Essential quantitative business skills

About this Professional Certificate

In today's work environment, it is vital for professionals to interpret the large amount of quantitative information to which they have access, more and more we have to interpret large volumes of data (big data), either by analyzing financial reports, case studies or presenting data effectively. This Professional Certification program, offered by EGADE Business School, the number one school in Mexico and Latin America in Finance and Administration, will give you the opportunity to successfully develop these skills that are highly required by companies in today's job market.

With the help of experts, you will use interactive exercises to learn the fundamentals of mathematics, statististical analysiscs, data science and finance, all applied to business.

The topics covered in this Professional Certification program will allow you to obtain theoretical and practical training at the master's or postgraduate level to better understand the functions of business management; additionally, it will prepare you to continue your studies successfully by deciding to pursue a Master's Degree in Finance or an MBA at EGADE.

You will need prior experience using Microsoft Excel.

This program will provide you with the key concepts you need to make successful managerial decision makings in your company, both in the short term and in the long term. For example, to make financial decisions, monetary decisions or investment decisions, it is necessary to know the interest rate, opportunity costs, master financial models, know the capital budget and working capital, the value of money, risk management.analyze risk. In general, this program will give you the quantitative skills and problem solving skills you need professionally to be successful in real world making business decisions.

Quantitative skills like financial modeling give you a framework for creating new tools to compare investment options and determine which will yield the best return based on a set of inputs and assumptions.Corporate finance can help the company in the creation of value, to analyze its financial resources / equity, to know the real assets that the company has, or to select the best investment projects based on the current value of money, and to know the analysis used in the processes.

The program will also cover data science, which helps in making successful operational decisions and managerial decisions based on data analysis, for example, taking into account the information provided by the data you can determine the efficient use of resources.

What you'll learn

• You will develop your capacity for quantitative analysis to solve optimization problems.
• You will use statistical techniques for data analysis and forecasting of variables in the business environment.
• You will analyze the performance of a company from the information contained in its financial statements.
• You will gain knowledge about data science and how to apply it in business as a business analyst.

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