Why choose AICPA
certificates?
AICPA & CIMA data analytics certificates are designed by experts to help future-proof your career.
Specialized training: The information you need in the formats you want. Self-study courses let you learn at your pace, and 100% online.
Career development : The demand for data analytics skills is growing, and you’ll earn CPE at the same time you develop critical competencies.
Relevant skills : By developing new competencies and an analytical, data-driven mindset, you can take the lead in advising business strategy.

About the Data Analytics Certificate Program
As organizations become more tech-driven and collect an increasing amount of data, data analysis skills are going to play an increasingly important role in business, making the role of a Data Analyst one of the most important positions in any business structure. Data Analysts help leaders make informed, data-driven decisions to drive the company forward, improve efficiency, increase profits, and achieve organizational goals.
Data analysis skills are in high-demand making it critical for accounting and finance professionals to keep up with this evolving need. So, we developed the Data Analyst Certificate - a comprehensive 5-part certificate program that provides training and practical guidance on data analytics. Participants that complete this training program will make an invaluable contribution to their organization and career.
Why?
The Data Analyst Certificates bundle is a comprehensive five-part program that provides training and practical guidance on the topic of data analytics. The bundle includes five sequential certificate programs:
- Data Analytics Core Concepts Certificate – This certificate program provides an essential guide to the core concepts used in data analytics and explains how these can be applied when identifying, establishing, and implementing a data analytics project in your organization.
- Application of Data Analysis Essentials Certificate – This intermediate certificate offers hands-on experience regarding how to analyze data and calculate fundamental aspects of your data sets and provides the core concepts and definitions of data analytics.
- Data Analytics Modeling Certificate – This certificate will expand your ability to work with structured and unstructured data to drive a successful analytics practice.
- Forecasting and Predictive Analytics Certificate – This certificate will teach you fundamental techniques used for predictive analytics: regression, classification, clustering, optimization, and simulation.
- Data Visualization Certificate – This certificate will teach you fundamental visualization techniques and explore a sampling of the most common reporting tools for producing meaningful visualizations.
By purchasing the bundle, you save up to $800 versus buying the certificates individually.
Note: It is recommended that you complete each certificate in sequential order as the content presented in each certificate builds on training in previous certificates.
Learning Labs: Bonus simulated learning labs with step-by-step guidance expose you to the tools needed to implement an analytics practice and equip you to deploy those tools. Labs are included with all the certificates except the Data Analytics Core Concepts Certificate.
Digital Badge: On completion of each certificate, you will receive a digital badge to share with your online professional network. The badge is also available as a downloadable PDF certificate suitable for printing and framing.
Other informationCPE Credits |
61 |
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Prerequisite | It is recommended that you complete each certificate in sequential order as the content presented in each certificate builds on training in previous certificates. |
Format: | Course - Online |
Access: | This is a digital product. You will have access to the content for a year after purchase date.. |
Learning Outcomes
- Recall the characteristics of an analytical and data-driven mindset.
- Recognize how to establish objectives and desired outcomes of a data analytics project.
- Recognize ways data is applied and interpreted.
- Calculate meaningful statistics, including central tendency, measurement and variability, basic probability, conditional probability, advanced probabilities, discrete distributions, and continuous distributions.
- Identify opportunities, processes, and necessary data for solving analytical problems.
- Align the outcomes of your data analytics practice with your organization's strategic direction and create value.
- Identify different techniques of predictive analytics: regression, classification, clustering, optimization, and simulation.
- Formulate a data story using visualization tools.
Topics covered
Part 1 – Data Analytics Core Concepts Certificate
- Define the characteristics of an analytical and data-driven mindset.
- Recognize how to establish objectives and desired outcomes of a data analytics project.
- Recognize ways data is described and interpreted.
Part 2 - Application of Data Analysis Essentials Certificate
- Determine and classify variables.
- Calculate central tendency.
- Calculate measurement and variability.
Part 3 - Data Analytics Modeling Certificate
- Identify opportunities, processes, and necessary data for solving analytical problems.
- Apply data profiling techniques to available data.
- Apply data cleansing techniques.
Part 4 - Forecasting and Predictive Analytics Certificate
- Identify the different techniques of predictive analytics: regression, classification, clustering, optimization and simulation.
- Calculate varying types of regressions using R and Excel.
- Apply classification and clustering algorithms.
Part 5 - Data Visualization Certificate
- Formulate a data story with visualizations
- Identify key stake holder perspectivesv
- Determine organizational data needs
Are you ready for Data Analytics
AICPA FAQ's
Digital Badge FAQ's
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CPE FAQ's
The courses in the USGAAP Certificate program will be classified as Accounting for purposes of granting CPE credits. As with other AICPA courses that are approved for other certifications, we fully expect the USGAAP Certificate courses will satisfy those requirements. To be certain, please check with the organization that issues your CMA, CIA or other certifications.