Become a Financial Analyst

A financial analyst evaluates current and historical economic and business data to identify trends that influence business decisions. Gain the skills that make a successful financial analyst, including understanding financial statements, working with economic data, and analytical analysis skills.

• Make business recommendations on investments.
• Read and interpret financial statements.
• Perform basic analysis of financial data.

• Course 1: Strategic Planning Foundations
• Learn how to conduct an effective strategic planning process that results in a clear, compelling strategic plan for your organization.
• Course 2: Financial Accounting Foundations
• Learn the basics of financial accounting. Discover how to prepare, read, and analyze financial statements.
• Course 3: Financial Modeling Foundations
• Learn how to build financial models that can be used in corporate finance, investment banking, and for firm valuation.
• Course 4: Excel: Analyzing and Visualizing Cash Flows
• Learn how to evaluate and visualize cash flows using Microsoft Excel.
• Course 5: Excel: Tracking Data Easily and Efficiently
• Learn how to build a super-charged Excel spreadsheet to easily track any kind of data -from sales activity and inventory levels to household spending.
• Course 6: Financial Modeling and Forecasting Financial Statements
• Learn how to create forecasted financial statements for your company, including forecasted income statements, forecasted balance sheets, and forecasted statements of cash flow.
• Course 7: Running a Profitable Business: Understanding Financial Ratios
• Explains what financial ratios such as ROA and ROI mean and how they can be used to identify financial trends or assess a company's financial status.
• Course 8: Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
• Learn the ins and outs of financial statement analysis—the examination of relationships among financial statement numbers—to gain insights into your company's past and future.
• Course 9: Managerial Economics
• Learn how to use economics to make better business decisions. Explore economic theories to strategize and solve business problems from demand and competition to pricing products.
• Course 10: Excel: Economic Analysis and Data Analytics
• Use big data to forecast economic trends. Find out how to perform regression analysis for economic forecasting using Microsoft Excel.