Welcome to Data Analytics for CPAs: Introduction and Descriptive Analytics. In this course, we'll dive into the world of analytics, equipping you with the skills to assess your clients' analytics maturity and leverage techniques for accurate forecasting. You'll also learn how to spot opportunities where optimization techniques can enhance financial decision-making. We'll cover the essentials, from understanding analytics fundamentals to exploring descriptive analytics methods like text mining, multidimensional clustering and statistical outlier detection. This course is part of a training series that introduces CPAs and financial professionals to descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, covering analytics benchmarking, forecasting methods and optimization for decision-making in capital investment and inventory management.