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Overview
Financial literacy is a fundamental capability for any business leader, whether you are running your own small business/start-up or working at a large organisation. Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will develop the ability to seek out financial opportunities and avoid financial misadventure.
By taking the Management and financial accounting - Know your numbers course offered by Coursera in partnership with Macquarie University, you’ll learn how to organise, create, interpret and communicate important financial information effectively, which will help you improve your organisation’s internal procedures and processes.
What you will learn
- Demonstrate an understanding of the development of financial statements
- Investigate and analyse financial statements in practice
- Apply financial ratios for purposes of understanding and synthesising business position and performance
- Apply a range of management accounting techniques to generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts to improve decision making
Skills you'll gain
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Leadership and Management
- Organizational Development
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The building blocks
- Ratios and data: Why and how
- Strategy and accounting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Modelling financial performance
- Corporate governance and accounting
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
- 4 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Campus Location
- Mountain View, United States
Disciplines
Finance Accounting View 40 other Short Courses in Accounting in United StatesWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Beginner level
- No prior experience required
Tuition Fees
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Additional Details
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- $399/year with 14-day money-back guarantee
Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.
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