Professional Certificate in Finance: Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving

• Financial Statement Analysis: Understanding financial statements is crucial for strategic thinking in finance. This unit covers primary (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement) and secondary financial statements, analysis techniques, and ratios.

• Strategic Cost Management: This unit focuses on cost management strategies to enhance a company's financial performance. Topics include activity-based costing, life-cycle costing, target costing, and strategic cost analysis.

• Corporate Finance & Valuation: Learn the principles of corporate finance, including capital budgeting, cost of capital, and capital structure. This unit also covers business valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flow and multiples methods.

• Financial Risk Management: Understand financial risk management concepts, such as market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks. Learn how to identify, assess, and mitigate financial risks using various risk management tools and techniques.

• Mergers, Acquisitions, & Corporate Restructuring: This unit explores the strategic rationale, financial analysis, and deal structuring of mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. Topics include synergy evaluation, due diligence, and post-merger integration.

• Investment & Portfolio Management: Learn the principles of investment and portfolio management, including asset allocation, security selection, and performance evaluation. This unit also covers modern portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model, and efficient market hypothesis.

• Behavioral Finance: Understand how psychological factors influence financial decision-making. Topics include heuristics and biases, prospect theory, mental accounting, and investor behavior.

• Financial Regulation & Compliance: This unit covers the regulatory and compliance environment for financial institutions, including banking, securities, and insurance regulations. Learn about anti-money laundering, know-your-customer, and ethical considerations in finance.

• Strategic Financial Planning & Budgeting: This unit focuses on financial planning and budgeting techniques to achieve strategic objectives. Topics include long-term financial planning, rolling forecasts,