Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Financial Management, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Develop into a strategic finance manager. Develop an integrated finance management framework that will improve your organization’s performance.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בניהול פיננסי של Google

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Building a solid foundation for developing an integrated framework for strategic financial decisions.
  • In-depth understanding of financial statements and financial information, and the ability to critically evaluate and analyze cash flow statements.
  • Understanding of investment management and corporate valuation techniques.
  • Knowledge of integrating risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understanding of decision-making processes regarding financing and investments.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Finance Manager
  • Financial Analyst
  • Investment advisor
  • Investment Manager
  • Accountant
  • Cash flow manager
  • Risk Manager
  • Corporate Finance Manager
  • Capital Market Analyst
  • Financial Project Manager

Internship – Series of 7 courses

This specialization covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. You will learn to evaluate key strategic corporate and investment decisions, understand financial markets and institutions from a financial perspective, and develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and personal financial decision-making.

The Financial Management specialization is part of the University of Illinois iMBA program. Each course in this specialization also fulfills some of the requirements for a University of Illinois course that can earn you university credit.

When you complete the Financial Management specialization, you will:

  • Build a solid foundation for developing an integrated framework for strategic financial decisions.
  • You will have a deep understanding of financial statements and the financial information they provide, and you will be able to critically evaluate and analyze cash flow statements.
  • Understand investment management and company valuation techniques.
  • You will know how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understand how companies make decisions regarding financing and investments.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Certification in Finance

Course 1: Accounting Information

Duration: 12 hours
Rating: 4.7 (4,433 ratings)

  • Accounting information and how it is used by various capital market participants
  • Record financial information and produce key financial reports
  • Basic accounting concepts and revenue recognition criteria
  • To conduct the accounting of short-term assets

Skills you will gain: Corporate Finance, Project, Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Course 2: Advanced Accounting Products

Duration: 11 hours
Rating: 4.7 (1,686 ratings)

  • Do accounting for fixed assets
  • Understand the accounting of liabilities
  • Evaluate the shareholders’ information in the balance sheet
  • Understand the preparation and information in the cash flow statement

Skills you will gain: Financial accounting, bookkeeping, accrual, financial statements

Course 3: Investments I – Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation

Duration: 26 hours
Rating: 4.7 (894 ratings)

  • Balancing risk and return
  • Investment portfolio optimization
  • Securities pricing
  • Risk and return models
  • Market efficiency and its implications

Skills you will gain: Stocks, Finance, Investment Strategy, Investing

Course 4: Investments II – Lessons and Applications for Investors

Duration: 19 hours
Rating: 4.8 (853 ratings)

  • Investment Basics
  • Asset Pricing Models
  • Investment decisions and behavioral biases
  • Mutual fund performance

Skills you will gain: Stocks, financial markets, investment strategy, investing

Course 5: Corporate Finance I – Measuring and Advancing Value Creation

Duration: 24 hours
Rating: 4.7 (1,106 ratings)

  • Key financing principles
  • Financial ratios for measuring economic health
  • Valuation techniques for investment decisions
  • Incorporating risk and uncertainty into investment decisions

Skills you will gain: Risk management, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), debt

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