About this Professional Certificate
Making decisions based on financial data is essential to the success of any company. This accounting and finance Professional Certificate, brought to you by Babson College, the #1 school in Entrepreneurship (U.S. News & World Report), will give learners the foundational accounting and finance skills needed to make critical business decisions.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, in management, or looking to become a financial analyst, this program will help you make informed decisions by teaching you financial fundamentals: terms, metrics, and the pillars of primary financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.
You'll learn how to interpret and use the information contained in financial statements to make key operating decisions, evaluate a company’s performance, and create forecasts of profits and cash flow. You will learn how to use ratios to diagnose a company's financial health and apply these concepts and tools to valuation, liquidity and other factors for sound decision-making.
What you'll learn
- How primary financial statements are constructed and what types of information are captured in each statement.
- How to calculate key performance ratios and use those metrics to evaluate the performance of your business.
- How to create a financial forecast that you can use to better manage your business and to present to potential investors and creditors.
- Apply data analysis to managerial decisions, especially in start-ups.
| From | Babson College, BabsonX via edX |
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| Hours | 48 |
| Instructors | Mark Potter, Peter Wilson |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
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Courses in this Professional Certificate
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Financial Analysis for Decision Making How do you find the money necessary to effectively manage your business? How do you know if a business opportunity is worthwhile? When should you invest in a stock, bond or... edX | Babson College, BabsonX |
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Financial Accounting Made Fun: Eliminating Your Fears Are financial statements a mystery to you? Do all those terms and metrics make your head spin? Do you avoid conversations with your finance leaders because you are not confident... edX | Babson College, BabsonX |
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| From | Babson College, BabsonX via edX |
|---|---|
| Hours | 48 |
| Instructors | Mark Potter, Peter Wilson |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Personal Financial Representative 3 $38k
QA Specialist, Statements & Payments $54k
Grants Financial Analyst $54k
Financial Marketing Advisor $71k
Accountant/CPA, Financial $74k
Financial System Administrator $79k
Financial and Business Analyst $79k
Trade Financial Analyst $81k
Financial Analyst Manager 4 $90k
Financial Information Systems $92k
Financial Analyst Financial Reporting Manager $104k
Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning $119k
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