Financial statements courses can help you learn how to analyze balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, along with understanding financial ratios and performance metrics. You can build skills in interpreting financial data, assessing company health, and making informed investment decisions. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling and software for accounting and reporting, that support applying your skills in real-world business contexts.

Harvard Business Review
Skills you'll gain: Business Acumen, Strategic Decision-Making, Strategic Thinking, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Performance Measurement, Business Leadership, Decision Making, Organizational Leadership, Competitive Analysis, Business Strategy, Leadership, Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Performance Metric, Business, Business Modeling, Finance
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Project Documentation, Lean Six Sigma, Document Management, Project Management, Project Scoping, Six Sigma Methodology, Project Planning, Google Docs, Lean Methodologies, Timelines
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Financial Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Data Literacy, Financial Forecasting, Reconciliation, Financial Analysis, A/B Testing, Portfolio Risk, Model Evaluation, Data Cleansing, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Regression Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Indian School of Business
Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Data Collection, Financial Trading, Portfolio Management, Securities Trading, Business Planning, Financial Market, Market Data, Market Analysis, Technical Analysis, Investment Management, Performance Measurement, Financial Analysis, Performance Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Governance, Compliance Training, Compliance Management, Business Ethics, Legal Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Commercial Laws, Accountability, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Public Accounting, Accounting, Auditing, Financial Management, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Analysis
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Investments, FinTech, Financial Trading, Portfolio Management, Market Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Big Data, Financial Market, Artificial Neural Networks, Automation, Finance, Machine Learning Methods, Financial Analysis, Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Skills you'll gain: Competitive Intelligence, Competitive Analysis, Data Storytelling, Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, Market Share, Data Analysis, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Consulting, Market Analysis, Performance Analysis, Performance Measurement, Benchmarking, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Business Metrics, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Finance, Cash Flows, Cost Benefit Analysis, Investment Management, Investments
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Closing (Sales), Entrepreneurial Finance, Entrepreneurship, Sales Presentations, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Capital Markets, Finance, Fundraising, Private Equity, Loans, Business Valuation, Contract Negotiation, General Finance, Investments, Due Diligence, Presentations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Skills you'll gain: Failure Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Modeling, Feasibility Studies, Failure Mode And Effects Analysis, Risk Management, Hazard Analysis, Project Risk Management, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Risk Mitigation, Risk Management Framework, Mitigation, Disaster Recovery, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Financial Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Contingency Planning, Governance, Resilience, Environment
Advanced · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Product Lifecycle Management, Product Roadmaps, Product Management, Product Planning, New Product Development, Product Strategy, Project Management Life Cycle, Product Development, Project Planning, Project Documentation, Agile Product Development, Product Requirements, Business Planning, User Requirements Documents, Product Marketing, Team Building, Competitive Analysis, Team Management, Marketing Planning, Market Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Process Development, Tableau Software, Financial Modeling, Data Presentation, Dashboard Creation, Business Process, Peer Review, Presentations, Property Management, Data Analysis, MySQL, Revenue Management, Financial Data, Risk Analysis, Property and Real Estate, Real Estate, Financial Analysis, Microsoft Excel, SQL
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months