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Excel Accountant: Payroll Analysis 2 Credits 2 Credits

Jun 13, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

Excel Accountant: Payroll Analysis 2 Credits 2 Credits

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Jun 13, 2025, 10:00 AM ET

Learning Objectives

  • To recall how to reformat Social Security Numbers using Excel’s Flash Fill feature.
  • To define how to assign random numbers to a data set in Excel.
  • To apply password-protection techniques for sensitive payroll files, worksheets, and spreadsheet columns.

Course Overview

Excel offers payroll professionals many features and functions that can improve the accuracy and efficiency of payroll production. In this comprehensive course, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, explains: mathematics for employee timesheets, date and time formatting and stamping, conditional formatting to highlight HR requirements, password protection for sensitive payroll files and worksheets, salary information formatting, using pivot tables for HR reporting and analysis tasks, and more.

David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based product that provides new-feature updates as often as monthly. Conversely, the perpetual licensed versions of Excel have feature sets that don’t change. Perpetual licensed versions have year numbers, such as Excel 2019, Excel 2016, and so on.

Who Would Be Interested in This Course:

Payroll professionals who wish to learn practical Excel fundamentals to improve the accuracy and efficiency of payroll production.  

Topics covered:

  • Computing the due dates for semi-monthly federal payroll tax deposits by using the CHOOSE and WEEKDAY functions.
  • Discerning the nuance involved in making pivot tables present data in tabular form.
  • Determining the previous Friday when payroll dates fall on a weekend by using the IF and WEEKDAY functions.
  • Calculating a series of semi-monthly dates by way of the IF and EOMONTH worksheet functions.
  • Improving the integrity of Excel pivot tables with the Table feature.
  • Adding fields to a blank pivot table to create instant reports.
  • Redacting portions of Social Security numbers by way of Excel’s TEXT worksheet function.
  • Discovering four different ways to remove data from a pivot table report.
  • Formatting certain words within a column of text with Conditional Formatting.
  • Employing the NETWORKDAYS.INTL worksheet function to determine the number of work days in a period by excluding holidays as well as specific days of the week.
  • Drilling down into the details behind any amount within a pivot table with just a double-click.
  • Exploring options for recovering lost passwords for Excel spreadsheets.

On Demand Credits for All Qualifications

Live Webinar Credits for All Qualifications

License details Credits Status
Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 2 CPE Approved
CPA in Canada 2 CPD Eligible
SHRM Professionals 2 PDC Approved
Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 2 CPE Eligible
Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) 2 RCH Approved
Federal Tax Related Matters for Oregon Registered Tax Preparers (ORTP) (Approval No. 00521-21) 2 CE Approved
Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 2 CE Eligible
Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) 2 CPE Eligible
Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 2 CE Eligible
Federal Tax Related Matters for Maryland Tax Preparer (MRTP) (Approval No. 00521-21) 2 CE Approved
License details Credits Status
Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 2 CPE Approved
CPA in Canada 2 CPD Eligible
SHRM Professionals 2 PDC Approved
Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 2 CPE Eligible
Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) 2 RCH Approved
Federal Tax Related Matters for Oregon Registered Tax Preparers (ORTP) (Approval No. 00521-21) 2 CE Approved
Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 2 CE Eligible
Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) 2 CPE Eligible
Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 2 CE Eligible
Federal Tax Related Matters for Maryland Tax Preparer (MRTP) (Approval No. 00521-21) 2 CE Approved

Additional Information

Credits

2

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

David Ringstrom -CE/CPE Courses for Accountants, CPAs & more

David. Ringstrom.

Partner, Excel Accountant (Do Not Use)

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I own an Atlanta-based training and consulting firm that helps businesses nationwide streamline accounting challenges. Our specialties include:

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Access
  • Sage 50/Peachtree Accounting
  • QuickBooks

Our services include training, technical support, accounting automation, and problem solving. I have spoken at conferences or meetings for these organizations:

  • National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
  • Institute of Real Estate Managers
  • Georgia Society of CPAs
  • South Carolina Society of CPAs
  • Georgia Government Finance Officers Association
  • Atlanta chapter, American Society of Women CPAs
  • Perimeter Chapter, Georgia Society of CPAs

I teach over 200 live webinars annually on Microsoft Excel across roughly two-dozen training providers. I am available for in-house training or select conference engagements as well.

I am the co-author of Idiot's Guide to Introductory Accounting. I've published hundreds of freelance articles on various topics, including Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Accounting, QuickBooks, Peachtree Accounting, and more.

I serve as the technical editor for several books in Wiley's Dummies series, including QuickBooks for Dummies, Quicken for Dummies, Peachtree for Dummies, and more.

Specialties: Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic for Applications, Sage 50, Peachtree Accounting, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Accounting, freelance writing, training, business consulting

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We issue instant credit certificates, ensuring they are valid for presentation to governing bodies. Typically, we report IRS, CTEC, CFP, IDFP, IWI, VBOA Ethics credits within 7 days – the fastest in the industry.

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Julie Sledd, CPA (US)

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David's sessions are always fantastic. So well laid out, the materials and the way he teaches. Helpful to have step-by-step instruction on the handout since I won't always remember things I may not use often.

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Louis Digiovine, CPA (US)

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Another great course by this instructor. The title is a bit misleading. Although it was taught using examples from payroll, the applicability of what was covered is far more broad.

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