About this Professional Certificate
You will learn how to value a firm over the course of this Corporate Finance professional certificate program, giving you the skills necessary to make sound financial and investment decisions.
We will cover:
Together, these concepts make up the essential building blocks for a career in finance.
In this hands-on program, you will be given the opportunity to learn through a variety of real-world transactions and case studies as well as work through exercises in constructing Excel models to help deepen your understanding of concepts.
This program is for those looking to advance their career in a range of professions, including investment banking, private equity, consulting, general management, and CFO track jobs within a corporation.
This program is based on the first-year course taught in Columbia Business School’s MBA core program.
What you'll learn
- Understand both the sound theoretical principles of finance, and the practical environment in which financial decisions are made.
- How to use the free cash flow method for firm evaluation.
- Apply frameworks for valuation and discounting.
- Value stocks and bonds.
- Compute the return on any project.
- Value a firm by projecting cash flows and calculating residual value.
- How to make investment decisions for corporations.
- Understand the effect of capital structure on the risk of the equity and debt of a firm.
- Measure risk and estimate the expected return of an asset based on its risk.
| From | Columbia University, ColumbiaX via edX |
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| Hours | 36 |
| Instructor | Daniel Wolfenzon |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
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Investment Advisor Contractor $13k
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Alternative Investment Real Estate Operations $84k
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Account Executive and Investment Analyst $89k
Investment Performance Analyst Lead $106k
Program Investment Manager $106k
Investment Operations | Business Analyst $110k
Owner President Investment Advisor $128k
Vice Assistant President Investment Advisory Services Product Manager $143k
Head of Investment Management Compliance, Co-Head of Global Guideline Monitoring $190k
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Free Cash Flow Analysis (You were viewing this course) In this course, learners will begin to apply the lessons and concepts from Introduction to Corporate Finance as they begin to discuss basics of firm valuation. Follow Professor... edX | Columbia University, ColumbiaX |
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In this course, you will learn to estimate the expected return of equity and debt. You will also learn to estimate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), the opportunity... edX | Columbia University, ColumbiaX |
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| From | Columbia University, ColumbiaX via edX |
|---|---|
| Hours | 36 |
| Instructor | Daniel Wolfenzon |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Investment Advisor Contractor $13k
Investment Advisor Representative Expert $44k
Commercial Investment Advisor $76k
Alternative Investment Real Estate Operations $84k
Senior Investment Business Analyst $85k
Account Executive and Investment Analyst $89k
Investment Performance Analyst Lead $106k
Program Investment Manager $106k
Investment Operations | Business Analyst $110k
Owner President Investment Advisor $128k
Vice Assistant President Investment Advisory Services Product Manager $143k
Head of Investment Management Compliance, Co-Head of Global Guideline Monitoring $190k
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