Microsoft Excel Experts in Switzerland
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Frank G.
Last position:
Agile Coach and Program Manager at Centris AG
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to develop a multi-channel output system to support their customers on their digital enhancement journey.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 5 teams in the ART. Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to transform their claims management BPO and IT team into an agile delivery organization.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 2 teams in an ART.
- Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
Claus T.
Last position:
Interim Procurement Transformation Lead at Lonza
- Leading procurement transformation activities as part of a strategic carve-out program at a global life sciences company
- Responsibility for business separation, IT and operational technology contract management, supplier migration, and Day-1 readiness
- Close collaboration with Legal, IT, HR, PMO, Finance, and business functions to manage contractual risks, ensure business continuity, and successfully deliver the transformation.
Bettina D.
Last position:
Marketing Manager at NorthC Schweiz AG
- Strategic Marketing
- Responsible for defining and presenting the overall go-to-market strategy to management and stakeholders
- Leading and optimizing comprehensive marketing campaigns, including concept, execution, and performance tracking
- Monitoring and adjusting marketing activities to maximize efficiency and ROI
- Overall responsibility for planning, allocating, and controlling the marketing budget
- Working closely with the global marketing team (NL & DE)
- Extended responsibility for digital marketing, including the strategic development of digital marketing initiatives with SEO principles to improve visibility and findability
- Responsible for the full management and ongoing optimization of the website, including SEO measures to increase organic traffic and improve rankings
- Monitoring and strategic alignment of Google Ads, Bing Ads, and LinkedIn Lead Generation Ads
- Development and implementation of innovative landing page concepts and Pardot flows to support campaigns, designed according to the latest SEO standards to optimize conversion rates
- Creating and presenting a comprehensive social media editorial plan
- Leading brand marketing and lead generation, including the strategic positioning of the NorthC brand in the ICT, Finance and HealthCare, public sector & administration, and HPC/AI segments
- Running campaigns to increase awareness and brand presence
- Developing and implementing an employer branding strategy that strengthened the company profile as an attractive employer, increased employee retention, and contributed to successful recruiting as well as strong employee growth
- Developing and leading lead generation initiatives and campaigns
- Managing strategic sponsorship partnerships to strengthen the brand and generate leads
- Overall management of event marketing projects: strategic planning, coordination, and execution of offline and online events
- Responsible for the online and offline implementation of the NorthC brand at datacenter locations
- Planning and execution of the local content strategy
- Creating content such as white papers, or managing external assignments
- Uploading content into a content management system (CMS)
- Data-driven performance analysis and optimization of measures
- Continuous optimization of content and web presence
Thorsten O.
Last position:
Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller) at Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.
Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Process management.
Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.
Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.
Variance analyses at program level.
Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).
Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.
Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.
Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.
Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.
Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.
Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.
Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).
Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.
Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.
Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.
Andreas B.
Last position:
Finance Expert, AI Training & Evaluation at Micro1
- Design complex finance prompts and evaluation rubrics for frontier AI models across corporate finance, valuation, financial statement analysis, leverage, treasury, and cross-border finance topics.
- Create expert-level test cases to assess genuine multi-step financial reasoning rather than simple lookup or pattern matching.
- Review model outputs for numerical accuracy, logical consistency, assumption quality, source traceability, and compliance with prompt requirements.
- Stress-test AI responses on accounting, covenant logic, scenario analysis, returns analysis, and decision-useful written synthesis.
Monika E.
Last position:
Tax Specialist at Julius Bär / Bosshard & Partner
- Operational responsibility in tax relief at source
- Took over and stabilized a complex department during a project phase
- Analysis, review, and optimization of existing processes and workflows
- Updating and further development of the specialist manual
- Analysis and resolution of individual cases in an international tax environment
Eimear M.
Last position:
Website Designer at Stocklab Sarl
- Designed and implemented WordPress websites using the Divi theme, translating client visions into engaging, user-friendly digital experiences.
- Managed front-end and functional design, ensuring seamless navigation and optimized performance.
Peter P.
Last position:
Consultant Strategy & Digital at Polynova AG
- Designed the growth and digital strategy for an EU distributor
- Established a differentiation strategy focusing on horizontal portfolio expansion, ESG and SG&A cost reduction using new digital sales and service channels
- Offered same-day logistic delivery for key customers, increasing customer satisfaction by 25%
Philipp S.
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Reinhold S.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy
- Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
- Handling ad hoc requests
- Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
- Optimizing and managing SQL queries
Matthias L.
Last position:
Consultant, Technical Project Manager at POCTIM Leicht
- Consulting, leading, and contributing to projects for efficiency improvement, restructuring, process improvement, process outsourcing, and cost reduction in production, quality, and logistics
- Interim management, especially in SMEs
- Lean management
- Bridging vacancies
- Management and process consulting as a Lean Trainer
- Technical Project Manager (IPMA Level D)
Károly A.
Last position:
NIS2 & Risk Strategy Consultant at RRC power solutions GmbH
- Developed a compliant information security management system (ISMS)
- Advanced a modern risk management framework based on NIST for NIS2 compliance
Max R.
