Joanne Kok, Finance Training Specialist
Finance Training Specialist · Malaysia

I help busy professionals turn numbers into clear business stories.

In-house corporate workshops in Power BI, Excel, and AI for Finance — delivered in-person across Malaysia by a trainer who has lived your finance role.

FCCA MSc HRD Corp Accredited Former Head of Finance

Finance teams who are data-rich but story-poor.

Decision-makers

CFOs · Finance Managers · Finance Directors

You need reports your board can act on — not 40-slide decks that nobody reads past page three.

Finance practitioners

Accountants · Finance Executives · Financial Analysts

You have the data. You need the tools and the technique to turn it into something that actually lands.

Joanne Kok leading an in-house finance workshop

35 years inside finance, now making sense of it for others.

I spent over three decades in finance roles — as a management accountant, a finance manager, and eventually a Head of Finance — before I moved into training. That means when I teach Power BI, I am not teaching you how to drag and drop visuals. I am teaching you how to build the P&L dashboard your CFO will actually open on Monday morning.

Most data training is built by people who know the tool. I know the tool and the job. That changes the examples I use, the data I pick, the questions I ask in the room. Your team can tell the difference.

Your understanding of finance topics makes you relate very well the usage of Excel functions to company reporting and analyses.

Goh Bee Khian, Senior Finance Manager, Rohde & Schwarz Malaysia

I hold a Fellow qualification from the ACCA, an MSc in Professional Accountancy from the University of London, and I am an accredited trainer with HRD Corp. Your organisation can claim back the training fee. More importantly, the skills stay with your team long after the workshop ends.

FCCA MSc · University of London HRD Corp Accredited Google Data Analytics 500+ Workshops

In-house workshops, built around your team.

Every workshop runs at your premises, uses your data (where possible), and is tailored to your team's level.

Smart Data Skills · Finance Fundamentals

Finance for Non-Finance Professionals

Understand financial statements, cash flow, cost variances, and the ratios that measure business performance — built for executives and managers, not accountants.

⏱ 2 days, in-house
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Smart Data Skills · Power BI

Power BI Financial Dashboards

Build P&L dashboards, budget-vs-actual reports, and executive scorecards your leadership team will open — and trust.

⏱ 1–2 days, in-house
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Smart Data Skills · Excel 365

Excel for Finance: Clean, Validate & Structure

Stop fighting messy data. Master Power Query, dynamic arrays, and pivot tables built for management reporting.

⏱ 1 day, in-house
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Smart Data Skills · AI

Excel + AI: From Raw Data to Real Insights

Use Microsoft Copilot and AI tools wisely in your finance role — and know when to verify before you trust the output.

⏱ Half day – 1 day, in-house
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Smart Data Skills · Power Query

Power Query for Finance & Shared Services

Automate your monthly data refresh. Connect to multiple sources, clean GL exports, and combine budgets and actuals without manual rework.

⏱ 1 day, in-house
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Track record

500+ workshops delivered across Malaysia
4.7 / 5 average participant rating

Average of post-session evaluation scores: 4.9 / 5 from 20 participants in a one-day Excel 365 data-skills workshop at a multinational technology company, and 4.5 / 5 from 25 participants in a two-day Power BI workshop.

Finance team working through a hands-on data workshop

The speed of the session and the detailed and clear information provided by the trainer. It was easy to follow and understand.

Participant feedback, Smart Data Skills workshop for a multinational technology company

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Bring finance training to your team — on your terms, at your premises.

Every workshop is run in-house, tailored to your team's level, and eligible for HRD Corp funding. Tell me what your team needs and I will put together a proposal.

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