Vlerick Business School

Essentials in Finance Explore key finance concepts and learn to apply them

Vlerick Business School

Accounting & Finance

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Financial understanding and planning can make or break a business. So it’s vital you know how to read and understand your company’s numbers yourself – even if you work in a function like marketing, legal or HR.

This 100% online, self-paced programme explores key financial concepts over four modules. You dive into the numbers with a learning simulation – and get the knowledge you need to make informed business decisions.

Programme Content

This programme is divided into eight modules, each focusing on a different aspect of financial management.

Module 1: Finance and accounting simulation

Discover how traditional business activities, financial transactions and financial statements relate to each other
Understand cash flow statements, profit-and-loss accounts and balance sheets
Learn how to calculate a number of key ratios

Module 2 - 4: Financial statements

The balance sheet
The income statement
The cash flow statement

Module 5: What financial statements reveal

Learn how to asses a company’s liquidity, profitability and solvency

Module 6: Working capital management

Explore how managing working capital keeps organisations running smoothly

Module 7: Working capital optimisation

Learn how to optimise a company's cash position through managing inventory levels and accounts receivable and payable

Module 8: Wrap-up

Evaluate what you've learned throughout the programme
Plan how you will use your new knowledge and skills starting today

This online journey brings together learning formats including videos, simulations, exercises, quizzes, case studies and real-life examples. You’ll also have background reading to do and questions to help you reflect on your own experience. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to put theory into practice and become confident at making financial decisions. By the end of the programme, you’ll be ready to leap into finance discussions and projects in your organisation. You can start Essentials in Finance at any time – and study wherever and whenever suits you. It takes around 10 to 12 hours to complete the programme and you can split this time over a maximum of three months.

Programme Audience

Professionals who don’t have a background in finance
Professionals who want to boost their knowledge of finance fundamentals
Professionals who want to become more confident at having business discussions

In previous editions, we had the pleasure of welcoming participants from companies like:

Programme Benefits

On this programme, you’ll live and learn key financial concepts – such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss accounts and cashflow statements – through hands-on examples and a simulation game. And you’ll gain the knowledge to make sound business decisions so you can leap confidently into discussions with colleagues.

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+32 9 210 98 84
https://www.vlerick.com
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