#234 Power BI, Python & Copilot: What Finance Teams Need to Know with Dan Stockdale, GrowCFO Facilitator

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.entry-img img{ display:none !important; } .single .hentry .entry-img{ display:none !important; } In this insightful episode, host Kevin Appleby welcomes back Dan Stockdale , a GrowCFO facilitator and financial modeling specialist. Dan shares his journey from management accountant to financial modeling expert across diverse industries including media, advertising, defense, and retail. Currently working as a contractor for London Business School and creating online courses for finance professionals, Dan offers valuable insights on automation tools that are transforming finance departments. The conversation explores how Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Python, and Microsoft Copilot are revolutionizing financial analysis and reporting. Dan emphasizes that while learning these tools initially requires investment, the practical implementation in day-to-day finance operations delivers significant time savings and value creation. He highlights that as organizations collect increasingly larger volumes of data from diverse sources, finance professionals who can leverage these automation tools become indispensable to their businesses.