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CourseraFinance for Non-Finance Professionals
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The finance vocabulary every manager eventually needs
This course condenses the core of an MBA-level finance course into a survey built for people outside finance roles. It focuses on how financial professionals actually make decisions — through valuation, cash flow, and the time value of money — rather than abstract theory.
Who it's for
Set at a beginner level, it's designed for managers, engineers, and other professionals who need to read financial statements and speak the language of finance without becoming financial analysts themselves.
What you'll learn
- Financial valuation and discounted cash flow basics
- Capital budgeting and return-on-investment analysis
- Corporate finance concepts through real case studies
Over 200,600 students have taken it, making it one of the more trusted crash courses for professionals who keep getting handed budgets and financial decisions to weigh in on.
About this course
This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions.
We will cover the basics of financial valuation, the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future. You will understand discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation and how it compares to other methods. We also ste
Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Fiscal Management, Finance, Financial Analysis, Cash Flow Forecasting, Business Valuation, Return On Investment, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, General Finance, Case Studies, Investment Management, Financial Market, Risk Analysis.
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