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OPERATIONAL FINANCE

Learn the fundamentals of accounting, budgeting and financial management in 10 short weeks. You’ll learn how to properly assess and interpret financial data like statements and ratios so you can make sound, strategic and informed decisions.

10 weeks online

6 - 8 hours / week

Online Learning

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Meet your course creator

David Flynn

Professor

With an impressive academic track record, Professor and Head of Department of Accounting at UCT, and Visiting Professor at Rhodes Investec Business School, he’s also been involved in the industry, as Head of Research at Old Mutual and Director and COO at Velocity Asset Management.

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Robyn Hazekamp

Head of Instructional Design

Dog-lover and superhero-aficionado, Robyn pours her Masters degree in English and international lecturing experience into developing online courses that meet our rigorous Red & Yellow standards. She somehow also manages to find time to speak at conferences and contribute to our globally-acclaimed textbook.

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Advance your skills. Get a Certificate that counts.

Knowledge of financial management is crucial in running a successful business. With this course, you’ll be able to assess, analyse and interpret business financials so that you can make educated decisions and contribute to important discussions.

What you'll learn:

How to record and analyse financial transactions using reports like Income Statements, Balance sheets and Cash Flow Statements
Boost ROI and future performance through strategic investment and business decisions
Write management reports based on financial insights and structured ratio-analysis, in the context of non-financial issues
Budgeting procedures and considerations
The ability to recognise cognitive biases that influence financial decisions

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Course curriculum:

Module 01

Understanding financials

Module 02

Financial reporting

Module 03

Reporting financial performance

Module 04

Recording financial transactions

Module 05

Analysing financial reports

Module 06

Legal aspects in finance: Tax and Human Resource issues

Module 07

Budgeting and forecasting for decision making

Module 08

Uniquely Human Skills that apply to finance

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Our Alumni are part of our ‘inner circle’, and qualify for discounts on all our online courses, get exclusive special access to our events and a Talent Management service to help you find the best career opportunities (should you be looking).

Human touch

This online learning experience will be warm and engaging. Our great team will be on hand to guide you through the course and answer any of your questions.

Future-focused

Avoid redundancy or irrelevance in an AI-flooded future. Red & Yellow courses are designed to develop your uniquely human skills – the ones that will set you apart from the robots.

Industry partnerships

Founded by industry leaders, we’ve maintained these close connections, developing course content with knowledge partners who are experts in their field.

Trusted By

The financial side of business is perceived as intimidating or a 'confusing box of tricks'. This course has been designed to help you master the essential principles of finance.

- Professor David Flynn, Course Creator.

I really enjoyed the material, it was well explained and simple to understand. The video lectures were an added bonus.

- Ryan Holdstock, Media 24

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