Course description
Building Financial Acumen
Raise your game. Expand your financial knowledge so you can ask better questions, spot problems, make better decisions, and increase your impact and influence in the organization. Duke CE has partnered with Professor Joe Perfetti, who has wealth of real world knowledge and industry expertise, to create an online finance program for non-financial managers.
What You'll Learn
This program will use financial data to analyze performance, provide a framework to understand changes in business models, and use key performance metrics to help interpret financial statements.
- Speak the language of finance
- Identify financial levers and drivers of value to influence your business real-time
- Learn and practice applying key financial concepts and tools such as:
- Cornerstones of Value Creation
- Key Value Drivers
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Cash Flow Cycle
- Income Statements
- Balance Sheets
- Selling a Business Case
- Time Value of Money
This Course Includes:
- 8 modules, each with:
- a 5-8 minute video
- supplemental reading
- an assessment of 5-10 questions
- an application exercise
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Training content
- Module 1: Welcome + Introduction
- Module 2: The Four Cornerstones of Value Creation
- Module 3: The Key Drivers of Value Creation
- Module 4: Cash Flow Cycle
- Module 5: The Balance Sheet
- Module 6: The Income Statement
- Module 7: ROIC vs. Free Cash Flow
- Module 8: Four Elements of a Business Case
- Module 9: Time Value of Money
- Module 10: Course Evaluation
This program will use financial data to analyze performance, provide a framework to understand changes in business models, and use key performance metrics to help interpret financial statements.
- Speak the language of finance
- Identify financial levers and drivers of value to influence your business real-time
- Learn and practice applying key financial concepts and tools such as
- Cornerstones of Value Creation
- Key Value Drivers
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Cash Flow Cycle
- Income Statements
- Balance Sheets
- Selling a Business Case
- Time Value of Money
Costs
$299 per individual participant.
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Duke Corporate Education
Part of Duke University, Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) is the premier global provider of leadership solutions in context. We are a blend of a business and university — but distinct from both. From the business world, we bring an outcomes-driven focus...