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Grow Your Career With Vena Academy

Fast-track your finance career with free, on-demand, CPE-accredited courses and certifications—designed for the Office of Finance.

Register for Free Courses in technical and non-technical training in Microsoft technology, FP&A mastery, and Vena innovation.

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Microsoft Mastery

Microsoft Mastery

Data Visualizations for Microsoft PowerPoint | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Explore the key reasons why data visualization is indispensable for creating compelling FP&A presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft Mastery

Dynamic Arrays in Excel: Key Functions and Formulas for Finance Professionals | 1.5 CPE/CPD

Learn the foundations of using dynamic arrays with functions and formulas in Excel.

Microsoft Mastery

Microsoft PowerPoint Design Skills for Finance Professionals | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Master PowerPoint design principles for finance presentations to create clear and compelling data stories.

Microsoft Mastery

Get Started Building With Power BI | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Learn how to visualize data and build reports in Power BI. Plus, see how Power BI can make your business more efficient.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Elevate Your Financial Storytelling | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Discover ways to present complex information clearly and persuasively, ensuring your insights resonate with all stakeholders.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Five Leadership Styles to Influence a Team | 2.0 CPE/CPD

Discover five common leadership styles—and how to implement the styles that are right for you.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

A Guide to Good Business Ethics | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Good ethics are good business. In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to know about good business ethics.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Grant Management for Non profit Organizations | 1.0 CPE/CPD

This course will equip you with the strategies to understand the grant management process for nonprofit organizations.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

How To Use AI to Drive Innovation in Finance | 0.5 CPE/CPD

This listen-and-learn course focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) that is revolutionizing the world, and the world of finance.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Building a Finance Tech Stack for your Organization | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Learn about the elements and practices of utilizing a contemporary finance tech stack.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

How to Lead With Emotional Intelligence | 1.5 CPE/CPD

Learn the five skills that make up emotional intelligence, and ways to improve your self-awareness, emotional responses and social skills.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

How to Build a Long-Range Plan for Turbulent Times | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Learn strategies for creating your long-term financial plan, from building benchmarks and setting targets to projecting financials.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Accounting and Finance 101 | 0.5 CPE/CPD

This course will teach you the foundational concepts for accounting and finance. Learn about roles, responsibilities and financial reporting.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Introduction to Foundations in Data Modeling

Learn about the basics of data modeling, concepts, & the best practices for creating a data model. Learn about data model relationships, table types and more!

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Endurance: Stretching Your Physical and Mental Limits | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Find out the differences between perceived and actual limits, learn tactics for overcoming mental and physical discomfort and more.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

A Guide to Workforce Planning | 0.5 CPE/CPD

In this course, you’ll learn three considerations for planning HR costs, how to align HR strategy with business goals and more.

FP&A Strategy and Business Leadership

Strategies for High-Functioning Finance Teams | 1.0 CPE/CPD

This course provides insights into effective financial planning, strategy implementation, change management, and collaboration.

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Vena Mastery

Vena Mastery

Vena's Change Management Playbook | 1.0 CPE/CPD

This course will teach you proven methods for managing change and includes a checklist for your Vena roll-out.

Vena Mastery

Introduction to Data Models and the Vena Modeler Role | 1.0 CPE/CPD

In this course, you’ll learn about the role of a Vena Data Modeler and key concepts related to the data model.

Vena Mastery

New Vena Data Model: Advanced | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Discover how to get more out of your Vena Data Models through the use of alternate hierarchies, versioning and more.

Vena Mastery

Introduction to Complete Planning | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Join Vena co-founder and Chief Solution Architect Rishi Grover to discover the building blocks of Vena Complete Planning.

Learning Labs

Learning Labs

Modern Intelligent Forecasting in Excel | 0.5 CPE/CPD

Forecast more intelligently using Linear Forecasting, the FORECAST() and seasonal FORECAST.ETS() formulas with Excel.

Learning Labs

Advanced Forecasting Techniques in Excel | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Become a data-driven finance professional with this comprehensive course on advanced Excel forecasting techniques.

Learning Labs

Mastering the Best of Excel for Finance: LET() and LAMBDA() Formulas | 1.5 CPE/CPD

Learn Excel’s new LAMBDA() feature to create custom, reusable formulas.

Learning Labs

Introduction to Complete Planning | 1.0 CPE/CPD

Join Vena co-founder and Chief Solution Architect Rishi Grover to discover the building blocks of Vena Complete Planning.

Why Learn With Vena Academy?

Earn CPE/CPD Credits

Vena Academy courses are CPE/CPD accredited so you can earn credits while you learn new skills.

Access Vena Product Training

Learn shortcuts, best practices and how to get the most out of Vena with our free, self-paced product training courses.

Get Certifications and Badges

Keep track of your completed courses with badges—and boost your resume and online profile with certifications that show off your new knowledge.

Learn on Your Own Time

Our virtual courses are interactive and self-paced, so you can learn when it’s convenient for you.

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Get Vena Certified in Microsoft Tools for Finance

Learn how to leverage Microsoft cutting-edge technology to expand your financial analysis, data management, and BI skills.

On-demand, CPE-accredited, free certifications tailored for the Office of Finance.

  • Develop advanced Excel skills for modeling and analysis
  • Master PowerPoint for impactful financial presentations
  • Gain technical training tailored to the Office of Finance
  • Earn industry-recognized certifications

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Join for free today to connect with the brightest minds in finance and get access to Excel templates, CPE/CPD courses, exclusive content and more.

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