Finance for Technical Managers Coursera

Overview

In Finance for Technical Managers Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder, you will explore the fundamental principles of financial management. Topics include understanding and interpreting a company’s financial statements, the time value of money and its role in evaluating the economic viability of different projects, and the annual capital budgeting process every company performs when selecting which projects to fund. 

Key facts

• In addition, you will cover some highly practical topics, such as how to determine product costs, establishing a department’s annual budget, and ways of forecasting future sales. 

• As a side benefit, the quantitative skills you will learn for business are identical to the skills necessary to manage your own personal finances. 

• Therefore, you will extend your analyses to cover investing of mutual funds composed of stocks and bonds, and you will explore the fascinating area of asset allocation.

What You Will Learn:

• Articulate the principles and concepts of finance and financial management, particularly with your financial peers.

• Understand how capital budgeting processes work within a company, how to select projects, and how to plan for the financial future of a firm.

• Interpret a company’s financial statements, calculate financial health, and use metrics to evaluate the financial viability of a new project.

• Apply your knowledge to personal finance investments in stock and bond mutual funds.

Skills You Will Gain:

• Finance

• Accounting

• Investment Management

• Leadership and Management

• Strategy and Operations