Last position:
ICT Solution Architect Senior at ewb, Energy, Water
- Questioning and discussion of technical requirements and coordination with the team
- Contributing to objectives of the Digital Transformation Services unit and implementation of objectives
- Analyzing, specifying, updating and delivering architecture models to implement digital solutions in line with business, data infrastructure and requirements
- Selecting suitable technical options for application design considering interoperability, reversibility, scalability, usability, accessibility and security and optimizing cost/quality ratio
- Creating and maintaining concept documents, architecture models and other technical documentation
- Reviewing services to be provided and other documents for solution development
- Collaborating with IT enterprise architect, business analyst, project manager, developers, testers and process owner in design and documentation of technical specifications for new and further developments
- Communicating and supporting concepts to relevant stakeholders
- Participating in enterprise architecture activities and ensuring compliance with principles, standards and guidelines
- Monitoring compliance with defined design at application, solution and enterprise level
- Developing and testing existing and new solutions as required
- Supporting and guiding development teams in implementation of new projects or maintenance of existing products, assuming product manager role if required
- Establishing and ensuring best practice in implementation, documentation, testing and packaging for distribution
- Contributing to handling of reported incidents and requests assigned to third level support and follow-up actions as required
Veit M.
Last position:
Test Method Development and Validation Engineer at Gebr. Renggli AG
- Test method validation for destructive testing (peel-force testing) according to ASTM F88/F88M
Frank G.
Last position:
Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions
- Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
- Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
- Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Excel
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
27 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Manufacturing, Information Technology, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
70%
Master's degree or higher
59%
Doctorate
16%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Microsoft Excel
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Microsoft Excel experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Manufacturing (69%)
- Information Technology (59%)
- Professional Services (59%)
- Banking and Finance (55%)
- Healthcare (49%)
- Government and Administration (33%)
- Automotive (31%)
- Energy (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Excel does
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application for calculations, data analysis, planning and reporting. Companies use it to build financial models, operational trackers, forecasts, dashboards and decision tools. Modern Excel also supports collaboration through Microsoft 365 and structured connections to business data.
Core capabilities
Strong Excel work combines formulas, tables, charts and disciplined workbook design. Specialists may use XLOOKUP, dynamic arrays, PivotTables, Power Pivot and conditional logic to make models easier to maintain. They also design input controls, documentation and checks that reduce errors when several people use the same file.
Ecosystem and tooling
The wider Excel ecosystem includes Microsoft 365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI. VBA remains relevant for custom buttons, legacy workbooks and task automation, while Office Scripts can support browser-based workflows. Connections to SQL databases, ERP exports, CRM data and APIs extend Excel beyond manual copy and paste.
- Clean and transform data with Power Query
- Build financial models and management dashboards
- Automate recurring tasks with VBA or Office Scripts
- Prepare governed workbooks for Microsoft 365 collaboration
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Excel specialists when a critical workbook has become slow, fragile or difficult to explain. They also need support during reporting changes, system migrations, audit preparation and the replacement of manual spreadsheet routines. In Switzerland, professionals may work remotely or on site and align with the languages, reporting practices and systems used by the local team.
What strong professionals deliver
A capable specialist starts by clarifying the business question, source data and users of the workbook. They separate inputs, calculations and outputs, use consistent naming, protect sensitive areas and test edge cases. The result is not just a polished dashboard but a workbook that another person can review, update and trust.
Choosing the right fit
Assess a professional through a practical review of similar work, not through formatting alone. Ask how they handle data quality, version control, permissions, performance and handover. For Swiss teams, confirm availability for the required working hours, comfort with remote collaboration and the ability to document decisions clearly for both business and technical stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Microsoft Excel? These answers cover the essentials.
Microsoft Excel is used for budgeting, forecasting, data cleaning, operational planning, financial analysis and management reporting. It is also useful for prototypes and workflows that need flexible business input before a larger system is introduced.
Microsoft Excel offers deep modeling, desktop performance, advanced analysis and broad compatibility with business files. Google Sheets is often better for lightweight browser collaboration, while a database is more suitable for centralized, high-volume data and controlled multi-user transactions.
A strong Excel specialist may also work with Power Query, Power Pivot, Power BI, VBA, Office Scripts, SQL and Microsoft 365. Knowledge of accounting, controlling, supply chain or another relevant business process can be just as important as formula expertise.
The required expertise depends on the risk and scope of the workbook. A simple report may need focused spreadsheet skills, while a financial model, automated process or shared reporting system calls for proven experience in testing, documentation and data governance.
Yes. Microsoft Excel work is often suitable for remote collaboration through OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams, provided access rights and file ownership are clear. On-site work can help when the specialist must observe manual processes, interview users or connect with sensitive internal systems in Switzerland.
VBA can be appropriate when a company relies on established desktop workbooks, custom forms or controlled automation that must run inside Excel. Office Scripts and Power Automate may be better for cloud-first processes, so the choice should follow the existing Microsoft 365 setup and security requirements.
Ask the specialist to explain a comparable workbook from data source to final output. Look for clear structure, validation, error handling, performance awareness, access control and a practical handover. A quality Excel deliverable remains understandable when its original creator is unavailable.
State the business purpose, users, source files, expected outputs and current pain points. Include required connections, automation needs, privacy constraints and the preferred collaboration model. For Microsoft Excel, also clarify whether the work must support desktop files, Microsoft 365 or both.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects is 124 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 994 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects, 70% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 59% hold at least a Master's degree, and 16% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects have 27 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects are English (98%), German (96%), and French (59%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects are Manufacturing (69%), Information Technology (59%), and Professional Services (59%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Microsoft Excel in their recent projects are Project Management (71%), Information Technology (65%), and Product Development (63%).
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