University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Financial Management Specialization
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Financial Management Specialization

Become a Strategic Financial Manager. Develop an integrated financial management framework.

Oktay Urcan
Stefan Zeume
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

Instructors: Oktay Urcan +3 more

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7

(4,674 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Evaluating financial statements and the financial information they provide.

  • Describing the evaluation and management of portfolios along with firm valuation techniques.

  • Incorporating risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understanding how companies make financing and investment decisions.

Skills you'll gain

  • Category: Investments
  • Category: Business Valuation
  • Category: Accounting
  • Category: Peer Review
  • Category: Investment Management
  • Category: Financial Statement Analysis
  • Category: Credit Risk
  • Category: Financial Analysis
  • Category: Financial Accounting
  • Category: Risk Management
  • Category: Corporate Finance
  • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Category: Revenue Recognition
  • Category: Finance
  • Category: Financial Statements
  • Category: Cash Management
  • Category: Working Capital
  • Category: Financial Management
  • Category: Cash Flows
  • Category: Accrual Accounting

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Specialization - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • Accounting information and how it is used by different capital market participants

  • Record financial information and produce the main financial statements

  • Fundamental accounting concepts and revenue recognition criteria in preparing financial statements,

  • Conduct the accounting for short-term assets, with a particular focus on accounts receivables and inventories.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Inventory Accounting
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Revenue Recognition
Category: Accrual Accounting
Category: Income Statement
Category: Accounts Receivable
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Accounting Records
Category: Accounting
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

What you'll learn

  • To account for fixed assets

  • Understand accounting for liabilities

  • Evaluate shareholders’ equity section of a balance sheet, and

  • Understand preparation and information provided by cash flows statement.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Equities
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Fixed Asset
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Depreciation
Category: Loans
Category: Accrual Accounting
Category: Market Liquidity
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Financial Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Explain the tradeoffs between risk and return.

  • Form a portfolio of securities and calculate the expected return and standard deviation of that portfolio.

  • Describe what is meant by market efficiency and what it implies for patterns in stock returns and for the asset-management industry.

  • Conduct specific examples of a market multiples valuation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Portfolio Management
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Business Valuation
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Investments
Category: Regression Analysis
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Financial Market
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Asset Management
Category: Finance
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Equities

What you'll learn

  • Interpret and use the CAPM and the 3-Factor Model to evaluate the performance of investments.

  • Compare returns in the form of dividends and capital gains and their tax consequences.

  • Describe evidence regarding the performance of individuals’ stock investments and the performance of actively-managed mutual funds.

  • Evaluate strategies designed to “earn alpha”.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Portfolio Management
Category: Decision Making
Category: Finance
Category: Investments
Category: Investment Management
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Income Tax
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Financial Trading
Category: Asset Management
Category: Tax Management
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Behavioral Economics
Category: Equities
Category: Financial Market

What you'll learn

  • Forecast and manage a company's short- and long-term liquidity needs

  • Measure the contribution of a new project or acquisition to shareholder value

  • Incorporate risk into investment decisions using the appropriate discount rates

  • Evaluate the performance of a company or divisions of a company

Skills you'll gain

Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
Category: Cash Flow Forecasting
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Business Valuation
Category: Finance
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Working Capital
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Financial Management
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Cash Management
Category: Financial Statement Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate the benefits and costs of different types of debt such as bonds and bank debt.

  • Manage risks that cannot be hedged with derivatives using liquidity and other tools.

  • Use the NPV concept to identify situations of unfairness and injustice.

  • Identify potential conflicts between equity holders and debtholders in firms that are close to bankruptcy.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Risk Management
Category: Derivatives
Category: Business Risk Management
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Credit Risk
Category: Governance
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Loans
Category: Financial Management
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
Category: International Finance
Category: Private Equity
Category: Financial Market
Category: Investment Banking

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This Specialization is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹

 

Instructors

Oktay Urcan
Oktay Urcan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 Courses198,475 learners
Stefan Zeume
Stefan Zeume
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses64,539 learners
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
19 Courses131,928 learners

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