Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Finance for Google Technical Managers

Start your career in financial management. Learn tools and methods for performing financial analysis.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת במימון עבור מנהלים טכניים של Google

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding and interpreting a company’s financial statements
  • The time value of money and its role in assessing the economic viability of projects
  • The annual budgeting process of companies
  • Determining product costs and annual budget for the department
  • Forecasting future sales
  • Mutual fund investment analysis and asset allocation
  • Quantitative skills to create a business case for a project
  • Evaluating the company’s condition based on financial statements
  • Creating a customized retirement plan

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Technology Managers
  • Project managers
  • Financial managers
  • Financial analysts
  • Management Engineers
  • Data scientists
  • Technical professionals in management positions
  • Department managers
  • Financial advisors
  • Investment managers

Internship – Series of 3 courses

In the Finance for Technology Managers course, 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 assessing the economic viability of projects
  • The annual budgeting process of companies
  • Determining product costs and annual budget for the department
  • Forecasting future sales

You will also expand your analysis to include mutual fund investments and asset allocation.

Master of Engineering Management (ME-EM) Program

This internship is offered for academic credit as part of the ME-EM program offered by CU Boulder on the Coursera platform. The program is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals advance into management and leadership roles.

For those interested, you can learn more about the ME-EM program at: Coursera .

Applied Learning Project

Learners develop the quantitative skills to create the business case for a project and assess a company’s health based on its financial statements. Learners then apply their knowledge to secure their financial future by creating a customized retirement plan.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Courses in product cost analysis and investment flow analysis

Course 1: Product Cost Analysis

Duration: 20 hours
Rating: 4.5 (60 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

  • Fundamentals of financial management in an organization
  • Distinguishing between job-based costs and activity-based costs
  • The concept of time value of money (TVM) and its application in spreadsheets
  • Applying TVM principles to personal finances and retirement planning

Skills you will acquire:

  • Product cost analysis
  • Applying costs to personal finances
  • The time value of money
  • Cost estimation techniques

Course 2: Project Evaluation and the Capital Budgeting Process

Duration: 17 hours
Rating: 4.8 (78 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

  • Determining the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and payback period (PBP)
  • Evaluating investment options in the organization
  • Understanding capital asset depreciation and the effects of inflation
  • Building a sophisticated financial model

Skills you will acquire:

  • Creating a compelling business case
  • Term cash flow analysis
  • Project Evaluation: NPV, IRR, and Payback Period
  • Project selection techniques

Course 3: Financial Forecasting and Reporting

Duration: 13 hours
Rating: 4.7 (47 ratings)

What you’ll learn:

  • Reading financial statements: profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
  • Preparing an operational and financial budget
  • Applying scenario and sensitivity analysis to cash flows
  • Reading the company’s sustainability report

Skills you will acquire:

  • Understanding financial statements
  • Budgeting techniques
  • Risk Management: Scenario and Sensitivity Analysis
  • Financial ratio analysis and forecasting techniques
  • Sustainability reporting and ESG metrics

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