Financial planning and analysis courses can help you learn budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling. You can build skills in interpreting financial statements, conducting scenario analysis, and making data-driven recommendations for business strategy. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, Tableau for data visualization, and various software for performance management, all of that support analyzing financial data and supporting strategic decision-making.

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Business Risk Management, Credit Risk, Risk Mitigation, Stakeholder Communications, Operational Risk, Proposal Development, Risk Analysis, Finance, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Strategies, Financial Analysis, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Strategic Decision-Making, Cost Benefit Analysis
★ 4.7 (53) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Disaster Recovery, Security Management, IT Management, System Monitoring, Cyber Security Policies, Enterprise Security, Security Strategy, Systems Administration, Operating System Administration, Security Controls, Patch Management, Continuous Monitoring, Information Systems Security, Unix
★ 4.7 (233) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

STARWEAVER
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Modeling, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Income Statement, Gross Profit, Microsoft Excel, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Balance Sheet, Investment Management, General Accounting, Business Metrics, Finance, Cash Flows, Strategic Decision-Making, Portfolio Risk, Excel Formulas, Revenue Forecasting
★ 4.4 (7) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Reconciliation, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Balance Sheet, Financial Acumen, Business Metrics, Income Statement, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Analysis, Financial Data, Performance Analysis
★ 4.6 (873) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Machine Controls, Robotics, Graph Theory, Control Systems, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics, Python Programming
★ 4.4 (19) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Financial Reporting, Financial Acumen, Financial Data, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Income Statement, Financial Analysis, Business Reporting, Risk Analysis, Cash Flows, Predictive Analytics, Financial Forecasting, Balance Sheet, Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Financial Management, Performance Metric, Financial Planning, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
★ 4.5 (990) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Sage Publications
Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Teamwork, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Analysis, Project Management, Conflict Management, Stakeholder Communications, Collaboration, Leadership and Management, Cooperation, Team Management, Project Planning, Leadership Studies, Project Management Life Cycle, Team Leadership, Project Coordination, Team Building, Organizational Leadership, Project Scoping, Timelines
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Wesleyan University
Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Data Storytelling, Logistic Regression, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Data Presentation, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Correlation Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Decision Tree Learning, Data Visualization Software, Data Management, Statistical Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Machine Learning, Statistics
★ 4.4 (1.4K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Organizational Structure, People Management, Process Management, Project Management, Innovation, Team Management, Business Solutions, Conflict Management, Change Management
★ 4.8 (212) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Skills you'll gain: Sanitation, Public Works, Environmental Engineering, Water Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Systems, Sustainable Technologies, Community Development, Public Health, Environment and Resource Management
★ 4.8 (1.2K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Risk Management Framework, Derivatives, Portfolio Management, Operational Risk, Risk Modeling, Portfolio Risk, Financial Trading, Risk Management, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Credit Risk, Finance, Asset Management, Probability, Banking, Statistics, Analysis, Analytics, Decision Making, Governance
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Budget Management, Budgeting, Operating Budget, Financial Modeling, Financial Data, Financial Forecasting, Cost Control, Fiscal Management, Business Modeling, Financial Planning, Business Workflow Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Planning, Business Analysis, Process Mapping, Business Operations, Microsoft Excel, Business Communication, Process Improvement, Data Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months