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Think like a CFO SpecializationIESE Business School

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The Think like a CFO Specialization will help you learn the language of finance. You will gain a firm understanding in Accountability, Operational Finance and Corporate Finance. By the end of the specialization, you’ll know what questions to ask and how to fit the different pieces together in order to develop a diagnosis and action plan to resolve a company’s financing dilemmas. You will have gain the necessary skills to understand basic concepts and feel comfortable reading, interpreting and discussing financial statements for decision making and you will understand the hey financial issues related to companies, investors, and the interaction between them in the capital markets. When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be able to better understand both business financial problems to make better decisions and your own personal financial decisions

Applied Learning Project

Learners will need to complete a Quiz of 25 questions related to Principles of Accountability, Operational Finance and Corporate Finance Essentials. Additionally, the students will have to prepare a Cash Flow Statement. Before responding to the quiz, please make sure that you review all the essential concepts and materials showed through the 4 courses that conform the Specializacion. You will need to reach a 80% of correct responses in order to be able to get the Certificate.

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When you finish every course and complete the hands-on project, you'll earn a Certificate that you can share with prospective employers and your professional network.

There are 4 Courses in this Specialization

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Course 1

Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting

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Financial Accounting is often called the language of business; it is the language that managers use to communicate the firm's financial and economic information to external parties such as shareholders and creditors. Nobody working in business can afford financial illiteracy. Whether you run your own business, work as a manager or are just starting your career, you want to understand financial information and be able to interact with accountants, controllers, and financial managers. You want to talk business!

This course will provide you with the accounting language's essentials. Upon completion, you should be able to read and interpret financial statements for business diagnosis and decision-making. More importantly, you will possess the conceptual base to keep learning more sophisticated accounting and finance on your own. Do not forget that, as with any other language, becoming proficient with accounting requires constant practice.

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Course 2

Finance for Managers

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When it comes to numbers, there is always more than meets the eye. In operational finance, you will learn how to read the “story” that the balance sheet and income statement tells about the company’s operations. The insights you gain from this “financial story” will then become a tool for short-term decision-making at the top management level relating to current assets, current liabilities and the management of working capital. Finally, by the end of the course you will understand the financial consequences of managerial decisions on operations, marketing, etc.

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Course 3

Corporate Finance Essentials

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Course 4

Corporate Finance Essentials II

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This course picks up where Corporate Finance Essentials left, addressing other corporate

finance issues not addressed in the previous course, such as market efficiency, bonds, stocks, capital structure, and dividend policy. This course will help you to: ● Understanding the concept of market efficiency. ● Get an overview in issues related to bonds, such as type of bonds, their return (yield to maturity) and default risk ● Getting to know the valuation of stocks through the method of relative valuation (multiples) ● Knowing what are the sources that financial companies use to obtain capital for their projects ● Understanding two of the most critical decisions companies need to make: whether to pay dividends and if so, how much.

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How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
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What background knowledge is necessary?
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Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
To get the most out of the specialization, it is best to take the courses in the suggested order. It is mandatory to take Corporate Finance Essentials before taking Corporate Finance Essentials II.
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What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
You will gain a firm understanding in Accountability, Operational Finance and Corporate Finance.
You will be able to develop a diagnosis and action plan to resolve a company’s financing dilemmas. You will have gain the necessary skills to understand basic concepts and feel comfortable reading, interpreting and discussing financial statements for decision making and you will understand the hey financial issues related to companies, investors, and the interaction between them in the capital markets.
When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be able to better understand both business financial problems to make better decisions and your own personal financial decisions

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