Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Professional (Online)
Columbia Business School
Finance & Investing
About Programme
As you progress in your organization, understanding financial information, “speaking” the accounting language, and being able to conduct various financial analyses becomes increasingly important. If you have limited experience analyzing and interpreting accounting principles and financial statements, join Columbia Business School Executive Education online to ramp up your financial fluency.
In this practical five-week program, you will dissect the elements of financial statements and learn to apply key financial principles to your own business. Demystifying terms such as net present value (NPV), price-earnings ratio (P/E), and forecasting will lead you to make decisions that deliver more value to your organization, improve your overall financial competence, and boost your business confidence.
We answer questions such as:
What is financial accounting?
How are common transactions reflected in the financial statements?
What are the uses and limitations of financial statements?
How do you reformulate financial statements to conduct informative analysis?
How do you evaluate the profitability, solvency, and liquidity of a company?
What are the key elements of planning and control?
How do you evaluate and select projects?
How do you estimate the value of a company?
How do you forecast financial statements for budgeting, performance evaluation, or valuation purposes?
Please contact our partners at Emeritus at [email protected] , +1 315-982-5094, or +1 315-277-2746 for a personal conversation to learn more.
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Programme Content
At Columbia Business School Executive Education, peer-to-peer learning and market-relevant program work are essential to the in-class experience. We have replicated this approach in our globally connected online classroom so you will learn from the professor, program leaders, case studies, guest speakers, and each other — no matter where you are in the world.
Program highlights include:
Five self-directed modules
Industry examples with real-world financial statements
Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Professionals (Online) is designed for professionals at any level in their organization who currently need or anticipate the need to be able to understand, communicate, or use basic financial information.
Representative roles and titles, job function, and industry may include:
