabacus is a powerful tool that makes financial analysts more productive and more brand compliant when performing their work across Microsoft Office Applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. In this Macabacus Fundamentals course, we will walk through the most popular
features and functions that expedite the financial analysis and modeling process, create error-free reports, and ensure consistency in styling and formatting. Macabacus is CFI’s proprietary software, and all students are eligible for
free access to the Macabacus add-in.
To download the Macabacus Microsoft Office add-ins, please visit https://macabacus.com/downloads and follow the instructions to download and install the software, then activate your free access by following the instructions on your CFI student dashboard > Integrations > Macabacus Integrations.
Macabacus Fundamentals Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Utilize keyboard shortcuts to speed up your analysis and modeling process
- Generate financial ratios and summary statistics in the blink of an eye using Macabacus’ advanced formulas in Excel
- Visualize and audit financial data with Macabacus’ charts and auditing tools
- Link data directly from your Excel workbooks to PowerPoint presentations
- Create dynamic and flawless PowerPoint presentations with Macabacus’ powerful add-in features
Macabacus Fundamentals is a prep course of CFI’s FMVA® program
CFI’s Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Program covers a critical body of knowledge necessary to become a world-class financial analyst, including financial analysis, financial modeling, valuation, dashboards, and data visualization. This program is designed in a practical and comprehensive way to help students grasp the in-demand industry knowledge and close the skills gap.
Who should take this Macabacus course?
Macabacus is a Microsoft Office productivity and brand compliance add-in that empowers finance professionals in building robust financial models and presentations. Anyone who would like to start a career or currently works in investment banking, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate development, equity research, and other areas of corporate finance would benefit from learning about Macabacus’ key features and applying them in their daily jobs to become more effective and efficient.
