Good financial judgment can deepen the decision-making skills of any business professional. Fluency with monetary figures helps you tie everyday operations to the financial success of your organization at a department and senior level.
Finance and Budgeting Essentials for Business Professionals
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What you'll learn
In this course, you will use financial information to interpret and preserve the financial health of an organization.
Skills you'll gain
- Operating Budget
- Financial Accounting
- Finance
- Balance Sheet
- Budget Management
- Budgeting
- Financial Data
- Balancing (Ledger/Billing)
- General Finance
- Financial Management
- Decision Making
- Income Statement
- Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
- Financial Planning
- Financial Acumen
- Cash Flows
- Financial Statements
- Cash Management
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Analysis
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January 2026
Assessments
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Taught in English
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There are 7 modules in this course
Keeping an eye on the bottom line makes you more effective in any organization. The financial side of a business allows its operations to continue, supports monetary decisions, and organizes information in a concise, numerical format.
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Balance sheets show the basic financial position of a company. To assess the financial health of any organization, you should be able to glance at a recent balance sheet and gain a sense of the resources the business has at its disposal.
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Income statements show the profit or loss of an organization over a span of time. Using an income statement lets you form judgments about how the entity earns and spends its money.
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Depending on your stake in an organization, you may need to review its cash flow statement, its statement of stockholders' equity, or the footnotes that accompany its financial statements. These documents reveal different financial strengths and concerns as handled by company management.
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Fluency with financial accounts, objectives, and metrics can help you follow a budget. The budget then lets you tie the bottom line to management decisions and company operations.
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To gain the most from a budget, you must apply principles of budgeting to the particular needs of your department or organization. Using the written budget then helps you keep your decisions and spending on target in terms of the most relevant accounts.
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You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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