Finance Data Analysis - Better Business Through Financial Management

Overview

You’ll have the chance to explore tools for assessing financial performance and the economic condition of an organisation, using the financial reports of real-world organisations. You’ll also be introduced to the key concepts of managerial accounting and explore how to identify relevant costs for short and long-term decision making.

A strong understanding of your financial status is essential to running an effective and profitable organisation. You’ll have the chance to learn how to review statements of income, financial position, and further analysis. 

You can also get to grips with ratio analysis, liquidity ratios, and break-even analysis to be able to manipulate the core numbers from your reports.

Key skills you will learn during the  Finance Data Analysis - Better Business Through Financial Management course at FutureLearn  

• Industry analysis

• Liquidity and efficiency ratios

• Break-even analysis

• Investment decision making

• Working with financial statements, income statements, and cash flow statements

• Analysing company performance

• Investor ratios

• Capital investment

• ROI

• Financial data analysis

• Finance management

• Cost-profit analysis