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Business Operations & Administration

Gain the financial, administrative, and cloud automation tools to run corporate operations smoothly. Fast-track into high-retention corporate, energy, healthcare, and financial services support positions across the Tulsa metro.

Duration

8 Weeks (Executive Practicum)

Starting Compensation

$20.00 – $36.00 / Hour

Work Environment

Hybrid & In-Office

8-Week Business Operations Modular Syllabus

Module 1 (Weeks 1–2): Microsoft 365 Administration & Advanced Excel

MOS Excel / M365

Advanced spreadsheet engineering (XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, dynamic arrays, Pivot Tables, conditional formatting), Microsoft 365 cloud collaboration (Teams, SharePoint permissions, Outlook calendar orchestration), and executive correspondence drafting.

Practical Exam: Building an automated corporate financial variance model and executive presentation deck from raw transactional datasets.

Module 2 (Weeks 3–4): Bookkeeping & Financial Operations

QuickBooks Certified User

Accounts payable and receivable management, double-entry general ledger reconciliation, payroll processing, invoice aging schedules, vendor billing cycles, and sales tax compliance in QuickBooks Online.

Shop Project: Complete 90-day accounting cycle simulation for a multi-entity enterprise in QuickBooks Online with full bank account reconciliation.

Module 3 (Weeks 5–6): Power Platform & Cloud Workflow Automation

Power Automate / Power BI

Microsoft Power Platform fundamentals, building automated cloud flows in Power Automate (approval workflows, email parse triggers, document ingestion), Microsoft Forms data pipelines, and introductory Power BI dashboard visualization.

Practical Exam: Deploying an end-to-end automated vendor invoice approval and email notification workflow integrated with SharePoint and Teams.

Module 4 (Weeks 7–8): Project Coordination & Agile Administration

CAPM / Agile Foundations

Project lifecycle management (PMI PMBOK fundamentals), Agile/Scrum task tracking in Jira/Asana/Monday.com, budget tracking, resource leveling, stakeholder communications, and vendor contract lifecycle administration.

Capstone: Orchestrating an enterprise office relocation and system upgrade project plan with Gantt timeline, critical path analysis, and budget risk matrix.

Target Tulsa Corporate Roles & Wages

FINANCE

AP / AR Accounting Specialist

$20.00 – $25.00 / hr

QuickBooks reconciliation, vendor payments, general ledger entries.

ADMINISTRATION

Executive Administrative Assistant

$21.50 – $27.00 / hr

C-suite scheduling, board deck preparation, office administration.

OPERATIONS

Operations & Project Coordinator

$23.00 – $30.00 / hr

CAPM project workflows, cross-functional vendor management.

ANALYTICS

Business Operations Analyst

$26.00 – $36.00+ / hr

Financial variance modeling, Power BI reports, systems optimization.

Corporate Hiring Network

Helmerich & Payne Corporate shared services

QuikTrip Corporate Finance, logistics & administration

ONEOK Inc. Accounting & supply chain

BOK Financial Treasury, compliance & banking

Bama Companies Logistics & operational management

Tulsa Municipal & County Public sector administration

Corporate Fellowship

Launch Corporate Career

Dedicated business laptops provided with full Microsoft 365 business suites. Permanent ownership upon credential completion and 90-day retention.

QuickBooks Pro & MOS testing vouchers ($650 value)
Professional executive headshots & attire
Executive mentorship from Tulsa business leaders
Mock panel interviews & corporate etiquette
Direct placement into $20–$36/hr careers

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