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Fast-track your finance career with free, on-demand, CPE-accredited courses and certifications—designed for the Office of Finance.
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Microsoft Mastery
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Elevate Your Financial Storytelling | 1.0 CPE/CPD
Discover ways to present complex information clearly and persuasively, ensuring your insights resonate with all stakeholders.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
Vena Mastery
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Modern Intelligent Forecasting in Excel | 0.5 CPE/CPD
Forecast more intelligently using Linear Forecasting, the FORECAST() and seasonal FORECAST.ETS() formulas with Excel.
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Advanced Forecasting Techniques in Excel | 1.0 CPE/CPD
Become a data-driven finance professional with this comprehensive course on advanced Excel forecasting techniques.
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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.
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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.
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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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