Financial Analysis for Business Decisions – Finance ExpertTrack – FutureLearn

Discover how to use financial analysis to support data-driven decision making in three financial management courses Do you want to boost your financial planning and analysis skills Collectively we produce 25 quintillion bytes of data dailyModern organisations must continually leverage this data in decision-making processes to gain a competitive advantage Data-driven businesses are three times more likely to be confident in their business decision making according to one PwC survey Finance has always been data-driven There is a growing expectation however that finance professionals will possess advanced data analysis skills In 2018 86 of financial services firms were planning to increase their usage of big data analytics Get empowered to lead data-driven decision making This ExpertTrack is designed to equip finance professionals with the digital analysis skills to prosper in this context The featured financial management courses contain valuable introductions to key data analysis tools and techniques Gaining financial data analysis skills could boost your career Analytical reasoning was LinkedIns third most in-demand skill with employers in both 2019 and 2020 Job postings calling for data visualisation have grown by 540 over the last ve years Those calling for Tableau skills have risen by over 1000 Develop a broad base of financial analysis skills The financial management courses in this ExpertTrack cover a wide range of financial analysis skills You will learn how to use common financial data analysis tools such as regression and sensitivity analyses capital project management how to calculate working capital cash conversion cycles and bond and stock valuations best practice accounting policy how to raise short-term financing how to raise capital with stocks and bonds vs investment how to use financial modelling and financial assumptions how to use Tableau for data visualisation how to do a SWOT analysis Equipped with these financial analysis skills youll be ready to lead data-driven business decision making Content for this ExpertTrack has been adapted from the Financial Analysis and Decision Making Microcredential – if you want to find out more take a look at the Microcredential which offers smaller cohorts with tutor interactions and academic credit During the ExpertTrack well be using Tableau Public and Excel If you dont have Excel you might find this online version useful We recommend you use a computer to access the courses in this ExpertTrack Financial analysis Budget planning Budget forecasting Insights communication Data Visualisation Data-driven decision making Sensitivity analysis Regression analysis Capital planning Financial modelling Tableau Data analytics Discover how to use financial analysis to support data-driven decision making in three financial management courses Effectively capture and communicate critical business insights to inform business decision making Compare common financial models and their functions Use Tableau to import data and create graphics