Cost accounting courses can help you learn budgeting, variance analysis, cost allocation, and performance measurement. You can build skills in analyzing financial data, preparing cost reports, and making informed pricing decisions. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, QuickBooks for tracking expenses, and specialized software for cost management, which help you apply your knowledge in real-world business scenarios.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Invoicing, Billing & Invoicing, Accounting Records, Billing, Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Tax Compliance, Payment Processing and Collection, Microsoft Excel, Sales Tax, Regulatory Requirements, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Automation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Agile Software Development, Scrum (Software Development), Project Management Life Cycle, Resource Management, Peer Review, Earned Value Management, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodology, Project Risk Management, Team Motivation, Project Management, Information Technology, Risk Management, Sprint Retrospectives, Interviewing Skills, Leadership, Communication
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Software Development, Software Design, Computer Programming, Computational Thinking, Debugging, Algorithms
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Revenue Recognition, Financial Statement Analysis, Non-Profit Accounting, Technical Accounting, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flows, Expense Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Standard Accounting Practices, Inventory Accounting, Tax Management, Compliance Reporting, Consolidation, Financial Data, Accounting
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

National Taiwan University
Skills you'll gain: Cash Management, Internal Controls, Revenue Recognition, Accounting Systems, Ledgers (Accounting), Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Standard Accounting Practices, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Accounting Records, Transaction Processing, Accrual Accounting, Bookkeeping, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Journals
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Supply And Demand, Economics, Business Economics, Market Dynamics, Tax, Consumer Behaviour, Cost Accounting, Price Negotiation, Resource Allocation, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Production Management
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Request for Proposal, Request For Quotation (RFQ), Strategic Sourcing, Document Management, Supplier Management, Purchasing, Procurement, Business Writing, Cost Benefit Analysis, Vendor Management, Business Communication, Market Research, Cost Management, Risk Analysis, Spreadsheet Software, Financial Analysis, Workflow Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Contract Compliance, Data Analysis
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
Skills you'll gain: Payroll Tax, Payroll, Payroll Administration, Payroll Processing, Payroll Reporting, Payroll Systems, Tax Compliance, Tax Management, Labor Compliance, Data Entry, Compensation Management, Human Resource Strategy, Non-Profit Accounting, Benefits Administration, Income Tax, Labor Law, Specialized Accounting, Reconciliation, Workforce Management, Data Analysis
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Finance, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Return On Investment, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Case Studies, Investment Management, Risk Analysis, Financial Accounting, Capital Markets
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Credit Risk, Mergers & Acquisitions, Peer Review, Fixed Asset, Accrual Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Revenue Recognition, Financial Analysis, Financial Statements, Investments, Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance, Accounting, Return On Investment, Financial Management, Business Valuation, Financial Modeling, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: Project Schedules, Project Scoping, Stakeholder Management, Project Risk Management, Work Breakdown Structure, Stakeholder Analysis, Risk Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Cost Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Change Control, Microsoft Project, Project Controls, Communication Planning, Project Performance, Project Planning, Project Documentation, Earned Value Management, Budget Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Scalability, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Cloud Storage, System Monitoring, Load Balancing, Data Storage, Virtual Networking, Database Development, General Networking, Virtual Machines, Containerization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks